Dumb question about broccoli

[colditz]

Youi know the stalk? Can you actually eat it?

Fort the firsrt time, I have cut it into battons and am cooking it, but is this unwise? Or do must people think I am a lunatic for t6hrowing it away in the first place?

Yes, you can eat it. I like the inside of it, raw.

love the stalky bits!

Yes, you can eat the stalk.

My 4.5 year old DD normally does not eat it when it is on her plate, but actually ate it on Sunday and liked it.

I only eat the stalks!

I always throw the stalk away, don't mind the bits on the end of the individual broccoli but not the big bit.

LOL yes eat it

I think I read somewhere that the stalk is more nutritious?

Yes, Franny, I read that too.

I did find this

"The highest concentrations of phytonutrients are often found in the least desirable parts of the fruit and vegetables. For example, concentrated stores of phytonutrients are found in the skins and stalks, most of which are usually thrown away."

but it was from a slightly bonkers website called carrotmuseum

I eat the skin from oranges. I just bite right in!

DD and DS love eating the stalks raw - when we're preparing it they hang around begging for a piece

My sister cuts the stalk sideways (like a carrot) into rounds. I like it that way, it cooks up softer (in the same time as the florets cook). I used to chuck the stalk as it was always so chewy - don't like to overcook the 'nice bit'.

i think next time I will peel the stalk like a carrot