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Topic Started: Apr 9 2016, 05:50 AM (558 Views)
angora
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How did the media convince us that cauliflower tastes anything like potatoes. :cow-IthinkIamgoingmad:
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lilal
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Some people are easily brainwashed by all the latest trends. oooh 02
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Darcie
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Never tried anything like that, don't like cauliflower.
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David
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I've never heard they taste like potatoes....it's more of a textural thing. I've used cauliflower as a substitute for potatoes in chowder, cooking for someone who was avoiding carbs, and I didn't think anything was lost. I would cook it again. However; substituting for mashed potatoes is another thing...ugh...not good
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angora
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Yeah, I just saw a recipe for Shepherds Pie with cauliflower in place of potatoes. I don't think so.
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heatseeker
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What, exactly, is wrong with spuds?

By themselves (no added butter or other stuff) they are not calorific, and indeed, are healthy.

Before the great famine, the average adult in Ireland ate more than 10 pounds of potatoes a day (yes, this is correct) and damn little else. And they thrived.

I'd like to see anyone thriving on 10 pounds of cauliflower.

http://wiki.dickinson.edu/index.php/Demographics_During_the_Famine
Edited by heatseeker, Apr 9 2016, 07:07 AM.
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helen_t
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My son won't eat it - says they look like somebody's brains biggrin 04
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David
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Nothing is wrong with potatoes, but some folks like a low-carb diet....especially diabetics. Nothing wrong with cauliflower either.
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Shorty
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I like both but would only do the substitution for a dietary reason. I like a starch with my meal. Rice, potatoes, pasta, etc.

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helen_t
Apr 9 2016, 07:31 AM
My son won't eat it - says they look like somebody's brains biggrin 04
Hahaha
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Kahu
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One of my favourites!

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Cauliflower Cheese

Ingredients

1 Head Cauliflower
3 tbsp Plain Flour
3 tbsp Butter
1 ½ c Milk
1 ½ c Grated Cheese
Salt for seasoning
Pepper for seasoning
2 Slices White Toast Bread

Method

Cut the cauliflower into florets and cook in boiling water for 5 minutes, then drain in a colander and refresh under cold running water, then allow to drain.

Set aside.

In a pot lightly cook the flour in 2 tbls of the butter.

Add the milk and cook, beating with a wooden spoon or whisk.

Take off the heat, add the cheese and season with salt and pepper.

Put the white bread and the remaining butter into a food processor and blend until it’s a coarse crumb.

Place the cauliflower florets into a wide baking dish, cover with the cheese sauce and scatter the bread crumbs over.

Bake at 180°C for 15-20 minutes and serve.
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Kahu
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This is nice too ...

Aloo Gobi

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Ingredients

1 Tbsp oil
1 Onion, diced
3cm knob ginger
2 garlic cloves
2 tsp cumin powder
2 tsp coriander powder
2 tsp ground chilli
1 tsp garam masala
3 Potatoes, diced and par-boiled
1/2 Cauliflower, cut into florets, blanched
1/2 tsp turmeric
salt to taste
1/4 cup coriander

Method

Heat oil in a large fry pan and add onions and gently fry until translucent.

Place the ginger and garlic into a mortar and pestle and grind until you get a paste. Then add the dry spices (except turmeric) and mix well.

Add the paste to the pan and fry gently until it froths. Add the potatoes and cover to cook.

When the Potatoes are nearly done add the cauliflower florets, turmeric & salt, gently combine. Cover to and cook for 2 minutes. Before serving mix through the coriander and check seasoning. Serve with naan bread.
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angora
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I have nothing against cauliflower. I object, as I always do, to society/media trying to tell us what to eat. There is nothing wrong with potatoes, and they taste like potatoes. There is nothing wrong with cauliflower and it tastes like cauliflower. I want to know why cook book critics and writers want us to pretend that cauliflower is potatoes. because of the brain washing against carbs.
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Kahu
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angora
Apr 10 2016, 12:09 PM
I object, as I always do, to society/media trying to tell us what to eat. .... I want to know why cook book critics and writers want us to pretend that cauliflower is potatoes. because of the brain washing against carbs.
Part of the reason can be attributed to community health advocates pushing their favourite betes noirs into the public limelight to right some perceived problem in societal heath ... eg the current war against sugar. The other part of the reason could be a personal aversion to being told what to do. oooh 02

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Darcie
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I just don't like the taste of cauliflower but the second recipe I might give a try. The first is not for me.

I just laugh when they try to tell me that margarine is like butter.
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