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Sheba


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Don't normally shop at either of the Big 2 Supermarkets, but had to go into one today, and saw my first Coloured Cauliflowers.  Very pretty.

 

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Seem to be the rage of late Sheba. Not game to try one though, just doesn't look right.

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I heard about them this week, I agree they don't look right. I always buy the whitest.......but now there are coloured carrots, capsicums, who know what else...smilesmilesmile

Might venture into 1 of the big 2 which i never shop at and try one out of curiosity.  Maybe start with the yellow.....imagine purple cauli soup ????

 



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I believe carrots were originally Purple, and they're selling them again now.  Supposed to be very good nutritionally too.

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I've tried a purple carrot. Very nice. Seem to be only available at markets.

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We have a great farmers market every week. Maybe they sell them there. I know my hubby hasn't planted any although he planted different coloured beetroot last year - it was funny eating white beetroot.

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Never seen them before, how do they colour them.  What is the story on them.  Thanks.



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I'll be trying them, love cauli, certainly look different

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Football colours?

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Rip and Rosie wrote:

Football colours?

Gday...

YEAH .... black and white striped caulies .... NOW YA TALKIN'

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I know how they colour Flowers differently to the Norm.,  but I have no idea how they get the Caulis.' those colours, unless it's something they put in the growing mix. 

Be great if some-one could enlighten us.

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Hopefully this answers some of the questions.  Seems they have been around for a few years in Europe. Someone rang the Gardening show this morning (Melb) about them, but the presenters could not offer much info.

Colours

White
White cauliflower is the most common colour of cauliflower.
Orange
Orange cauliflower (B. oleracea L. var. botrytis) contains 25% more vitamin A than white varieties.[8] This trait came from a natural mutant found in a cauliflower field in Canada.[9] Cultivars include 'Cheddar' and 'Orange Bouquet'.
Green
Green cauliflower, of the B. oleracea botrytis group, is sometimes called broccoflower. It is available both with the normal curd shape and a variant spiky curd called Romanesco broccoli. Both types have been commercially available in the U.S. and Europe since the early 1990s. Green-curded varieties include 'Alverda', 'Green Goddess' and 'Vorda'. Romanesco varieties include 'Minaret' and 'Veronica'.
Purple
The purple colour in this cauliflower is caused by the presence of the antioxidant group anthocyanins, which can also be found in red cabbage and red wine.[10] Varieties include 'Graffiti' and 'Purple Cape'. In Great Britain and southern Italy, a broccoli with tiny flower buds is sold as a vegetable under the name "purple cauliflower". It is not the same as standard cauliflower with a purple curd.


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Thanks for that judy.  I've saved it.

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