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Offline Eric Hardy

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An extraordinary vegetable
« on: January 07, 2011, 01:08:30 PM »
My middle son Mark has just emailed me a photo  ::). He said that he went shopping at a farmers market in Montreal and got this! He said that it is in the brocolli family and tastes something between brocolli and cauliflower.



Just have a look at this link!!!

http://www.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&expIds=17259,27847,28155&xhr=t&q=romanesco+images&cp=16&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=tQ8nTfurIcWwhAfI8NiyAg&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CCkQsAQwAA&biw=1045&bih=590
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Re: An extraordinary vegetable
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2011, 01:49:15 PM »
an amazing veg that eric unfortunately i dont stock the seed  :( otherwise you could have tried to grow it yourself  ;D
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Re: An extraordinary vegetable
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2011, 04:01:50 PM »
What fantastic shapes Eric.

They're almost works of art than vegetables to eat.

Another example of nature at its finest  :D

Laurie.
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Re: An extraordinary vegetable
« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2011, 04:12:58 PM »
They are very pretty, Eric. I'm sure one of the TV chefs could use something like that.
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Re: An extraordinary vegetable
« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2011, 04:42:15 PM »
I don't know if anyone clicked on the link I gave but they are obviously a favourite photgraphic subject  :)
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Re: An extraordinary vegetable
« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2011, 07:31:01 PM »
I followed your link Eric and was amazed at all the different structures that are produced.  :)

Laurie.
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Re: An extraordinary vegetable
« Reply #6 on: January 09, 2011, 04:04:16 PM »
Save following links. This is a Romanesco broccoli and they are easily grown from seed which is sold by most seed suppliers in the UK.
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Re: An extraordinary vegetable
« Reply #7 on: January 09, 2011, 05:44:58 PM »
Quote from: Palustris on January 09, 2011, 04:04:16 PM
Save following links. This is a Romanesco broccoli and they are easily grown from seed which is sold by most seed suppliers in the UK.

That is good to know, Eric. I put the link though, mainly because of all the extraordinary photos.
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Re: An extraordinary vegetable
« Reply #8 on: January 09, 2011, 08:22:24 PM »
Basically if you can grow cauliflowers you can grow these.
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Re: An extraordinary vegetable
« Reply #9 on: January 10, 2011, 06:10:23 PM »
Do slugs go for them, same as cauliflower?
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Re: An extraordinary vegetable
« Reply #10 on: January 10, 2011, 09:29:34 PM »
Yes!
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Re: An extraordinary vegetable
« Reply #11 on: January 11, 2011, 09:31:45 AM »
If thats the case, mine wouldnt be as pretty as those in the photos ::)
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