costco broccoli- weird smell and taste- sweet?

[Anonymous]

This is bagged "Eat Smart" florets.

Ive noticed an odd smell with this before, but I just chalked it up to the bag needing to air out. I would rebag and it would be fine

But this time, the broccoli tastes sweet after steaming. Im serious. Like a weird almost carrot like flavor.

I find this a tad disturbing. The smell in the bag is odd today too.

I wish they had organic broccoli that wasnt frozen. This is Frederick costco.

Anyway, anyone else experience this?

This is fully mature brocoli crowns, not "sweet baby broccoli".

[Anonymous]

I no longer buy Costco broccoli because I found it so bitter. So, different problem but yes there is something off.

[Anonymous]

Ours was fine today, but I’m not even in DC.

[Anonymous]

I don't typically like to buy the pre-cut broccoli florets because I find that they get that bruised cruciferous vegetable farty smell. I prefer to pay the bit extra and buy whole broccoli stalks or crowns from the grocery story for this reason. Now for the sweetness -- I have had broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables taste sweet (kale, collards, brussels, cabbage...) - the growing conditions can make the flavor skew sweet or bitter. Sweet often results from a cold snap prior to harvest. Bitter results from too little water or too much heat.

[Anonymous]

We've been eating a bag this week and I haven't noticed anything off.

[Anonymous]

This happened to me once with Costco Brussels sprouts in a bag! They looked totally fine, but after roasted smelled and tasted sweet in a bad way, almost like rotten fruit. So hard describe but it literally made me gag and I couldn’t eat a single one. My boyfriend thought they were fine.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Well after steaming some, eating some and then storing the rest in the fridge overnight they now have almost NO flavor. Very weird.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't typically like to buy the pre-cut broccoli florets because I find that they get that bruised cruciferous vegetable farty smell. I prefer to pay the bit extra and buy whole broccoli stalks or crowns from the grocery story for this reason. Now for the sweetness -- I have had broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables taste sweet (kale, collards, brussels, cabbage...) - the growing conditions can make the flavor skew sweet or bitter. Sweet often results from a cold snap prior to harvest. Bitter results from too little water or too much heat.

OP here, wow, this is interesting! I will look this up!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't typically like to buy the pre-cut broccoli florets because I find that they get that bruised cruciferous vegetable farty smell. I prefer to pay the bit extra and buy whole broccoli stalks or crowns from the grocery story for this reason. Now for the sweetness -- I have had broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables taste sweet (kale, collards, brussels, cabbage...) - the growing conditions can make the flavor skew sweet or bitter. Sweet often results from a cold snap prior to harvest. Bitter results from too little water or too much heat.

OP here, wow, this is interesting! I will look this up!

OP again, YES! But only sometimes. I end up airing out the bag.

I use instacart and I have had some horror shows with asking them to pick out actual whole vegetables. One time I ordered napa cabbage, and what I got looked like a sea creature..yellow, limp, spotted.

Im guessing they didnt look at the picture and also clearly had no idea what NAPA cabbage is supposed to look like.

[Anonymous]

I don't like costco produce and I think it's because they come frozen, defrost slightly and seem to be refrozen. The bananas go from green to green/brown in days.

[Anonymous]

The bagged broccoli never tastes right to me. They must spray it with something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't like costco produce and I think it's because they come frozen, defrost slightly and seem to be refrozen. The bananas go from green to green/brown in days.

They do! They are the worst!

[Anonymous]

Glad I found this post. I steamed a bag of the pre cut broccoli from Costco and it almost taste like corn to me? I guess kind of sweet?