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minus-squarethatradomguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down2·5 days agoDoes it taste better when it blooms?
minus-squareEchoCT@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·5 days agoGrew broccoli for the first time this year. The answer is worse, chewier, stringier.
minus-squarekieron115@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 days agoSome plants make some bitter compounds when they go to seed so I would guess not.
minus-squaremic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 days agoIt’s closely related to mustard, and mustard’s distinct flavor is from the seeds. So I’d assume that if you leave it long enough for the blooms to seed, they’d taste similar to mustard.
minus-squaredandylion@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agoDoes that make the flowers tastier?
Does it taste better when it blooms?
Grew broccoli for the first time this year. The answer is worse, chewier, stringier.
Some plants make some bitter compounds when they go to seed so I would guess not.
It becomes bitter.
It’s closely related to mustard, and mustard’s distinct flavor is from the seeds. So I’d assume that if you leave it long enough for the blooms to seed, they’d taste similar to mustard.
Everything is a brassica.
Does that make the flowers tastier?