In Support of Cauliflower
My sweet wife recently listed cauliflower among the things she "cannot abide". Said it tastes like cardboard. Well, I feel like I should stand up for cauliflower. I used to think it was a somewhat tasteless waste of food space, but I actually like it now. Here are my favorite ways to eat it.
1) Fried. I know, just about every vegetable tastes better fried. But one day at the cafeteria at the Memorial Student Center at TAMU back about 23 years ago, I ate some fried cauliflower covered in melted cheese. And I never looked back.
2) Steamed. Especially when mixed with brocolli with a hint of butter and garlic. And topped with some grated parmesian cheese.
3) Chopped. With chopped brocolli and other fresh ingredients that I can't think of now along with some kind of dressing that ties it all together that I also can't think of now.
1) Fried. I know, just about every vegetable tastes better fried. But one day at the cafeteria at the Memorial Student Center at TAMU back about 23 years ago, I ate some fried cauliflower covered in melted cheese. And I never looked back.
2) Steamed. Especially when mixed with brocolli with a hint of butter and garlic. And topped with some grated parmesian cheese.
3) Chopped. With chopped brocolli and other fresh ingredients that I can't think of now along with some kind of dressing that ties it all together that I also can't think of now.
posted by Gary at 8:16 PM
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7 Comments:
See, you may like it but only if the taste (or non-taste) is covered by something else. It's just pointless.
I like the steamed cauliflower. It makes me think I'm eating mashed potatoes...
I'm still with Krista on this one.
I was told the mash potato thing one time, too. What a hoot.
Gary,
With regards to Cauliflower, it is indeed the Rodney Dangerfield of vegetables. Why with a little preservative and some green spray paint, it makes a nice surreal forest in a model train exhibit.
Tim
BTW - You should consider renaming this blog "Things I Learned In The Pink Hut". Put those nuggets on here and you might have to charge people........
I've done a lot of shopping on line this year and as the packages have come in, I realize that packing peanuts may taste just the same as cauliflower if it were fried, dipped or steamed. And they last a long time.
I remember eating the most awesome chicken soup in Kabul, Afghanistan. It had lots of cauliflower with a smattering of other vegetables. But then for a long time I had been eating nothing but mutton pilau (that is not pronounced 'pillow' for those of you who will try to make reference to that, though it is similar).
Earlier that month I watched a donkey come into Kandahar loaded down with two (yes, 2) heads of cauliflower each weighing maybe 50 to 60 lbs.
Cauliflower rocks!
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