Fudge beats broccoli!

[Lise]

It's official! Dark chocolate is better for you than broccoli!
(OK, for someone with 2 degrees in the sciences, I'll admit it's a slightly loose interpretation of the data) But look! More antioxidants! Depressingly, brussel sprouts are also better than broccoli, but I'm going to put my fingers in my ears and hum loudly, pretending I didn't hear that.

TOP ANTIOXIDANT FOODS COMPARISON CHART
*Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity, equivs. per 100 gm, approx. 3 ½ oz.

Dark Chocolate 13,120
Milk Chocolate 6,740
Prunes 5,770
Raisins 2,830
Blueberries 2,400
Blackberries 2,036
Strawberries 1,540
Raspberries 1,220
Brussels Sprouts 980
Plums 949
Alfalfa Sprouts 930
Broccoli Florets 890

Source: Data from US Department of Agriculture and the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

This is from the link CorsairMac gave us about fudge in a jar. Which, by the way, is now sitting next to me, with a spoon in it! heeheeheehee

[Trekhawk]

Depressingly, brussel sprouts are also better than broccoli, but I'm going to put my fingers in my ears and hum loudly, pretending I didn't hear that.

LOL - brussel sprouts - they keep growing them but I want to know WHO is eating them?. I agree fingers in ears and humming loudly is best.

[SadieKate]

Yum, not a thing on that list I don't like but Bubba will only let me eat brussel sprouts when he's out of town.

Sadie "loves her cruciferous veggies" Kate

PS - plus Scharffen Berger Extra Dark chocolate

[Trekhawk]

Yum, not a thing on that list I don't like but Bubba will only let me eat brussel sprouts when he's out of town.

Sadie "loves her cruciferous veggies" Kate

PS - plus Scharffen Berger Extra Dark chocolate

Aaahh so the puzzle is solved its Sadiekate eating all the brussel sprouts.

[Lise]

Thank goodness. Somebody has to support the farmer. I have had my moments of liking brussel sprouts. The last such moment was in the '80s, as I recall, but it could happen again...if I sustain a head injury or something...

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[BikeMomma]

Poor broccoli....way down there at the bottom. Must be "green with envy" at dark chocolate getting all the accolades. heehee

Love broccoli!!! Down with brussel sprouts!! (sorry, Sadiekate...gotta draw the line there). And oh my oh my....dark chocolate and I are best buddies.

-BikeMomma

[DirtDiva]

HA! I knew that blueberry cocktail I had last night was good for me!

[Veronica]

Princess was added to Zippy because I'm a "picky" eater.

Dark Chocolate it's okay.
Milk Chocolate the best, but needs to be quality chocolate
Prunes yuck!
Raisins fine raw, but don't cook them
Blueberries yum!
Blackberries ditto
Strawberries ditto
Raspberries ditto
Brussels Sprouts yuck!
Plums like 'em, but I get the juice all over me
Alfalfa Sprouts okay
Broccoli Florets ehhh.. I'll eat 'em if I have to, but would rather not.


So I'll have a bunch of berries with milk chocolate on
top!

But I gotta wonder - how did prunes end up above plums?

V.

[DirtDiva]

More concentrated nutrients, I guess. Less water means more antioxidants per gram of prune than per gram of plum.

[latelatebloomer]

Ever try brussels sprouts on pizza? MMMMM-HMMMM!

I've been feeling a little atheistic lately, but with dark chocolate on the top of the list, maybe God loves us after all.

[Veronica]

More concentrated nutrients, I guess. Less water means more antioxidants per gram of prune than per gram of plum.

What do you suppose would be left over if you took the water out of watermelon?

V.

[wavedancer]

Yay for chocolate!

As for Brussell's sprouts...They were the one vegetable my mother would cook and I would actually run gagging from the house. However...I went to Trader Joes the other night and they were serving them up quartered, tossed in olive oil and garlic, salt and pepper, oven roasted at 400 dgrees for 10 minutes, covered with crisp bacon pieces and roasted for 2 minutes more. They were really good! Honest! And no gagging over-cooked cruciferous vegetable smell.

I haven't tired cooking them myself yet, and I would keep the dark chocolate close by, just in case.

[DirtDiva]

Mmmm. Sounds good. Most things taste good with enough garlic and bacon.

As for the watermelon, I think you'd be left with cellulose and pink.

[liksani]

Darn now I want chocolate.

[Trek420]

yeah, but at least now you know that it's good for ya