Sunday, February 5, 2012

Edible Fractal

I don't know if these things have started showing up in the US while we've been away, but I hadn't seen one until quite recently here in Japan.


 Wikipedia says it is called Romanesco Broccoli but we found it here labeled cauliflower and called it simply 'fractal' because it so clearly is a fractal and is not cauliflower.  We had to try one and found it very nice - they seem to be about halfway between cauliflower and broccoli, with a firm but very biteable texture and flavor that is mild but more pronounced than cauliflower.




If these are everywhere at home I apologize for the old news, but we thought these were pretty nifty and some people might be interested to see them.  Who knows, we may even blog something about Japan again before we leave the country.

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