Another Halloween horror, the food edition

[nineveh_uk]

Did you ever look at a saucepan of broccoli and think "What that needs is some cream"? Me neither. And yet my pot of extra-thick double cream from Sainsbury's has a picture on the lid of broccoli covered in what is presumably cream.

I can only imagine that this is an attempt to make extra-thick double cream healthy by association by presenting some sort of "broccoli cheese" dish as one of one's five-a-day. If so, it is a complete failure, and only serves to make cream disgusting by association. I like cream. I like broccoli. I am willing to stand up for the pleasant taste and the health-giving properties of each. But broccoli and cream can only be an abomination.

Comments

[antisoppist]

I tried adding broccoli to cauliflower cheese because I like broccoli and I thought it would make it all more interesting and less boringly grey but it didn't work very well. I think I like my broccoli lightly steamed rather than soggy and it doesn't have the right texture to absorb the cheese sauce.

If I had broccoli and cream in some sort of Ready Steady Cook scenario, I would probably make soup but I doubt it would attain advertising standards of photogenic either.

[nineveh_uk]

I love broccoli, but it does have to be cooked for just the right amount of time, i.e. definitely not soggy. Boiled is fine, but carefully.

In RSC I think I would serve a two course meal of broccoli followed by cream.