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

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.