HEY ... Food Purists ...

[palani]

did you know that broccoli is not a natural vegetable?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broccoli

It was genetically modified in the 6th century by Rome.

[Dogman]

Good with cheese!

But for dam sure hold the Brussels sprouts = yew/pew!

That one and eggplant = yuk!

[palani]

That one and eggplant = yuk!

Years ago I talked to a guy who claimed to have cured himself of cancer by eating eggplant.

[StreetsOfGold]

I thought broccoli was the guy who invented James bond?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_R._Broccoli

Keep your broccoli and give me a strip of crisp bacon any day

The Jewish dilemma

http://usatthebiglead.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/kansas-state-free-bacon1.jpg

[Dogman]

Years ago I talked to a guy who claimed to have cured himself of cancer by eating eggplant. Some love it, but so far I have yet found a way to prepare it that I can stand!

Both veg's I detest, eggplant is on my top of the list by a nose, Brussel sprouts I can at least eat a couple before the yuk sinks in.

[Glass]

like broccoli. I eat a lot of asian style food so the vegetables are usually stir fried. Means the vegetables are softened but not a soggy mess. brussel(?) sprouts I like. don't like Mediterranean style vegetables and egg plant sits in that group IMO. Artichokes and so on. things that need to be pickled or oiled. no thanks.

[Dogman]

Seen that you spin on your head compared to the majority of us, you can be forgiven for liking brussel sprouts!

;)

[Hitch]

I love broccoli. Especially with rice. One of my favorite quick meals is to cook rice, broccoli, and sausage together in one pot. A one pot delicious meal.

[vacuum]

did you know that broccoli is not a natural vegetable?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broccoli

It was genetically modified in the 6th century by Rome.

I'm pretty sure almost all foods we eat are the result of selective breeding by humans.

Cattle and poultry, eggs, most common fruits, various vegetables, etc.

Chickens wouldn't naturally lay a huge egg every single day without intensive breeding, for example. Tomatoes wouldn't be so huge. Apples wouldn't be so large and sweet. Corn wouldn't be around as we know it.

The bigger question is, what common foods do we have which haven't undergone intensive changes from selective breeding? Maybe seafood?

[Shami-Amourae]

did you know that broccoli is not a natural vegetable?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broccoli

It was genetically modified in the 6th century by Rome.

Most vegetables and fruits we eat were created over scores of generations of selective breeding. The same thing goes for dogs and cats. I see nothing wrong with this. The problem is when you force these changes in test tubes with unknown side effects.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4qGQQCTW64

[Glass]

thats right, orange carrots for the Dutch. I think it's acceptable to cross pollinate and then selective from that. Nature is the most effective filter for what works and what doesn't. It's clear the solving world hunger meme doesn't stack up with what we already produce. We don't need to produce more than we need, only as much as we need and we can already do that. It's the distribution that is the problem. And the reasons we know.

[Bigjon]

Using natures laws to modify the plant world for the betterment of mankind, is far different than muddying the terminology with misleading labeling, by declaring genetic modification the same.

So once again you are wrong, genetic modification implies using unnatural means to modify what nature would allow. Or maybe you go out and fornicate with your corn in those Iowa cornfields and expect the same result as when some geneticist injects human dna into corn plant cells.

[Hatha Sunahara]

In the last year or so I have discovered Chinese Broccoli. I would think that is a natural vegetable and that it escaped the genetic manipulations of the Romans--but there is no way to be sure. Probably has undergone some Chinese genetic manipulations. I think it tastes better than ordinary Roman/American broccoli.


Hatha

[MNeagle]

In the last year or so I have discovered Chinese Broccoli. I would think that is a natural vegetable and that it escaped the genetic manipulations of the Romans--but there is no way to be sure. Probably has undergone some Chinese genetic manipulations. I think it tastes better than ordinary Roman/American broccoli.


Hatha

https://i.imgur.com/sWFUYtS.jpg

[Uncle Salty]

It was genetically modified in the 6th century by Rome.

There is a difference between genetic modification and breeding. Broccoli was bred, not genetically modified.

[mick silver]

did they know how to genetic modification in the 6th century ??? not