After eating the last pickle save the jar of pickle juice. Then when a broccoli stem becomes available cut the tough outer skin off, chop it up and toss it in the pickle juice. Works well. They reach a taste that’s very close what the pickles tasted like. After 2 or 3 cycles of that the pickle juice starts losing its strong punch. Adding vinegar and a sweetener can help at that point if you don’t have more pickle juice by then.
Otherwise broccoli stems are not too versatile. They’re not that great in veg. stock because they bring a bit of bitterness. So I only use like ½ a stem in a pot of broth (which is wholly from veg scraps).
My next experiment (untested): reusing juice from a jar of jalapẽnos to pickle broccoli stems.
Broccoli stem is delicious raw. I just remove the outer fibrous bit and eat it. Dog loves it too.
I came here to say this. I like to peel and eat the stems raw.
I also like to eat kohlrabi raw as a snack which is a similar flavor, which you would expect.