Saturday, 15 November 2008

fractal vegetables

This arrived in our veg box this morning.
I don't know whether to cook it or frame it. It is far too pretty to eat.

Tia
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8 comments:

  1. Anonymous15 November 2008 at 22:43

    That is beautiful. What is it? Is it a cross between cauliflower and broccoli?
    Virginia

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  2. Trina and Jophie16 November 2008 at 02:31

    Woah! It is pretty! Now I'm curious though. What is it Tia?

    Trina

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  3. Tina16 November 2008 at 07:30

    Oh I do hope someone pts a name to it! We buy them them regulalry at the Farmshop however i have never askedwhat it is it is delicious!
    just treat it as a cauliflower it is more dense than a calabrese/brocoli but moreflavoursome than cauliflower!

    hugs!

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  4. MOM2_416 November 2008 at 08:52

    Interesting looking veggie... never seen it before!

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  5. Caroline16 November 2008 at 11:42

    It's a Romanesco !

    We have them occassionally and yes they are lovely.

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  6. Claire16 November 2008 at 15:02

    That's beautiful! I think it's a green cauliflower. They are an amazing luminous green colour aren't they? We sometimes get them in the veg box too. I googled them and here's what I found.

    http://www.seedsofitaly.com/product/167

    http://www.fourmilab.ch/images/Romanesco/

    http://www.garden.org/regional/report/national/2355


    These multicoloured cauliflowers are even more surprising.

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  7. Anonymous16 November 2008 at 20:44

    It's a Romanesque Cauliflower, sometimes called romanesque broccoli.

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  8. Claire17 November 2008 at 11:35

    I meant these! Ooops!

    Purple and orange cauliflowers.


    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-514799/The-orange-purple-green-cauliflowers-scientists-claim-healthier-you.html

    http://images.google.co.uk/images?um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&q=orange+cauliflower&btnG=Search+Images

    http://images.google.co.uk/images?um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&q=purple+cauliflower&btnG=Search+Images

    Sorry for the huge links, but these are so pretty!

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