November 16, 2016

  • Looking Green

    We went to the Amish market in Shipshewana last weekend to stock up on some deals. I got Carnation evaporated milk 2 cans for a $1, Nestle baking chips (white chocolate with raspberry filling) 2 for $1, and the big cans of tomato basil soup 3 cans for $1. But the real deal was the produce. They had cauliflower and broccoflower (the green cauliflower type) 2 heads for $4. Now this was the same price Meijer was selling their cauliflower but the difference was enormous! I mean huge, gargantuan, ginormous!
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    This is the head of the green cauliflower I bought. I debated getting the purple one but decided that one was more than enough especially since I'd gotten a white cauliflower at Meijer.

    I steamed about a quarter of it to have with the fish. I'm using about a quarter of it in my crockpot for the cauliflower soup since that is all my crockpot can accommodate (should make 6-8 servings). Sparky may put a little in his salads. The rest is being blanched and frozen for another day (so much for clearing out the freezer)! Just so you can appreciate the scale of this thing here are the 2 heads of cauliflower.
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    The $2 white cauliflower from Meijer and the $2 broccoflower from Shipshewana. Seeing them side by side makes me think I should have waited to shop at Meijer until after the trip to the Amish market...

Comments (6)

  • I suppose I should try cauliflower again sometime -- it's one of those things I dislike from childhood! During WWII, when we were very poor, we ate so much cauliflower and cheese (and mac and cheese, too) that I haven't eaten it since -- I suppose the cheese was a protein source, but what went under it was often a problem!

    • Hehe! I felt like that for a long time about homemade hamburgers. We would have hamburgers on bread. To this day I'd rather have the burger plain than to eat it on bread! I steam the cauliflower and put just a little butter and salt & pepper on it - delicious!

  • I like cauliflower too, but hardly ever think to pick it up, unless it's in one of those frozen bags of mixed broccoli and cauliflower. Years ago I briefly tried the south beach diet, and they said no to potatoes but said that you could prep cauliflower like whipped potatoes as a substitute. It tasted ok, but definitely was not the same, at least to me who could practically live on potatoes.

    • It is hard when you cook for one. I made the steamed cauliflower. I then made cauliflower soup. I still have half a head to use... I'm thinking I'll blanch it and freeze it! I've tried it as a pizza crust and have to admit it wasn't something I'd go out of my way to make at home.

  • Like the ones your dad planted and I didn't know that one must clip the leaves together for them to remain white. We had lots of green cauliflowers but didn't know they were called "broccoflowers" ... your Aunt Regina, the farmer's wife, was the one that laughed when I asked her when they would turn white! These look very good indeed!

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