Saturday, 19 July 2014

"Cabbage With A College Education"

I was going to begin by saying that we never have much luck with cauliflowers but, looking back over our Blog, I see that in June 2011, we did have some success.

We planted a whole bed of cauliflower this year and we have a wonderful crop.

One has been scoffed already and yesterday we picked seven that were 'just right'.

These seven have gone a long way.

The chickens got the roots to peck through.

The pigs got the largest of the outer leaves and the stalks. Actually, the the young dogs had some of the stalks and leaves.

Six cauliflowers were blanched and frozen, as were the chopped greens and the stalks from the leaves.

For our evening meal last night I chargrilled a good handful of the leaf stalks then grated cheese over them. A little 'stringy' but very tasty. Then we had Caulifower Cheese with sausages.

We still have another nine or ten in the ground, so we are up to our ears in cauliflowers!

The title for this post come from a quote by Mark Twain, as credited in out previous post There's a Cauliflower 'Ere


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10 comments:

  1. Dawn19 July 2014 at 13:40

    My goodness they do look good, well done I have never tried growing caulis as its not a veg we like, those are to be proud of.

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  2. Shrimpton and Perfect19 July 2014 at 17:16

    All of our veggies are doing well, at the moment. We planted Caulis last year and they were awful. maybe we should try again sometime yours look really good.

    Jean x

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    1. Mo23 July 2014 at 13:45

      We kept them well protected from the Cabbage White this year.

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  3. Red19 July 2014 at 18:21

    Mark twin is good for lots of stuff. Good on the cauliflower. Many different combinations can be made.

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  4. Flighty20 July 2014 at 10:57

    Well done they look really good. They're not something I grow but I know that many people find them hard to grow well. Flighty xx

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    1. Mo23 July 2014 at 13:45

      We seem to have hit the jackpot with them this year :)

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  5. Unknown20 July 2014 at 22:53

    Nothing wrong with a crap ton of cauliflower! I think it's probably my favourite vegetable of all time. Especially when it's smothered in oozy cheese. I did one baked and topped with breadcrumbs a while back and it was phenomenal. Congrats on the cauliflower growing success my friend!

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  6. Glo3 August 2014 at 04:18

    Wow, the cauliflower look delicious. Nice that you are able to share various parts of it with your animals. I really like roasted cauliflower, and I know some people who mash it instead of potatoes :) A very versatile vegetable. Great success this year!

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