Accidental food finds
I've been looking for Romanesco broccoli ever since I first saw it on TV. Not looking terribly hard, to the point where I'm thinking about ordering online, but I keep an eye out for it when I'm shopping. It looks interesting.
Imagine my surprise when I was at the local chain grocery store and I was walking past the cauliflower display...and lately they've begun stocking cauliflower in purple, gold and green as well as white...and I noticed that the green stuff had a different pattern to it. A closer look, and yes, this isn't the roundish variety, this is the pointy spiral Romanesco...it was a fairly small head, and the points weren't as pronounced as some I've seen photos of, but these are definately not the usual. It was labeled "brocoflower" with the same price as all the other variants.
It's possible what I got is actually a cross and not a true Romanesco, but I was happy to find it. At least this is close. Maybe later I'll find more of them, with even nicer peaks and spirals.
Yes, this isn't as exciting as finding a truffle in the portobellos, but it was a nice surprise.
You find anything interesting at the grocery lately?
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