I’ve long wondered how much the leaves of the cauliflowers I bought weighed and how much extra they cost me.
Last night, I decided to find out.
I cut off all of the leaves and the stalk that they were attached to, got out my digital scale and weighed them.
I then weighed the remaining head of florets.
The head weighed 16.04 ounces, while the leaves and stalk weighed 9.84 ounces for a total weight of 25.88 ounces.
Using my computer calculator, I found that the leaves were just over 38 percent of the total weight.
If I bought the head at $1.99 per pound, the total cost was $3.22, of which the leaves cost $1.22.
I recently learned something about broccoli that I never knew: You should cut up the stalk and cook and eat it.
I found this out while cooking frozen stir-fry vegetables from a local store.
While there were broccoli florets, there were also quite a few chunks of broccoli stem.
I’ll be making better use of my fresh broccoli from now on.
Thomas See,
Port Angeles