Originally Posted by
david55
And while I am at it.....a rant: Why do we fall for the marketing scam of Broccolini? ( and now Broccolette
) It's just immature broccoli picked early with a new label and 3 times the price. It seems that we are saving the farmer money by not having to grow it as long.
Not correct. Although it is sometimes marketed as 'baby broccoli,' broccolini/brocolette is
not immature broccoli. It is a hybrid of broccoli and a plant called gai lan (also sometimes called 'Chinese broccoli').