Calabrese ruined?

**Small pumpkin** · 29-07-2019, 06:39 PM

I’d still eat that. Blanch & freeze what I couldn’t eat within the next day or two.
That’s a much better crop than I’ve had this year.

**Snoop Puss** · 29-07-2019, 07:08 PM

Florets for stir fry
https://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/...y-orecchiette/
Broccoli and mushroom stuffing for pancakes
Soup
All gone.

**Penellype** · 29-07-2019, 07:38 PM

The plants should produce edible sideshoots if you leave them in the ground after the central head has been cut. I've had summer calabrese continue to produce small heads throughout the winter if it doesn't get too cold.

**ameno** · 29-07-2019, 08:38 PM

I've eaten them in flower before. They're still fine.
I've found that when you cook them when in flower, it makes the whole kitchen smell like a field of oil-seed rape. They are closely related plants, I suppose.

**monkeyboy** · 30-07-2019, 07:16 AM

Thanks. I was supposed to have a look last week but I've neglected the garden because of recent events. I've had a generally poor year this year.

Normally, I would harvest when the flower buds appear but I slacked off and didn't know if they were edible. Ended up in stirfry last night and tasted delicious, especially compared to shop-bought.

**Snoop Puss** · 30-07-2019, 08:45 AM

The broccoli sauce on pasta sounds weird, but it's surprisingly good. I've made it with bacon instead of anchovies. Also delicious.

**marchogaeth** · 30-07-2019, 08:54 AM

My overwintered poly tunnel calebrese all ran to flower in the hot spring, including side shoots (we don't like it frozen). I went to pull it all out only to find it a mass of bees about six species including honey so I left it in and gardened around it til it was completely finished. I'll be letting some go on purpose next year as an adjunct to the borrage and comfrey.

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