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==Cooking broccoli==
Add trimmed florets - about the size of Marilu Henner's earrings below - to boiling salted water and boil for 4 to 5 minutes, depending on how well cooked you prefer your broccoli.
==[[Broccoli]]==
[[Broccoli]] is a plant of the [[Cabbage]] family, Brassicaceae (formerly Cruciferae). It is classified as the Italica Cultivar Group of the species Brassica oleracea. Broccoli possesses abundant fleshy flower heads, usually green in colour, arranged in a treelike fashion on branches sprouting from a thick, edible stalk. The large mass of flower heads is surrounded by leaves. Broccoli most closely resembles cauliflower, which is a different cultivar group of the same species, but broccoli is green rather than white. In the United States, the term refers exclusively to the form with a single large head. This form is sometimes called "Calabrese" in the United Kingdom, where sprouting types that do not develop heads and those with underdeveloped flower buds are also sold as broccoli.

A small head of broccoli (as pictured) weighs about 225 g (8 oz), trimmed and cooked it will serve 2 people as an [[accompaniment]] to a meal with other [[vegetables]] such as [[potatoes]].
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Image:Broccoli.jpg|Broccoli florets
Image:Keeping broccoli fresh.jpg|Sit broccoli in a small bowl of water to keep it fresh and stop it wilting
Image:Purple sprouting broccoli.jpg|Purple sprouting broccoli
Image:Marilu Henner Broccoli Earrings 2010.jpg|Marilu Henner (of the 1980's US TV series ''Taxi''), modelling broccoli earrings
Image:Purple Romanesco broccoli.jpg|[[Purple Romanesco broccoli]]
</gallery>
===Eating broccoli may slow the onset of arthritis===
''In many forms of arthritis, pain and disability is caused when the cartilage wears away causing two opposing [[bones]] in a joint to erode each other.''

Results from lab studies on rats held by a team from The University of East Anglia showed that the compound ''glucoraphanin'' found in broccoli, sprouts and cabbage can protect cartilage from damage. The body converts ''glucoraphanin'' into ''sulforaphane'' which in turn appears to block an enzyme which damages cartilage.

In the forthcoming study patients due to undergo arthritic knee surgery will be fed 100 g of a "super broccoli" a day for two weeks and samples taken during the operation will be checked to see if the benefits seen in the animal lab studies are also seen in humans.

Dr Rose Davidson, lead researcher in the team said "I can't imagine it would repair arthritis but it might be a way to prevent it".

The "super broccoli" Beneforte, is a crossbreed between normal broccoli and a wild Sicilian variant is rich in glucoraphanin developed in a publicly funded venture between the UK's Institute of Food Research and the John Innes Centre.
====Related articles from Arthritis Research UK====
* [http://www.arthritisresearchuk.org/news/press-releases/2010/september/eating-broccoli-could-guard-against-oa.aspx Eating broccoli could guard against arthritis]
* [http://www.arthritisresearchuk.org/news/press-releases/2013/august/broccoli-could-be-key-in-the-fight-against-osteoarthritis.aspx Broccoli could be key in the fight against osteoarthritis]
== How much does one cup of broccoli florets weigh? ==
''Estimated [[Generic_conversion_table#Volume|US cup]] to weight equivalents:''
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|Raw Broccoli Florets||1 Cup||175 g||6 oz
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'''Conversion notes:'''<br />
Every [[ingredient]] has a cups to ounces or grams conversion table. Search for the ingredient, cup to weight conversions are at the end of each ingredient page.

We also have a [[generic conversion table]] and a [[portions per person lookup]].
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April, May, June, July, August, September & October.

Seasonal Information: Purple sprouting broccoli
''This information is specifically for countries in the northern [[Media:World map indicating tropics and subtropics.png|temperate zone]] of the Northern Hemisphere; particularly the United Kingdom, however it should be applicable for northern USA, northern Europe, Canada, Russia, etc.''

Purple sprouting broccoli is at its best and in season during the following months: February & March.
==See also==
* [[Romanesco broccoli]]
* [[Broccoli do the supermarkets have us stumped|Broccoli; do the supermarkets have us stumped?]]
* [[Broccoli and cauliflower cheese|Broccoli and cauliflower cheese]] is nice vegetable side-dish that uses broccoli.
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