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Good morning all.  I am sorry but I am just sooooooo stupidly excited (I'm over 50 for heaven's sake!) but on Saturday I took home my first bestist supermarket size perfect cauli!!!  I am just soooo happy. It was even more exciting because I didn't even notice it :o :o.   It was only because I was weeding and one cauli caught my eye and I thought I'll take that before it goes mankey....then I noticed my little prize winner.  I've not been successful before with caulis.........sorry to be a bore ..... ::) ::)
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D twinkletoes

Not a bore at all!  It IS exciting when you've beaten the weather, the pests (sometimes of the human variety!), the diseases etc. and produced a fab specimen.  Hope it tasted good too!

best feeling in the world  :) - been an excellent year for caulis

So how did you cook it? Or raw??

It tasted delish.  Tim - I had it cooked and raw and will have it again tonight with half a ton of runner beans (that are growing amok!).  It was too good not to have some raw as I was preparing it to cook (steamed) - I'm drooling again now....... ;D
twinkletoes

My plot neighbour gave me one of his this year as he had 4 ready at the same time.  It's the first time I've ever realy enjoyed cauliflower raw!  ;D ;D  The supermarket stuff tasts like an old dishcloth by comparison.  I'll be trying to grow some next year!!

I agree pippy.  Also, it doesn't take so long to cook?  Heaven knows what is done to the veg you buy in the shops......perhaps best not to know? ;D
twinkletoes

Yes - I did mine for 4 minutes in boiling water, then did a smashing cauliflower cheese with lots of powdered english mustard in the cheese sauce (you know the brand I'm sure!).  Just couldn't resist the raw stuff while I was cooking it tho .... and normally I'd wrinkle my nose at chomping the raw stuff.  Must be the freshness and lack of additives!  Made me feel quite virtuous - something I'm definately not when there's any cake in the house  :o

They do say that caulis are one of the hardest crops to grow.  If you can grow caulis then you can grow anything.......  apparently ::)

Same here Twinkle, I was removing the yellow leaves from my cabbages when I notised a small colly that I never realised was there, so I whipped it out and it fed three of us for Sunny dinner.  ;D ;D ;D

Same here Twinkletoes.  I have grown caulis for first time & have been really impressed with results.

Debs

Wish my Cau[is were as good?The heads dont stay compact but start to splay out and look horrible.Any ideas why this is happening?B.T.W new to allotments(3 months)and to forums - so please excuse mistakes.Im on a huge learning curve!

Welcome bankieman.  I was having the same problem with my caulis last year (first full season allotmenteering) and was quite disappointed.  That's why I was just sooooooo excited about my unexpected find.  So, don't give up on them. 
twinkletoes

hiya, bankieman, welcome to a4a, we grow overwintering caulis, they seem to get all the moisture they need and not the heat so do better than our summer ones  :)