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Default Cauliflower waste?


"KenK" > wrote in message
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> Gary > wrote in :
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>> notbob wrote:
>>>
>>> On 2014-05-19, KenK > wrote:
>>> > Yesterday I prepared a cauliflower I purchased the previous day.
>>> > Living alone, most of it went into the freezer. I sure hate to
>>> > throw away half my purchae: all the green portions. Am I wasting
>>> > that? Next time, is there some tasty way to prepare it?
>>>
>>> I would suggest pickling.

>>
>> Living alone myself, I would suggest just buying less of it. You can
>> split a head before you bag it.
>>
>> G.
>>

>
> All those I see are tightly wrapped in cellophane and sealed. No way to
> split them. Not sure those stores, if any here, that sell them loose
> permit splitting them. Like cutting a cabbage - or a banana - or a mango
> - in two.
>

They are wrapped in plastic here as well. But some stores sell a stir fry
mix and you can use the tongs to pick out only the cauliflower to buy. Or
you can buy the pieces in a bag, either all cauliflower or mixed with things
like broccoli, carrots and snow peas.