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I bought a massive cauliflower and was so looking forward to having this with my dinner tonight.

I started to cut away the outer leaves and, ...I just kept cutting, until I finally located my veg.
It was no bigger than a large apple!
So much cheese sauce, so little cauliflower
:-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-(

I have been caught out like that before. :-|

Now, I always delve between the leaves to make sure there is actually a cauli inside the flower!

:-D

That interested me because here in Canada all leaves are cut off the cauliflower before they're sold. You can see exactly what you're buying.

Same in Oz...... I wouldn't buy it if I couldn't see it!

:-D

Cauli here is twice the price of brocolli..... so I usually do a broc/cauli with cheese sauce.

My cauli cost 77p in Asda!

When I was an ag lab/worked in a spud packing factory, one of our jobs was cutting cabbages and cauliflowers. I always cut them slightly high, so the grotty leaves were cut off. No matter how hard my foreman tried to show me the 'proper' way (ie leave as much crud/muddy leaves on as possible), I just couldn't get the hang of it ;-)

I find there is less waste using frozen cauli and broccoli, it's fresher and I can cook as much or as little as I need. If I do get a fresh one I use some of the leaves too

Lizx

GlasgowLass......... send me a cauli for Christmas lol :-D

No idea why they are so expensive here....... I think I paid $5 for the last one.

Robbery!

Broccoli yesterday was $3.98 per Kilo.

That is really expensive Ladyscozz.

I'm not a lover of frozen veg and I detest frozen carrots.
I buy fresh veg and store it, in a box, on a shelf in the garage.
It's freezing in there at the moment, so it keeps for a long time

I am however, a convert to Aldi's frozen mash at 67p a bag
I don't think I've mashed a boiled potato since last Christmas

:-D :-D :-D

I don't like frozen veg either, the only one I buy frozen is peas.... but usually use the dried peas.

Everything goes in the fridge here, even in winter. I buy fruit every few days, because it gets over-ripe so fast in the hot weather.

I have become acclimatised to getting my food from Supermarkets,
and not visiting farm markets or the like.
I recently obtained a sack of Potatoes in a sack, from a farm.....

they don't come already washed? in approximate similar sizes ?

Well, I'll go to the foot of the stairs.....LOL

One spud would likely feed a family of four for a week!!

Frozen veg is prepared and frozen so quickly that it retains more vitamins than stuff that's been transported long distances and then sometimes stuck in a warehouse before being put out for sale. No waste either

Lizx

Frozen veg is prepared and frozen so quickly that it retains more vitamins than stuff that's been transported long distances and then sometimes stuck in a warehouse before being put out for sale. No waste either

Lizx