An extraordinary vegetable

[Eric Hardy]

My middle son Mark has just emailed me a photo  . He said that he went shopping at a farmers market in Montreal and got this! He said that it is in the brocolli family and tastes something between brocolli and cauliflower.



Just have a look at this link!!!

http://www.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&expIds=17259,27847,28155&xhr=t&q=romanesco+images&cp=16&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=tQ8nTfurIcWwhAfI8NiyAg&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CCkQsAQwAA&biw=1045&bih=590

[roiphil]

an amazing veg that eric unfortunately i dont stock the seed  otherwise you could have tried to grow it yourself 

[NightHawk]

What fantastic shapes Eric.

They're almost works of art than vegetables to eat.

Another example of nature at its finest 

Laurie.

[ideasguy]

They are very pretty, Eric. I'm sure one of the TV chefs could use something like that.

[Eric Hardy]

I don't know if anyone clicked on the link I gave but they are obviously a favourite photgraphic subject 

[NightHawk]

I followed your link Eric and was amazed at all the different structures that are produced. 

Laurie.

[Palustris]

Save following links. This is a Romanesco broccoli and they are easily grown from seed which is sold by most seed suppliers in the UK.

[Eric Hardy]

Save following links. This is a Romanesco broccoli and they are easily grown from seed which is sold by most seed suppliers in the UK.

That is good to know, Eric. I put the link though, mainly because of all the extraordinary photos.

[Palustris]

Basically if you can grow cauliflowers you can grow these.

[ideasguy]

Do slugs go for them, same as cauliflower?

[Palustris]

Yes!

[ideasguy]

If thats the case, mine wouldnt be as pretty as those in the photos