I bought a cauliflower a couple of days ago and on peeling back the
outer leaves found a normal 18 cm cauliflower head surrounded by a dozen
small (2 - 3 cm) perfect mini caulis.

Anyone else come across one of these? In umpteen years of buying caulis
I have never come across one like this before.

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Jeff

In article , lid
says...

I bought a cauliflower a couple of days ago and on peeling back the
outer leaves found a normal 18 cm cauliflower head surrounded by a dozen
small (2 - 3 cm) perfect mini caulis.

Awwwww :-)

Anyone else come across one of these? In umpteen years of buying caulis
I have never come across one like this before.


Me neither, but I'd be delighted to find one; and even more delighted
if it's possible to grow them from seed.

Janet

On Sun, 04 Jan 2015 12:23:02 +0000, Jeff Layman
wrote:

I bought a cauliflower a couple of days ago and on peeling back the
outer leaves found a normal 18 cm cauliflower head surrounded by a dozen
small (2 - 3 cm) perfect mini caulis.

Anyone else come across one of these? In umpteen years of buying caulis
I have never come across one like this before.

In my experience cauliflowers with one big head surrounded by lots of
small heads are quite common.

Steve


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On 04/01/15 13:07, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Sun, 04 Jan 2015 12:23:02 +0000, Jeff Layman
wrote:

I bought a cauliflower a couple of days ago and on peeling back the
outer leaves found a normal 18 cm cauliflower head surrounded by a dozen
small (2 - 3 cm) perfect mini caulis.

Anyone else come across one of these? In umpteen years of buying caulis
I have never come across one like this before.

Not quite the same, but in a similar vein, is Romanesque cauliflower,
if you've never come across it. Images here http://tinyurl.com/ms2bw8v
Wiki here http://tinyurl.com/29gv5v

I've eaten Romanesque caulis. Very decorative (probably the perfect veg
if you're into fractals!), but taste the same as ordinary caulis.

--

Jeff

On 04/01/15 12:40, Janet wrote:
In article , lid
says...

I bought a cauliflower a couple of days ago and on peeling back the
outer leaves found a normal 18 cm cauliflower head surrounded by a dozen
small (2 - 3 cm) perfect mini caulis.

Awwwww :-)

Anyone else come across one of these? In umpteen years of buying caulis
I have never come across one like this before.


Me neither, but I'd be delighted to find one; and even more delighted
if it's possible to grow them from seed.

Went to the greengrocer today and found a few similar caulis.
Unfortunately the box they came in was not there. The greengrocer said
that they were of English or French origin. So, if the latter, it might
be worth looking through a few French veg seed suppliers to see if they
have a "hen and chicken" variety available.

--

Jeff

On 06/01/2015 15:15, Jeff Layman wrote:
On 04/01/15 12:40, Janet wrote:
In article , lid
says...

I bought a cauliflower a couple of days ago and on peeling back the
outer leaves found a normal 18 cm cauliflower head surrounded by a dozen
small (2 - 3 cm) perfect mini caulis.

Awwwww :-)

Anyone else come across one of these? In umpteen years of buying caulis
I have never come across one like this before.


Me neither, but I'd be delighted to find one; and even more delighted
if it's possible to grow them from seed.

Went to the greengrocer today and found a few similar caulis.
Unfortunately the box they came in was not there. The greengrocer said
that they were of English or French origin. So, if the latter, it might
be worth looking through a few French veg seed suppliers to see if they
have a "hen and chicken" variety available.

You might be able to root the stump and grow on some shoots for seed.