Chapter XVIII · Vegetables and Farinaceous Products · No. 2108
2108—Cauliflower and Broccoli (Chou-fleur et Broccoli)
Broccoli differs from cauliflower in the colour of its flower and the arrangement of the parts of the latter. In the broccoli the flower is of a deep violet. English broccoli never reach the size of those grown in the South of France.
Many do not even grow to a head, while their flowers—the size of hazel-nuts—are scattered among the interstices of the surrounding leaves.
Cauliflowers and large broccoli allow of the same treatment.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 2108, p. 642. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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