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[–] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Does it taste better when it blooms?

[–] EchoCT@lemmy.ml 27 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Grew broccoli for the first time this year. The answer is worse, chewier, stringier.

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 6 points 3 days ago

Some plants make some bitter compounds when they go to seed so I would guess not.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 16 points 3 days ago

It becomes bitter.

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

It’s closely related to mustard, and mustard’s distinct flavor is from the seeds. So I’d assume that if you leave it long enough for the blooms to seed, they’d taste similar to mustard. Most plants tend to get bitter after they bloom, because they send all of their nutrients to the flowers. And mustard does tend to be fairly bitter.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

Everything is a brassica.

[–] dandylion@lemmy.today 4 points 2 days ago

Does that make the flowers tastier?