Is this cauliflower decaying or is it moldy?

[liuzhou]

I'm astonished at the prices people are reporting. I checked out my local emporium yesterday. Cauliflowers were the equivalent of $1.14 per kilo.

[rotuts]

Stop&Shop :  4.99i / lbs

 

MarketBasket  ( sale starts Sunday :  2 for $ 5 )  if they are an lbs, Ill try one.  an lbs would fit nicely in the CSB.

[JohnT]

And, reporting live from Cape Town (just bought 4 heads) - $0.65 per head (around 750 g each - I should start an export business!) No brown bits or blemishes, so tonight it is pork bangers served with caramelised onion sauce on cauliflower mash. John.

[gfweb]

Lets see if prices fall when supply returns.

http://www.thepacker.com/news/cauliflower-prices-high-through-end-year

[ChocoMom]

YIKES!   I'm ordering seeds for Enfurter cauliflower this week.  If I can get it to grow again this year, we'll be in good shape. =)

[heidih]

Today's purchase for $1 - grown in California!

[Thanks for the Crepes]

@heidih

 

It's obvious that Heidi and the rest of the Californians are eating up all the cauliflower, and I don't blame them! 

 

We get Ocean Mist Brand here too, but the cheapest I've ever seen a head is $2.50. I thought about getting a head at $3.69 in late November, but cheaped out, and now I could kick myself, because I certainly can't afford some of the prices posted here until they get more reasonable. That's okay, though, because I have access to many other veggies that are delicious roasted too, although I do love me some roasted cauliflower. Thanks to the this long e-G thread/topic, cauliflower moved from a meh vegetable to a coveted one.

 

I frequently have to trim brown or blackish spots a little where the head has contacted the plastic wrapper and moisture condensed in the fridge. I've seen them in the store like that too, but only buy if they are pristine white. The discoloration isn't deep at all, and no harm has ever come to any of us how ate the trimmed cauliflower.

[kbjesq]

All this cauliflower talk. Made me go buy one today.  On sale, *only* $4.59USD for one head.  And at that price, you'd better believe we will eat the whole thing,  every bit of it.  

[Panaderia Canadiense]

On 2 January, 2016 at 2:25 PM, Anna N said:

 Yep at eight dollars a head which is what we are paying for it at the moment we rescue as much as we can!   I have often wondered if we can mitigate the damage by cutting it into florettes and storing it that way. Not many of us find a need to cook a whole head.  

 

Oh dear lord!  $8 a head?!?!?!  I pay $0.33 and scream when it goes up to $0.50.  I can't even fathom….

[huiray]

I like small/mini cauliflowers - like these shown here - when I do buy cauliflower.  I get them usually at the Farmers' markets in season. Usually around $3.50 or thereabouts per pound. They're attractive when cooked and presented as entire heads nestled on the side of an individual plate of food or on a serving plate.

 

Large heads of cauliflower at the farmers' markets are also often around $3 per head when available, sometimes more; one or two vendors offer them at higher prices - like $2.50/smallish head (maybe 4-5 inches across). I also like the miniature "spiral pointy shaped" green ones, the yellow or purple ones, again miniature ones. All found at my local farmers' markets, but the one in Broad Ripple in particular. But I rarely buy bigger heads of them anyway, even in the standard supermarkets.

[MelissaH]

Yesterday at Wegmans, there was a note next to the price listing for the cauliflower. I didn't photograph it, but it said something along the lines of unfavorable growing conditions, expect higher prices for a few weeks, we apologize, blah blah blah.

[blue_dolphin]

2 hours ago, huiray said:

I like small/mini cauliflowers - like these shown here - when I do buy cauliflower....

 

Those little cauliflowers look nice.  I will have to look for them.  

 

Organic cauliflower in my area was $1.99/lb at Sprouts, $3.49/head at TJ's and variously priced between $2-3/lb at my local farmer's market, where I purchased this nice fellow on Thursday:

About 3.5 lbs for $4.  I will eat it all!  Small bruises caused by me and my veg drawer.  

[gfweb]

Our usually hideous Acme market has cauliflower for about $2/lb. So things are improving perhaps.

[Toliver]

Related article on the recent price increase for cauliflower:

"There's A Major Cauliflower Shortage..."

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The Daily Beast reports that "unusually cold weather" in California and Arizona is to blame for the shortage. The two states produce the bulk of U.S.-grown cauliflower, and "major" drops in temperature there-including overnight dips below freezing-may have stressed the florets.

Plus, it doesn't help that cauliflower is the hot new food trend.

[Thanks for the Crepes]

On my last grocery shop on Monday, I picked up a pristine head of cauliflower in Cary for $3.99, it is slated for roasting very shortly. It may be my last for a while if the price doubles, so I plan to savor every morsel.

[AlaMoi]

cauliflower will take temps down to the mid-20's without damage,

 

however long cold periods will slow it's growth rate.

 

the temp records show 2015 was cooler than usual for highs, and warmer than usual for colds....

 

 

http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/salinas-ca/93901/december-weather/327135?monyr=12/1/2015