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very nice indeed....



but are you allowed to wear clothes if you follow the recipes?



i just don't fancy burning certain 'areas' :blink: :unsure:
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JJW009 wrote:
I picked it fresh from my stilton-on-toast tree :lol:
nice try, but i wasn't born yesterday!



everybody knows that stilton-on-toast is a root vegetable
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After many days with no Veg, todays honoured brassica will be Brassica oleracea aka the:



Cauliflower!



This particular one has been rolled in kitty-litter, rinsed off, boiled, then covered in cheese sauce.


Wikipedia says wrote:According to the United States Department of Agriculture, one cup of raw cauliflower provides 77% of an adult's DRI of vitamin C. It is also an important source of protein, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, and zinc, and a very good source of dietary fiber, vitamin B6, folate, pantothenic acid, and potassium. This food is low in saturated fat, and, as a plant, has no cholesterol.



In March 2003, Britain's Department for International Development released a study showing that cauliflower in India had high concentrations of heavy metals such as lead, cadmium and zinc, far exceeding those permissible under Indian law.



On September 23, 2002, a 17-year-old boy died after eating a small cauliflower he plucked from a field in Chandigarh, India, although it is believed that his death was due to pesticides that were sprayed on the cauliflower, and not the cauliflower itself.



Bhutanese prophets allegedly foretold cauliflower poisonings in early 19th century scripts, and cauliflowers were as a result banned in various Bhutanese provinces between 1831 and 1946.



A cauliflower is an annual plant which means that it has a lifecycle of a year.



Cauliflower is the result of man's artificial selection for sterility of flowers within the wild mustard flower.



Of all the brassicas, cauliflowers have the largest number of growth requirements, and the ability to successfully grow cauliflower in a home garden is often thought to be the hallmark of well-managed soil and a good gardener.




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I like the point in the article where it says 'as a plant it contains no cholesterol.'

Over here there is sunflower oil advertising itself as 'cholesterol free'. I've been telling a friend that's been buying it, that any veg oil is safe, but they are past saving and an advertisers dream. :rolleyes:




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Lol, I bet all the other manufacturers are kicking themselves for not thinking of that first!





OK, todays vegetable is:





Butternut Squash!



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