--- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jan Coffey wrote:
> >
> > --- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Michael Harney wrote:
> > >
> > > > Regardless of that though, you still have the problem of cooked meat
> > > having
> > > > far more carcinogens than vegetables.
> > >
> > > That may depend on how you cook it. If what I've read recently is
> > > believable, boiled meat has less in the way of carcinogens than baked,
> > > fried or grilled.
> > >
> > > How do grilled vs. steamed vegetables come out as far as carcinogens
> > > go? I know that for many vegetables, raw is better than any cooking
> > > method at least in terms of preserving vitamins.
> >
> > I was reading recently somewhere...I am sure someone can provide
> feedback...
> > that suggested that cooking (even cooking vegetables) reduced carcinogens
> and
> > increased vitamin absorption.
> >
> > I think it was Scientific American...maybe it was a dream?
>
> I don't think it was a dream. There's at least 1 vegetable that ought
> to be steamed for a little while to increase the amount of a particular
> vitamin, but I don't remember which one, and I don't remember where I
> read it. Awfully helpful today, aren't I? :P
>
> But for many vegetables, you're at least as well off eating them raw, if
> you can handle it. I can with green beans, but I'd really, really
> prefer my broccoli to be steamed.
>
Now see. Kim, my wife, likes her broccoli (not broke collie 87) steamed and
her cauliflower (not collie flower 87) raw. I can't stand the flavor of
cooked broccoli but love it raw. I can handle raw cauliflower but prefer it
cooked.
We were just talking about why this would be. We have concluded that it
probably has something to do with the "ultra bitter" taste. I am a taster and
she is not. She can eat a plate full of bitter melon, but I can only handle a
small slice. That, and I think that cooked broccoli tastes something like
bitter melon.
Anyone else out their a "taster" who can corroborate?
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