Topic: So, you buy a Cauliflower?

[tim]

Just came across this -

http://www.mamtaskitchen.com/recipe_display.php?id=10467

[twinkletoes]

I was stunned.......£1.85 for a small cauli in our local village Co-op!!!   Must do better this year at growing my own!
Twinkletoes

[tim]

Don't agree with Tesco, but 65p for a big one!

[Jeannine]

A first for me today, and worth a mention.

I had to buy sprouts, so I bought them on the stem..thinking of Tim's thread I peeled the stem till I got down to the soft centre then I popped chunks in with the sprouts. The chunks were lovely, sort of potato texture and quite sweet, never will I chuck the stalks out again.

They were a bit harder to peel than broccoli stalks though, but worth the effort.

XX Jeannine

[tim]

Nice one! But did you pay more than for loose? We do if we buy from the Farmers' Market!

[Jeannine]

Tim, I don't know, I have never bought them like this before but they looked better than eveything else, sadly the  buttons were a bit bitter but the stem was lovely.

XX Jeannine

[tim]

The Market says "oh well, they last longer"!

[carolinej]

So have I got this right? I can pull up my sprout stems, peel and boil them and they will be ok to eat? Sounds like a great way of using them as they take so long to rot down. (yes , I know I should shred them, but I never seem to get around to it :-[)

cj :)

[Jeannine]

Caroline, I have only done this just this once.

It was very difficult to peel, but the centre was soft, I had to peel deep so I probably peeled off half .

Try it but watch the knife doesn't slip. think peeling a very  mature  squash.

They probably get tougher the older they are so I don't know about after you have picked sprouts off over a long period.

Try it !!

If you get to the centre I guarantee you will like it

XX Jeannine

[Toadspawn]

Hi Jeannine
When we were young we often picked kale growing in the fields to be used for animal fodder, peeled off the outer hard stem and ate the soft sweet centre. Wonderful raw but never tried it cooked. In a way a bit similar to Kohl Rabi eaten raw.

[carolinej]

I think I'll give it a go. I wonder if there will be any difference in the taste between the green and red sprout stems.

At least that way I will get to eat more of my red sprouts. Most of them were blown (think stem with huge red cabbages bursting out like aliens ;D)

cj :)