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

[gramarye1971]

I used to (and still do) dip steamed broccoli into the cheese sauce whenever I make it with macaroni cheese, but I can't enjoy it if it's poured over the broccoli itself because it makes everything either gummy (if the cheese cools too fast) or soggy (if the broccoli's too wet). Then again, I'm fairly resigned to the fact that food packets and their suggested-use pictures seldom align with my own preferences.

I'd have thought that a mushroom Stroganoff would be the more logical vegetable-based use for a pot of cream, but perhaps it's harder to make brown lumps in grey sauce look immediately appealing in food advertising.

[parrot-knight.livejournal.com]

Hear, hear. (Broccoli cheese I can agree with, though.)

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Cream of broccoli soup?

[sonetka.livejournal.com]

My morning sickness disapproves of this combination.

[auntyros.livejournal.com]

My mother has a very good recipe for celery baked in cream. But I think I am with you on the broccoli.

[lareinenoire.livejournal.com]

Yeah, a bit of grated Parmesan after roasting is about my limit for broccoli and cheese...although I do love a good broccoli quiche or risotto. That is an entirely different matter.

[littlered2.livejournal.com]

Did you ever look at a saucepan of broccoli and think "What that needs is some cream"?
Every time!

Ugh. I quite like broccoli! I am not a fan of cream.

Cream of Broccoli FTW :)

[(Anonymous)]

Bravely coming forward as a member of Cream-of-broccoli-soup-lovers-club :) I also add cream to Broccoli quiche and broccoli casseroles :) (Love broccoli in any form)
-M