I'm also wondering if it was the broccoli that wasn't so good in the stew. I put some zizzed up in my breakfast mince that I cook in the crockpot one time, and it ruined it. I had to eat it, but it just wasn't nice. And I usually quite like broccoli. Maybe the same with the cabbage... But we have to try these things. Then we have to report on them...
I'm starting to believe that broccoli is best cooked in butter, and with some melted cream cheese to ooze over the top.
We were in a hurry and ours was not going to last much longer. These things are sent to teach us. [Teach us not to boil broccoli]
Yeah that sounds about right. I steam it till just tender, a little sea salt and a handful of grated cheese, or at the very least a generous amount of butter. But cream cheese sounds very good.