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Re:Canadians are now stealing overpriced food from grocery s... by nradov on Sunday January 15, 2023 @05:25PM (#34394271)
What do you count as thrown out? When I cut the hard stalks off of broccoli that makes up a significant percentage of the food by weight. But they aren't really edible anyway.

If I lived on a farm then I would feed all the food waste to pigs, then eat the pigs to achieve near zero food waste. Just like my uncle used to do. But I live in a suburb and my neighbors don't appreciate pigs (or compost piles). So anything we can't eat goes in the garbage.

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Re:Canadians are now stealing overpriced food from grocery s... by sixstringtheory on Sunday January 15, 2023 @10:55PM (#34396606)
I will save a gallon ziplock worth of broccoli stems in the freezer (dice before freezing) and then turn them all into broccoli cheddar soup when the bag fills up. I’ll buy one crown of fresh broccoli to get some florets into it.
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Re:Canadians are now stealing overpriced food from grocery s... by jhanschoo on Sunday January 15, 2023 @11:18PM (#34396746)
Broccoli stalks are perfectly edible and nutritious, they just aren't conventionally used in many dishes. I sometimes make hot pot where I include the stem as well. Another cultivar of the same vegetable becomes the kohlrabi, where the stem especially is used.
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