cauliflower tips

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Registered: 03-19-2003
cauliflower tips
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Sat, 04-08-2006 - 8:36am
Cauliflower may turn yellow in alkaline water. For whiter cauliflower, add a tablespoon of milk or lemon juice to the water. Do not cook cauliflower in an aluminum or iron pot. The chemical compounds in cauliflower will react with the aluminum and turn the vegetable yellow. While in an iron pot, it will turn a brown or blue-green color.

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Registered: 07-04-2003
Sat, 04-08-2006 - 4:29pm
I wanna see blue-green cauliflower!!! Hmm..too bad I don't have an iron pot.



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Registered: 09-06-2004
Sat, 04-08-2006 - 8:40pm
That might be fun for some sort of gross-out Halloween recipe!

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Sat, 04-08-2006 - 9:36pm

Somehow I just knew you guys were going to love the idea of blue-green cauliflower!!!

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Sun, 04-09-2006 - 3:12am
Yes that blue green cauli sounds great! The seed companies seem to be producing ones that have more green or yellow in them now too and I just found a purple one too!
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Registered: 03-19-2003
Sun, 04-09-2006 - 7:13pm
yeesh, not sure I want a purple one...what makes a caulifower white is the covering of leaves over it.

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Registered: 09-06-2004
Sun, 04-09-2006 - 10:06pm
Oh yeah, I forgot that, Sheila.

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Mon, 04-10-2006 - 3:02am

That is interesting about the cooking water.


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Registered: 09-30-2005
Mon, 04-10-2006 - 7:01pm

Thanks for the cooking tips!
I've never thought of that!!

Ha

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Mon, 04-10-2006 - 7:54pm
When you cook fresh asparagus, the asparagus is green, but the water is

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Registered: 04-21-2003
Mon, 04-10-2006 - 8:21pm

LOL! it usually turns yellow when i cook it because I like it with coconut milk and Madras curry powder :)
Yum!

Nathalie

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