Asda's Broccoli fightback!

[Snoopy]

I like broc stalks... 

So you believed mother when she said they would give you hairs on your chest did you? 

Yes... it didn't bloody work tho... 

I used to reply "But Mum ~ who wants green cheeks and curly teeth anyway" which earned me a frequent clip round the ear.
Parents eh? Who'd have 'em?














And as for those poor bloody starving Africans/Russians etc who would be grateful for what I didn't want to eat. 

[Miss Creant Commander of the picklement and baking BAb(Hons)]

Brocoli stalks and cauli stalks are good in stir-fries.

[Barman]

And would also make a good 'bait' for a SlugPoon^TM hunt! 

[Darwins Selection]

My first ever job was in Fine Fare in Southampton as an assistant on the Fruit and Veg department ~ I left school and moved from Saturday Boy to full time

I didn't know broccoli had been discovered back then 

[Barman]

My first ever job was in Fine Fare in Southampton as an assistant on the Fruit and Veg department ~ I left school and moved from Saturday Boy to full time

I didn't know broccoli had been discovered back then 

[Snoopy]

My first ever job was in Fine Fare in Southampton as an assistant on the Fruit and Veg department ~ I left school and moved from Saturday Boy to full time

I didn't know broccoli had been discovered back then 

  How frickin' old do you think I am?

Broccoli evolved from a wild cabbage plant on the continent of Europe. Indications point to the vegetable being known of 2,000 years ago. Since the Roman Empire, broccoli has been considered a uniquely valuable food among Italians. Broccoli was first introduced to the United States by these immigrants, but had not become widely known until the 1920s. The first mention of the vegetable in the US was in 1806, when it was given the name green broccoli.

[GROWLER]

My first ever job was in Fine Fare in Southampton as an assistant on the Fruit and Veg department ~ I left school and moved from Saturday Boy to full time

I didn't know broccoli had been discovered back then 

Now there's a point. When was Brocullious actually invented/discovered/whatevered, cus I don't remember it when I was a nipper?

[Uncle Mort]

I was thinking the same, peas, carrots and the occasional cabbage when I was a sprog.

[Barman]

I was thinking the same, peas, carrots and the occasional cabbage when I was a sprog.

Posh veggies! 

We had spuds... 

[Pastis]

At last, a thread where I can post this observation I made the other day 

You know those Delice de France stands they have in some shops? Pastries, rolls, croissants, pain au chocolat etc? I was passing one when I noticed a wumman selecting a Danish pastry... fair enough you might think, but she was scooping up extra raisons / sultanas from the adjacent pastries and loading them all on to the one she'd chosen! 

FFS  . I was actually "........." !  She looked like she was a bag lady in the making  . I will never buy anything from that unit ever, ever again .... unless I'm there when they deliver... and I see I'm first....

[GROWLER]

I was thinking the same, peas, carrots and the occasional cabbage when I was a sprog.

Ahhh yes, the processed ones out of a tin, except in the summer when I'd have the job of 'podding' the fresh ones. 

[Miss Demeanour]

At last, a thread where I can post this observation I made the other day 

You know those Delice de France stands they have in some shops? Pastries, rolls, croissants, pain au chocolat etc? I was passing one when I noticed a wumman selecting a Danish pastry... fair enough you might think, but she was scooping up extra raisons / sultanas from the adjacent pastries and loading them all on to the one she'd chosen! 

FFS  . I was actually "........." !  She looked like she was a bag lady in the making  . I will never buy anything from that unit ever, ever again .... unless I'm there when they deliver... and I see I'm first....

Sorry ...I'll go to another shop in future 

[Snoopy]

My first ever job was in Fine Fare in Southampton as an assistant on the Fruit and Veg department ~ I left school and moved from Saturday Boy to full time

I didn't know broccoli had been discovered back then 

Now there's a point. When was Brocullious actually invented/discovered/whatevered, cus I don't remember it when I was a nipper?

I just friggin told you!

It is over 2000 years since it was first recorded as a food and has been on general sale in the US since the 1920s.

We knew it as Calabrese back then. Apart from that Fine Fare was a Canadian owned company (Garfield Weston) and introduced many things to the public ~ it was the first supermarket in Southampton.

 My Grandfather used to grow "Calabrese" on his allotment in the fifties.

[Darwins Selection]

My first ever job was in Fine Fare in Southampton as an assistant on the Fruit and Veg department ~ I left school and moved from Saturday Boy to full time

I didn't know broccoli had been discovered back then 

Now there's a point. When was Brocullious actually invented/discovered/whatevered, cus I don't remember it when I was a nipper?

I just friggin told you!

It is over 2000 years since it was first recorded as a food and has been on general sale in the US since the 1920s.

We knew it as Calabrese back then. Apart from that Fine Fare was a Canadian owned company (Garfield Weston) and introduced many things to the public ~ it was the first supermarket in Southampton.

 My Grandfather used to grow "Calabrese" on his allotment in the fifties.

Yes, of course he did. . .



 

[Pirate]

 

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