Broccoli
Green power cabbage
Intro
Opinions on broccoli tend to split the room. Most love or hate it. Children especially tend to avoid this vegetable at all costs. Studies have revealed that similar to coriander, our taste buds have very unique reactions to broccoli. Some like the taste, others find it repelling (people often compare the taste to soap).
Broccoli is also referred to as asparagus cabbage, because the taste is more similar to asparagus than cabbage.
What is broccoli?
Broccoli belongs to the same family as cauliflower: a cruciferous plant (bot. Cruciferae, Brassicaceae). The name comes from Italy, its European place of origin, where broccoli means cabbage sprouts.
The head of a broccoli, like the cauliflower, gets its shape because the flowers are not fully developed. This creates the dense, tight bushels of “flowers”. The vegetable is identified through its most common green colour. Rarer varieties are found in purple, yellow or white.
