Romanesco broccoli

All right.

Well, listen, Ruck, um, just, uh, go ahead and continue to admire, uh, Romanesco broccoli, and know that-

Oh, yes

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it has, it has no bearing on the universe at all.

[laughs]

[laughs] Ro- Romanesco broccoli is fractal food.

Yes.

masking trash still trash

okay whatever man uh broccolini is a is a real vegetable um but uh that's not the answer we're looking for i think this is um something called a Romanesco.

If you look at it, it looks like it should be under the ocean.

It looks like a weird sea creature.

Under the

sea.

But yeah, I think it's known as Romanesco broccoli, but it's Romanesco.

whoa these things are cool

And for instance, here in Northern California, Don, what would you have in stock now in the way of cool season vegetables for people in Northern California?

We've just started bringing in broccoli, cauliflower, Romanesco, the different types of cabbage, Napa cabbage, regular-headed cabbages, and we have the very first of the leafy greens, lettuces, spinach, and we always have Swiss chard.

There's things you can plant now all the way through November here in our area, and many of those are planted again in late winter, early spring, depending on where you're listening.

And for those who may be wondering, what the heck is Romanesco? Well, that's a little controversial, but it's usually described as a type of cauliflower.

But to me, it looks more like broccoli.

Everyone should grow it once.

I'm going to ask you a little quiz.

Have you ever had Romanesca cauliflower? Do you know what that is? Andy, do you know what that is? I

don't know what that is.

Michael Patrick is

wearing purple.

So Romanesca cauliflower is that purple

cauliflower,

right? Yeah, I never eat

Do you have a favorite cool season crop that you're just absolutely juiced on growing or one that you just think, hey, this is one that's overlooked? and other gardeners should consider growing this too.

Romanesco.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah.

It's so

beautiful.

I love growing cauliflowers in general, but Romanesco is just so psychedelically cool-looking.

Fractal.