Sunday 18 November 2007
Romanesco Brocolli
Vegetarians and mathematicians alike will be excited to read about my new discovery: Romanesco Brocolli. I saw this beauty at a market in Dublin. The pattern is a fractal, and has the property of self similarity. That means that when you zoom in on a bit, it looks the same as it used to. Cool, huh? I bet it tastes good and is nutrious, too. Super vegetable? I think so.
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isnt this the same as broccoflower-- (cauliflower + broccoli)? a quick wiki search would verify/ debunk this, but alas i am very lazy.
you should buy it and cook it. i wonder how it tastes!
Good question. Wiki knows:
"Broccoflower is an edible plant of the species Brassica oleracea, var. botrytis. The edible portion is actually the highly nutritious flower of the plant. The romanesco broccoli is a sub-species of B. oleracea, often confused or erroneously referred to as broccoflower."
it's not as tasty as either broccoli or cauliflower, i've had it before
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