Broccoli or cauliflower green

common broccoli, cabbage and broccoli Romanesco jet green flock to your table. The apple broccoli needs to be firm with flowers compact, tightly closed and in shades of green or purple or blue. Broccoli is a measure of health to consume without moderation: braised with anchovies or spicy yogurt. Just like cauliflower, broccoli belongs to the large cabbage family and like him he is a bouquet of flower buds. But if his cousin to the white head never fails to bloom, the flowers of broccoli do not hesitate to flourish when the vegetables are still a few days at room temperature, dye and yellow apples usually green or blue. In France, often cited two types of broccoli: the jet (still called broccoli-asparagus) calabrese and broccoli. The first, long stems with many small apples, was cultivated in France until the last century but is now obsolete. Broccoli we eat is the Calabrese to large apple. In vogue since the early 80s, broccoli is mainly produced from May to November, in Brittany and Normandy. The anti-cancer properties of broccoli, especially raw, and other crucifers like cabbage appear to act on smokers and former smokers to reduce the risk of lung cancer, according to a study released Tuesday Among smokers and former smokers objects of this research, the protective effects of cruciferous resulted in a decreased risk ranging from 20 to 55% depending on the variety of vegetables consumed, the duration and number of cigarettes smoked daily, said Dr. Li Tang, Roswell Park Cancer Institute.