Purple cauliflower

Ruth_10 · June 30, 2007

This purple cauliflower, Violet Queen, is one confused brassica. The plants look like cauliflower plants with light green, narrow, pointed leaves, but the curd is purple and looks just like a broccoli floret. I haven't eaten it yet, so I don't know whether it tastes like cauliflower or broccoli. The purple goes away upon heating and to give a green floret.
DSC_6989 Violet Queen cauliflower.jpg
Below is a regular broccoli, the purple cauliflower, cucumbers (Homemade Pickles), and a large Early White Vienna kohlrabi. Looking on is one of our cats.
DSC_7004 broccoli, purple cauliflower, cukes, kohlrabi, cat.jpg

shelleybean · June 30, 2007

Raw or cooked, your confused cauliflower sure is a pretty one. Of course, the purple is nice, but I'd like a green, cooked cauliflower too. Kind of like that broccoflower at the store.

You cat reminds me of one I had as a kid. I really loved that cat. She was a sweetie. Why are almost all the calico/tortoise shell cats female, anyway?

And now back to cauliflower!

Ruth_10 · July 1, 2007

Tomorrow I will cook the Violet Queen cauliflower (I have several times started typing "Violent Queen"--must be a Fruedian slip or something).

Seems to me I've read that all calicos are females. This one's name is Emma, but we always call her Stubbie. I have no idea why "Stubbie," but the nickname has stuck.

June 30, 2007	#1
Ruth_10 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MO z6a near St. Louis Posts: 1,349	Purple cauliflower This purple cauliflower, Violet Queen, is one confused brassica. The plants look like cauliflower plants with light green, narrow, pointed leaves, but the curd is purple and looks just like a broccoli floret. I haven't eaten it yet, so I don't know whether it tastes like cauliflower or broccoli. The purple goes away upon heating and to give a green floret. DSC_6989 Violet Queen cauliflower.jpg Below is a regular broccoli, the purple cauliflower, cucumbers (Homemade Pickles), and a large Early White Vienna kohlrabi. Looking on is one of our cats. DSC_7004 broccoli, purple cauliflower, cukes, kohlrabi, cat.jpg __________________ --Ruth Some say the glass half-full. Others say the glass is half-empty. To an engineer, it’s twice as big as it needs to be.

June 30, 2007	#2
shelleybean Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 2,648	Raw or cooked, your confused cauliflower sure is a pretty one. Of course, the purple is nice, but I'd like a green, cooked cauliflower too. Kind of like that broccoflower at the store. You cat reminds me of one I had as a kid. I really loved that cat. She was a sweetie. Why are almost all the calico/tortoise shell cats female, anyway? And now back to cauliflower! __________________ Michele

July 1, 2007	#3
Ruth_10 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MO z6a near St. Louis Posts: 1,349	Tomorrow I will cook the Violet Queen cauliflower (I have several times started typing "Violent Queen"--must be a Fruedian slip or something). Seems to me I've read that all calicos are females. This one's name is Emma, but we always call her Stubbie. I have no idea why "Stubbie," but the nickname has stuck. __________________ --Ruth Some say the glass half-full. Others say the glass is half-empty. To an engineer, it’s twice as big as it needs to be.