This is actually something I learned from my mother. When she grew up (in a place as far from Europe as it's possible to be) food was scarce for herself and her family so they learned not to waste it which is why, when she saw me throwing away a broccoli stem she stopped me and turned it into a healthy and tasty snack instead.
For the most part I prefer cauliflower (and this trick can be done with cauliflower as well) however the stem of cauliflower can be bitter whilst that of broccoli is surprisingly sweet. There was one point when I went into the supermarket to buy food and there were just discarded stems so I put them in a bag and tried to buy them though in the end I was just told to take them - that's how much I like this snack.
All you need is a broccoli stem.
Chop off the skin from around the outside and then chop the bottom as it's quite hard
You should be left with a somewhat watery green and white inside. Just chop it into quarters and munch away to your hearts content.
Please excuse the quality of the pictures - photography is clearly not my calling...
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