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From a Which test:- https://www.which.co.uk/reviews/grow-you...fp67N07jrx
What most of us call broccoli is in fact calabrese; but search any of the major supermarkets’ online sites for calabrese and you’ll draw a blank. The term isn’t much used in the UK – we just call everything broccoli, but there are several different types. They are all members of the brassica family – Brassica oleracea to be precise. Calabrese is the large-headed type often sold encased in a tight plastic sheath; broccoli is the sprouting type, whether that’s purple, green or white sprouting; Tenderstem is a trademark name for sprouting broccoli (it even has its own website); and then there is Chinese kale, another cultivar of B. oleracea, which has small broccoli-like florets on thick stems with more leaves than sprouting broccoli. You may also come across broccoli raab, or rapini, a turnip relative whose seed is sold as Cima di Rapa, which translates as turnip tops. It’s popular in Italian cuisine and has a slight mustard flavour, slender stems with small florets and lots of leaf. We included it in our trial but it bolted too quickly to provide any harvest.
What most of us call broccoli is in fact calabrese; but search any of the major supermarkets’ online sites for calabrese and you’ll draw a blank. The term isn’t much used in the UK – we just call everything broccoli, but there are several different types. They are all members of the brassica family – Brassica oleracea to be precise. Calabrese is the large-headed type often sold encased in a tight plastic sheath; broccoli is the sprouting type, whether that’s purple, green or white sprouting; Tenderstem is a trademark name for sprouting broccoli (it even has its own website); and then there is Chinese kale, another cultivar of B. oleracea, which has small broccoli-like florets on thick stems with more leaves than sprouting broccoli. You may also come across broccoli raab, or rapini, a turnip relative whose seed is sold as Cima di Rapa, which translates as turnip tops. It’s popular in Italian cuisine and has a slight mustard flavour, slender stems with small florets and lots of leaf. We included it in our trial but it bolted too quickly to provide any harvest.
The Moneyless Chicken says:-
Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.
Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.
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