Broccoflower?

[arbusto_baboso]

[HopeHoops]

1. That just looks like broccoli that bolted to me. The rabbit likes it.

He loves him some greens.

[arbusto_baboso]

2. It is a weird hybrid, I'll admit. But they're in the same family, so...

when I used to joke that caulifower is "just albino broccoli", I was more correct than I imagined.

[HopeHoops]

6. It is one of the least useful brassicas as far as I'm concerned.

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.

[astral]

10. I'll bet you used an aluminum pot

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.

[HopeHoops]

12. No, actually it was an all plastic vegetable steamer.

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.

[arbusto_baboso]

3. >

[arbusto_baboso]

4. _

[NV Whino]

5. Sucks

I accidentally bought it (twice) for the garden thinking it was broccoli. Gotta read the labels more carefully next year.

[Lionel Mandrake]

7. broccamole?

They used to serve it in the cafetorium.

[surrealAmerican]

8. It tastes best raw ...

... does not cook up well. I feel the same way about cauliflower though.

[Captain Hilts]

9. Don't make me revive my brussels sprouts thread!

So help me, I'll do it!

[Redstone]

11. We just had some last night! It has NO flavor, just like the white kind.

Redstone