You can buy most vegatables in a tin why not broccoli?!


Question:

You can buy most vegatables in a tin why not broccoli?


Answers: i think it would either turn them to mush,and not only that have you smelt such as broccoli,cabbage late on the next day,wow imagine opening a tin after a few months. damn good question though,never really thought about that before. Or cauliflower!
It's odd isn't it! I believe it is because the smell alone would make one keel over. LOL And I LOVE broccoli but once it is old or put in water it tends to smell!! You wouldn't get many sprigs (or whatever they are called) into one tin really would you. Plus the water they come in, to preserve the veg might make it too soggy. If you've ever eaten asparagus in a can, you know how tasteless, mushy, and gray it becomes. I am always surprised that enough people buy that stuff for them to keep making it. I suspect that the broccoli tops would disintegrate under the high heat of the canning process. The only decent canned vegetables are tomatoes, beans, and pumpkin. you can buy broccoli in a tin...look for the vegetable trays they have broccoli,cauliflower,carrots etc. Gassy veg - Kaboom!!!!
Soggy veg - Mushy blah!!!! hey, 3 good answers.
in addition, after it's boiled enough, it might be worse than canned spinach, or okra.

however, i like the "how much would you get in a can" answer. Because when Broccoli is cooked to the point required for canning, it would turn to mush in the can. To preserve broccoli is best to blanch it and then freeze it. Even then it doesn't keep for very long. broccoli gets soggy so easily,it would taste horrible if submerged in water all the time. veg that are high in water,such as cabbage,broccoli,etc would be yucky Go to a diffrent store walmart sells them. INteresting question - I dont know the real answer - need to talk to someone in the veg canning industry for that but here are my thoughts:

Brassicas react badly to metal - try boiling it with the lid on once! they give off a chemical that destroys their colour if it remains in the water.

To cook it through enough to can would destroy the structure, think of potatoes they only just survive the canning without falling apart, carrots are always soft etc.

The market, for the amount you could get in a can not enough people would be prepared to pay for it.

Broccoli is available most of the year in fresh and frozen form now so cans become uncompetitive.

interesting ! looking forward to reading other answers on this one



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