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Thu Dec-10-09 07:24 PM
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Thu Dec-10-09 07:27 PM
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1. That just looks like broccoli that bolted to me. The rabbit likes it. |
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He loves him some greens.
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Thu Dec-10-09 07:31 PM
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2. It is a weird hybrid, I'll admit. But they're in the same family, so... |
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when I used to joke that caulifower is "just albino broccoli", I was more correct than I imagined.
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Thu Dec-10-09 08:37 PM
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6. It is one of the least useful brassicas as far as I'm concerned. |
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Mustard and turnips are far better brassicas. And as far as cauliflower goes, I've taken a liking to the light green "fractal spiral" type. It looks weird as hell, but it has a more mild flavor and holds up better when reheated.
On a "oops, don't do that again" note: One year for Thanksgiving, I decided to steam regular white, purple, and orange cauliflower together, thinking I would get something similar in appearance to a three bean salad. D'OH! They all turned a sickly gray. Not even I could eat it with my eyes open.
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Fri Dec-11-09 12:12 AM
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10. I'll bet you used an aluminum pot |
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It's what I did -- hey, I was 18. Anyhoo, I cooked up some purple cabbage in an aluminum pot and it turned blue.
I don't think those items would turn color otherwise . . . but I'd like to find out.
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Fri Dec-11-09 07:29 AM
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12. No, actually it was an all plastic vegetable steamer. |
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The purple just ran into the white and orange much in the way a new sweater might in the wash. It was really a morbid gray mixture.
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Thu Dec-10-09 07:31 PM
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Edited on Thu Dec-10-09 07:32 PM by arbusto_baboso
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Thu Dec-10-09 07:31 PM
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Edited on Thu Dec-10-09 07:32 PM by arbusto_baboso
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Thu Dec-10-09 07:47 PM
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I accidentally bought it (twice) for the garden thinking it was broccoli. Gotta read the labels more carefully next year.
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Thu Dec-10-09 09:41 PM
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They used to serve it in the cafetorium.
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Thu Dec-10-09 10:06 PM
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8. It tastes best raw ... |
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... does not cook up well. I feel the same way about cauliflower though.
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Thu Dec-10-09 10:12 PM
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9. Don't make me revive my brussels sprouts thread! |
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Fri Dec-11-09 12:15 AM
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11. We just had some last night! It has NO flavor, just like the white kind. |
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