Broccoli

Kris had a lady at work bring in some fresh broccoli the other day, to share. We love broccoli, some more than others, but each of us finds it good in one way or another. So I said to Kris, why don't you see if she can get MORE broccoli and I will freeze it for winter time (sometimes I feel like an ant gathering storage for the cold months ahead) Apparently, after the broccoli is harvested here, you can go into the fields and pick what is left. So this is what came to my home yesterday.Inside the 2 BIG BLACK BAGS were tons of broccoli....plants, crowns...just tons of broccoli. It was a crazy amount, but I was up for the task. I had pans of water ready to go, bags of ice to shock the broccoli and lots of baggies sitting up ready to be filled.
Cailtyn became chief cooker and shocker of the broccoli ( I figure this is good for her to learn for her future family) She did an excellent job.
Step one: take chopped broccoli and place in boiling water for 3 minutes
Step two: Place blanched broccoli in ice water to stop the cooking process: 3 more minutes
Step one: blanch MORE broccoli...for 3 minutes and so on and so forth until it was all done
Here are the fruits...or the vegetables of our labors.. baggies and baggies of broccoli. I ended up with 26 bags of frozen broccoli (gallon and quart, chopped and spears) yum
During the process we found out that zeus is a BIG HUGE fan of broccoli. He would beg for it, cry for it and the moment, the instant and fell on the floor he would pounce on it and chomp it until it was gone. he was SO happy.
The last of the last before it went into the freezer.
So if you find your self with black market broccoli, now you will know what to do with it!