In an old comedy routine, Mel Brooks says, “Listen to your broccoli and your broccoli will tell you how to eat it.” This is true. But you have to get to know your vegetables in their native habitat – this is to say, fresh, naked and raw.
Peas do not come from cans, beets do not come from jars, broccoli does not come from a frozen brick. Originally they came from the earth. Now they’re in a fairy tale prison where they’re not only incarcerated, they’re cursed and no prince’s kiss will restore them to their true form.