broccoli

You can thinly slice stalks and add to rest.
( Have also been guilty of snapping stalks, but it's a tough job! )

We eat the stalks - especially of tenderstem! I love the stalks.

I've never tried the stalks, I thought they would be stringy and chewy

I also eat the stalks

Do you slice the horizontally or vertically or is it personal preference?

I discard the big fat stalks, but I certainly do cook and eat the thinner ones!

If I'm making soup I add the chopped up fatter stalks to it. Quite happy to cook and eat the thinner ones though.

I always eat the stalks! - amazed to hear that some people cut them off - never heard of that idea before.

I peel the stalks and cut them into batons, and cook with the rest. They are the best bit!

I use the thicker stalks in soup and cook the thinner ones. Waste not, want not

Luckygirl, I know someone who throws away mushroom stalks because she says they're 'too fibrous'!

Have always eaten the stalks, I didn't know you were supposed to chuck them in the compost bin

I am not a big fan of broccoli, but I think the thick stem, peeled and eaten raw, is the best bit. Considering it makes up so much of the weight you are paying for, it's a bit silly to bin it. If it weren't a super food, I probably wouldn't eat it at all. I never throw away mushroom stalks, either. My big vegetable bug bear is celery. Why can you rarely buy celery with a full head of leaves? They are full of flavour and brilliant for chopping into soups and stews. All you get are the stalks and a few leaves if you're lucky.

Another stalk eater here,bugbear of mine is "trimmed leeks" the green bit is every bit as good as the white,why they cut it off is a mystery to me.

DM used to persuade me to eat the stalks of cabbage and cauliflower by telling me that 'all the goodness and sunshine is in there'

I do eat some of the stalk of broccoli but not the very thick large one. Although I like raw cabbage stalk.

Well I've been educated by this thread I bin the stalks because that's what DM did.
Next time I will chop and add.

I've been educated too nina - usually I save them for GS1's guinea pigs, who love them above all else.

I'm another who thinks the stalks are the best bit! Lots of flavour, but I do peel the tougher outer skin with my potato peeler.

anya I have visions of them marching round their cages with placards reading "hands off our broccoli stalks!"

When I'm preparing broccoli I eat the raw stems, though the thickest ones are something of a challenge!

I love broccoli, but didn't realise you can eat the stalks... Stumps, I call them, and deeply resent paying for them!

More stalk eaters in this house. I also quite like the stalk/ribs of cauliflower leaves. When I was small and went to the greengrocers, he used to sell mushroom stalks separately, cheaper than mushrooms, but every bit as tasty

I always use the stalks, thinly sliced and steamed, lovely, I try not to waste anything useful.