[Sca-cooks] broccoli and cauliflower

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Also sprach Daniel Myers:

>With the incredible variability of B. oleracea and the fact that even
>modern farmers have troubles at times with keeping them from crossbreeding
>and producing undesirable forms, I simply cannot see that ancient or
>medieval agriculture could have produced anything close.  The accounts I've
>seen quoted from primary sources generally seem to describe something like
>the flower clusters from cabbage that's gone to seed, and one account seems
>to specifically call for this.
>
>So while I would say that flower clusters from many varieties of B.
>oleracea were cooked and eaten in period, I would not include broccoli or
>cauliflower.

Ooooh, Bear, is it time to bring up the legend of Al "Cubby" Broccoli
and his claim to be descended from the man that "invented" broccoli?

Adamantius