I... don't know enough about broccoli to figure out if this is a meme or not.
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It is not, with broccoli and cauliflower you literally eat the buds, or how they are called in English, and they can of course flower.
And butterflies love the flowers! All my broccoli went to flower (bolted) last year!
We call them "florets", which means "small flower"
In English it’s called a floret. Which hints at its true form
I don't know enough about memes to figure out if this is broccoli or not.
And at this point I'm too afraid to ask
Is it tasty?
What about cauliflower?
Once it blooms it turns bitter. Still edible, but a different flavor
Yes, you can eat the flowers. We combine them with regular broccoli in a saute. They make a pretty addition. The very end of the stems are also edible but anything more than an inch or two from the end can be woody.
I slice the stems into sticks and soak them in salt water for a day or two for a tasty snack. Make sure to cut the outer layer off for max absorbtion.
The broccoli and broccolini in my garden have grown so big it's hard to keep up. This means I'll sometimes eat bits that have begun flowering. I haven't noticed much difference in the taste.
My parents had some lettuce on their balcony but failed to harvest it in time so it grew taller and taller. They gave it to a friend as a birthday present and nobody could say what weird plant they had brought.
"Let us see if anyone else can guess", accompanied by aggressive eyebrow movements.
Oh, you've met them.
That's called bolting, and it's no longer enjoyable to eat when it's done that.
Eh, depends how much you enjoy intense bitterness and an upset stomach.
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Broccoli comes from wild mustard, which flowers in order to reproduce.
In fact, many vegetables come from just that single plant - we've cultivated it in so many ways for so many years, we've got some very distinct varieties:
Seriously?? Wow, a friend had been talking my ear off with brassicacea fact and failed to mention this? Thanks for sharing!
B. oleracea gets all the fame.
B. rapa never gets the respect it should.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brassica_rapa
Bok Choi
Bomdong
Choy sum
Komatsuna
Mizuna
Napa Cabbage
Rapini
Tatsoi
Turnip
Yellow Sarson
Oil seed Mustard
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I once had someone accuse me of being bourgeoisie for eating Brussels sprouts.
I've found that anyone who uses bourgeoisie unironically can and should be ignored
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So then if I eat mustard, I don’t have to eat the rest of that stuff?
Depends, mustard seeds yes. Mustard sauce also yes.
So what is kohlrabi? Is it good? How do you eat/cook it?
You eat it with your mouth, someone else will be along to tell you how to cook it
No I don't. Hence the questions
You can eat it cooked or raw, I personally prefer raw as a refreshing sweet snack.
It's basically like a milder/sweeter turnip.
in addition to all the stuff people answered you can also cut it in about 1 cm thick slices, bread it and fry it in a pan like a schnitzel, which tastes awesome.
It tastes like broccoli stems. Some are more tender than others (just like with broccoli stems).
I usually slice into little julienned pieces and marinate it in salt and acid for it to wilt into some kind of modified cole slaw.
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The germans almost got it right with the naming
| English | German | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Cabbage | Kohl | "Cabbage?" |
| Brussel Sprouts | Rosenkohl | "Rose Cabbage" |
| Kolarabi | Kohlrabi | "Rabbi's Cabbage" ^I'm^ ^joking^ |
| Kale | Grünkohl | "Green Cabbage" |
| Broccoli | Brokkoli | "Brother's Cabbage" ^Jk.^ ^They^ ^fucked^ ^up^ ^here^ |
| Cauliflower | Blumenkohl | "Flower Cabbage" |
- my mind is blown
- how much time did you spend on that table
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In the words of my lord and savior samonella
(I don't know if time stamps are copied on YTLITE, I'll check on my pc and if not edit the link)
Somehow the fact the flowers are a sickly yellow is a little bit disappointing
That's what color they are in the "visible" spectrum, I wonder what they look like if you added in the ultraviolet spectrum that bees and other insects can see
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This is called "bolting" in gardening terms, when a plant goes to flower or seed.
What I get from this: we eat broccoli before it reaches sexual maturation.
So you don't enjoy eating fully grown broccoli, you enjoy eating prepubescent broccoli children.
I'm also realising that this is true of a lot of veg...
Vegetable veal
Broccoli is named after the family which invented it. The family line so exists with the last name of Broccoli and is quite wealthy.
That's what the Broccoli family (of James Bond fame) claims, but it's contested. The James Bond IP is the source of their wealth.
Whoops, should have elaborated that was their source of wealth so people don't think they got rich from allegedly inventing broccoli (didn't know it was contested)
Yeah, it's interesting if you're into etymology or language in general.
Broccolo is the Italian term for the brassica flower crest and is the diminutive form of brocco, meaning sprout in a botanical context. Broccoli as a surname can mean their ancestors were broccoli farmers, military or related as a brocco is the center protrusion of a shield, carpenters as it can refer to a type of nail, or even arborists as it can be the stump left after cutting off a tree limb. Italian is a very old language, the associations get wild and sometimes don't make a ton of sense.
Broccolo is also a silly term to call someone an idiot.
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Green onion bulbs are a delicacy! You can eat the flower, but it's not as juicy and a little papery.
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Does it taste good?
In my opinion, no. It is picked and consumed when the buds are still tight, if the head starts to loosen or the buds begin to open it has a more bitter taste to it.
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