Fun fact:
Broccoli and cauliflower (and more), “are all actually varieties of the same species, Brassica oleracea: cauliflower, cabbage, kohlrabi, Brussels sprouts, Chinese broccoli, and collard greens.”
https://botanistinthekitchen.blog/2012/11/05/the-extraordinary-diversity-of-brassica-oleracea/
Yay mustard!
No way. Fry it, mash it, stick it in a stew, I say!
Raw, wriggling, and covered in ranch!
I hate cauliflower on its own but as a person with Celiac, cauliflower crust has been the best thing to exist since sliced gluten free bread
I don’t have a recipe handy, but there’s one that uses rice flour and tapioca starch that’s decent as well.
Listen man I would eat fried broccoli like wings too if people would serve it. Fried broccoli is good as fuck.
I’m a vegan and love fake meat, I love tofu, I love seitan, I love beyond burger, I love mountains of veggies. I love bean burgers, veggie burgers, pakora, etc.
I do not like cauliflower in any other form than in its OG form, lmao…
It’s OG form is the Wild Mustard Plant. Broccoli, cauliflower, Kale, Kohlrabi, Cabbage, and Brussels Sprouts are all Wild Mustard Plant that was selectively bred for each different part of the plant they wanted to be bigger. Cauliflower is from the flower clusters part of the plant being bred larger.
I’m a vegan and love fake meat, I love tofu, I love seitan, I love beyond burger, I love mountains of veggies. I love bean burgers, veggie burgers, pakora, etc.
I’m an omnivore and love all of that too. I’d add tempeh and many mushrooms to that list too.
I do not like cauliflower in any other form than in its OG form, lmao…
Cauliflower leans closer to its cousin, cabbage. Its really easy to mess up cauliflower and make it taste and smell horrible.
I finally figured out how to really enjoy cauliflower rice, as a replacement in “fried rice”. You’ve got to get a lot of the water out of it first, then go high heat with a fat. I use butter, but you might be able to get away with avocado oil to stay vegan. Get that maillard reaction going so it browns up just a bit, add some soy sauce, add some diced veggies, and I throw in a scrambled egg I cooked earlier.
Is it identical to actual rice “fried rice”? No, but its close enough for me and is extremely cheap as far as calories go, about 90-120 calories per serving instead of 340 calories or so for actual fried rise. Cauliflower fried rice is also very on low carbs so its friendly to keto folks. Lastly, its also gluten free for our Celiac friends.
Every now and then Chipotle will have Cauliflower rice and it works pretty well with Mexican dishes too.
I do the same! I dont think of it as rice. Just a veggie with a different texture that I like
I do not like green eggs & yams
I’m vegan-ish & my favorite cauliflower is pickled
cauli wings are fucking delicious and the best food to pair with chicken wings
We can just call it fried cauliflower though
It doesn’t need to be wings
take that up with boneless wings then, wings are just crunchy nuggets
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Yeah it ain’t flying anywhere except into my mouth
Just gonna leave this recipe here for y’all:
Cauliflower Sauce with Garlic, Oil, and Chili Pepper For 4 to 6 servings
1 head cauliflower, about 1½ pounds ½ cup extra virgin olive oil 2 large garlic cloves, peeled and chopped 6 flat anchovy fillets (preferably the ones prepared at home), chopped very fine Chopped hot red chili pepper, to taste Salt 2 tablespoons chopped parsley 1 to 1½ pounds pasta
Recommended pasta Penne, the quill-shaped macaroni, in the ridged version, would be the most appealing choice.
- Strip the cauliflower of all its leaves except for a few of the very tender inner ones. Rinse it in cold water and cut it in two.
- Bring 4 to 5 quarts of water to boil, put in the cauliflower, and cook it until it is tender, but not mushy, about 25 to 30 minutes. Prod it with a fork to test for doneness. When cooked, drain and set aside.
- Put water in a saucepan, and bring it to a lively simmer.
- Put the oil and garlic in a medium sauté pan, turn on the heat to medium, and cook until the garlic becomes colored a light, golden brown. Remove the pan from the burner, place it over the saucepan of simmering water, and add to it the chopped anchovies. Cook, stirring and mashing the anchovies with the back of a wooden spoon against the sides of the pan to dissolve them as much as possible into a paste. Return the sauté pan to the burner over medium heat and cook for another half minute, stirring frequently.
- Add the drained, boiled cauliflower, breaking it up quickly with a fork into pieces not bigger than a small nut. Turn it thoroughly in the oil to coat it well, mashing some of it to a pulp with the back of the spoon.
- Add the chopped chili pepper and salt. Turn up the heat, and cook for a few minutes more, stirring frequently.
- Toss with cooked drained pasta. Add the chopped parsley, toss once or twice again, then serve immediately. Ahead-of-time note You can prepare the sauce several hours in advance up to this point. Do not refrigerate it. Reheat it gently when the pasta is nearly ready to be drained and tossed.
Give your cauliflowers a spa day in a nice cheese sauce jacuzzi
cauliflower is only ever meant to be mixed with broccoli and a nice cheese sauce. i will die on this hill. come at me.
Cauliflower pasta with anchovies!
i’ve never had anchovies. but i did see a post the other day where someone found a pufferfish in their bag of anchovies.
i feel like the only people who like anchovies are nordics and sociopaths :P
Lots of people like anchovies, Cesar salad dressing has anchovies.
Actually what is sold as anchovies (ansjos) in Norway are sprats and don’t even taste similar to anchovies. I’ve only rarely seen actual anchovies in the shop and it’s usually in an international food shop. Anchovies are delicious on pizza.
i’ve been a hard drinker for 25 years, but maybe one day i’ll be drunk enough to try anchovies. hell, it worked with sardines…
What about surströmming?
Well I’m certainly not Nordic.
And you can replace it with Worcestershire sauce or fish sauce.
Ghost broccoli, zombie broccoli, depleted Br-238
Bunnicula got him.
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I lied I got it
My mom went through an experimental phase with cauliflower when I was a kid. Spent a few weeks getting screamed at around dinner time every few days because I didn’t want to eat her nasty cauliflower tots or whatever the fuck. Just because you killed your taste buds with cigarettes doesn’t mean the rest of us have lady.
In my world, it’s a vehicle for butter and salt. A great one, at that.
NO. It will become what i tell it to become and it will be glorious when im done.
