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Topic Started: Apr 9 2016, 05:50 AM (559 Views)
angora
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How did the media convince us that cauliflower tastes anything like potatoes. :cow-IthinkIamgoingmad:
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angora
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Kahu
Apr 10 2016, 12:18 PM
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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'a personal aversion to being told what to do' Boy, have you got me pegged.
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angora
Apr 9 2016, 05:50 AM
How did the media convince us that cauliflower tastes anything like potatoes. :cow-IthinkIamgoingmad:
I for one love mashed cauliflower, but no one ever told me it would taste like mashed potatoes.

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Same here Pat.
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Durgan
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In the old days cauliflower was always served with the ubiquitous white sauce made from flour if you were poor and cream if you had it. One couldn't see the vegetable for the white sauce. And recalling it was always overcooked so being mush.
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angora
Apr 11 2016, 02:04 AM
'a personal aversion to being told what to do' Boy, have you got me pegged.
I'm a bit like that too ...
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Alli
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I love cauliflower tastes great IMO!! I often use different vegetables when I make Sheperd's Pie I have used cauliflower with carrots

Never thought it tasted like potatoes, it has a distinct flavour of it's own. I love dipping it, sauteed, boiled broiled in whatever form soup etc....

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When I want potatoes I will have them! I'm tired of skinny young things on TV telling us what to eat. I was slim too at their age and always ate potatoes. Cauliflower is OK sometimes but no substitute for spuds.
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Apr 13 2016, 11:43 AM
When I want potatoes I will have them! I'm tired of skinny young things on TV telling us what to eat. I was slim too at their age and always ate potatoes. Cauliflower is OK sometimes but no substitute for spuds.
Somebody, gets my point. Thanks. :beer:
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David
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I got it too Angora!! I love potatoes!
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margrace
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Well I am Irish and can't stand potatoes very much.
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I like cauliflower in the many wonderful recipes that can be made as well as simply steamed. With butter.
When growing up we had margarine introduced at some point, we were told it was healthier. My mother confessed years later that it was butter for the poor. To this day I prefer butter. All things in moderation.
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angora
Apr 9 2016, 05:50 AM
How did the media convince us that cauliflower tastes anything like potatoes. :cow-IthinkIamgoingmad:
I got wind of it on LOW CARB FRIENDS presumably from some Atkins book originally.
Yes, I agree, the resemblance to mashed potatoes was only the fact that both are white.


Did anyone try that wretched and pricey low-carb purple pasta made from Jerusalem artichokes? That wasn't even a color match.
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Sounds awful.
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