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From: mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson)
Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking,sci.bio
Subject: Broccoflower
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Date: 6 Jul 90 04:58:15 GMT
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Anybody know the scoop on this "broccoflower" vegetable?  I bought
one for $1.79 today after hearing about it on TV!

On TV, they said it is a cross between a broccoli and a cauliflower
which was discovered in a farm in Holland a couple of years ago.

I don't believe it!  I think it's just a variant form of cauliflower.
It doesn't have the taste, texture, or morphology of broccoli.  The
only broccoli-like feature it has is that it is green.

So what's the straight story on "broccoflower"?  Is it a multi-million
dollar fraud on the American public (happy 4th, y'all)?  I for one am
plenty pissed I was tricked into paying $1.79 for a cauliflower!