Comments on: Purple Sprouting Broccoli

By: scott

scott — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:14:04 +0000

MeltingWok: Surely that would be a massive evolutionary fault on behalf of PSB – so pretty you can’t perpetuate!

By: MeltingWok

MeltingWok — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 08:43:24 +0000

I’ve never seen this here You’re so lucky, Scott ! My my, they looked too preety for me to take a bite on

By: scott

scott — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:20:14 +0000

vanessa: The pasta seems to be a recurring theme. Note to self: be more original.

By: vanessa

vanessa — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 13:30:44 +0000

It IS the king of vegetables. So regal in purple.
Just needs an ermine jacket and it’s good to go.

I feel like it would be supurb over pasta sauted in butter, garlic and parm. yum.

By: scott

scott — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 08:20:59 +0000

Hi Zack,
Although your comment sounds like an ad for topgrubs.com, I’ve got no real problem with that…

PSB is very common in the UK at this time of year, but I’m unsure about it’s availability globally. There’s no reason why it couldn’t be grown from seed in any similar climate, though.

By: Zack

Zack — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 05:41:12 +0000

I came across this article on topgrubs.com and I have to say I am very impressed with your blog! Lots of original content along with great pictures.
Can anyone please tell me where I can get the Purple Sprouting Broccoli from? I have checked my local markets and they seem to know nothing about this.
Thank you in advance.

By: topGrubs.com

topGrubs.com — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 03:56:00 +0000

Purple Sprouting Broccoli:Photo…

Purple Sprouting Broccoli is truly one of the Kings of vegetables, and when in season is worthy of being eaten all on its own as a main course – with nothing more complicated then some melted butter to dip it into….

By: scott

scott — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 23:21:53 +0000

Nick: You’re absolutely right with the seasonality points. I indulge on rhubarb (for example) so much in season that I feel sick on it – but by the time it comes around again I swear it’s the best thing in the world. PSB is no exception!

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 22:17:49 +0000

A wonderful photo of a wonderful vegetable! I’ve been buying large quantities of psb each week at Bury St Edmunds market and eating it with everything. Yes, delicious steamed and eaten with butter or mayonnaise, but also good chopped up and thrown in with pasta towards the end of cooking before adding some tomato or carbonara sauce. The great thing about seasonal food is that just as you’re beginning to get a little fed up with it, it’s over for another year. Still, I’m looking forward to another couple of weeks of psb.

By: scott

scott — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 22:17:06 +0000

johanna: I love quiches! I can never master the art of pastry though. Far to precise!