Pickles by Brian Crane for November 17, 2020

Don’t blame you Earl. I’m sure there are plenty of people that love both cauliflower and clam chowder. I’m just not one of em.

Cauliflower is NOT an acceptible substitute for potatoes. Just because it’s the same color does not mean that it tastes anything like a potato.

I agree 100% with Earl

Even I’ve tried to make hash brown patties out of cauliflower once or twice. As for trying to eat pre-made cauliflower hash brown patties from Green Giant®, not very tasty (must’ve been the parmesan cheese).

I like cauliflower.

I love cauliflower as long as it is smothered in cheese sauce like my broccoli. In fact ANYTHING smothered in cheese sauce is the greatest treat on the face of the planet.

Hey, I like cauliflower.. just don’t pretend it’s potato.. IT AINT!

We used to have a place here called Pizzeria Uno (may still exist elsewhere, but all the ones in my area closed years ago). When I was there having something that wasn’t pizza, I decided to try the loaded mashed cauliflower and discovered that I loved it. (Hey, with bacon, cheese and chives you’d be hard-pressed to tell it from potatoes.)

A while later I was back there and it was no longer on the menu. I asked the waitress and she said they took it off because it wasn’t very popular. Five minutes later I hear from the table behind me some total stranger also try to order the loaded mashed cauliflower.

I know I would do the same thing Earl did. My experiences with cauliflower are from long ago but the horrid memory lingers.

I love al dente cauliflower with butter and S&P. And raw cauliflower, too. Many veggies people hate are hated simply because they are overcooked.

Cauliflower the same as potatoes? BALDERDASH!

Cauliflower can be ok but it is NOT potatoes.

Opal has been reading “Prevention” for far too long.

I tried that as a kid with peas, it didn’t go too well.

Good thing the garbage doesn’t have the same reaction that Earl does…

Earl could have waited till Opal wasn’t looking…..LOL

My ex hated cauliflower. We were invited to a friend’s house for dinner & she served a cauliflower casserole. The ex took a huge helping, which surprised me but I thought maybe he was just being polite, so I didn’t say anything. Halfway thru the meal, he proclaimed the casserole to be the best potatoes he had ever eaten.

I have the same reaction to cauliflower pizza crust.

I said to myself as a kid, if I ever grow up I would never eat cauliflower again and I haven’t.

I tried a pizza ONCE with cauliflower crust- YUCK!

There’s a mistake here…she would have said; “oh, just eat it, you’re always fussin’ over something.”

I’ve never heard of cauliflower pizza crust, and certainly won’t be asking for it.

Earl saved it a trip.

I must be weird; I like cauliflower better than potatoes…

Potatoes, Ug! Cauliflower, Ug-Ug. Tonto

Maybe but you can still TASTE cauliflower vs potato. I hate the flavor and can barely tolerate it.

I’m with Earl. There is a time and a place for everything … and a good New England clam chowder is not the place for cauliflower to be masquerading as a potato!

I prefer to take cauliflower on its own merits, not as a “stealth weapon”.

The keto diet has a cauliflower recipe for a substitute for mashed potatoes. Going to try it in a few days.

Earl and Opal are going to have a big fight over this.

When I was a kid, we went to visit my cousins; we stayed up late & watched Outer Limits. In the climactic shot at the end it was revealed that the psycho-killer alien was mostly humanoid – except his head looked just like a stalk of cauliflower.

Have not been able to eat the nasty stuff since.

I’m pk doing without the potatoes and the cauliflower.

At $5/head I’m leaving the cauliflower on the produce rack these days.

Ever thought of cauliflower instead of potatoes in clam chowder! Yum!

I make an excellent soup that includes as an ingredient sliced red potatoes. I subbed cauliflower, and found that not only was the soup better, but it took 15 fewer minutes to cook. (The cauliflower took 5 minutes to the potatoes 20.). I was pleasantly surprised.

I have tried making fried rice with “riced” cauliflower, as well as hamburger rice hot dish and a few other things … and you can keep it.

Um; I’m with YOU Earl !

i love cauliflower!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You cauliflower, I call it fouler, let’s call the whole thing off.

So next time she gives him an unopened can of store bought soup, while she eats her healthy home made soup.

He could at least have gotten an opinion from Roscoe, who in real life would eat it fast, but in the cartoon would have refused it just to make us laugh.

Everyone “hops on the bandwagon” when something new comes out. You can’t substitute cauliflower for good old potatoes. I love them. So, deal with it.

I think my husband will be on Earl’s side.

exactly what i would have done!

For me if lower in calories I try, just covers taste of cauliflower. For me I do watch calorie intake and working.

note to self: mention ‘cauliflower’ any time you want to start an endless cascade of comments…

If you use riced cauliflower and fry it with bacon in bacon fat, it is delicious. ;o)

bought some frozen vegetables a bit ago, rice with various mixed vegetables. Except I didn’t notice it wasn’t rice, it was riced cauliflower. I haven’t dared try it yet.

Cauliflower is strictly a cheese zone.

I think part of the problem is how people are using the word “substitute.” If you know it’s cauliflower clam chowder, you don’t expect it to taste like potatoes, and it might not seem so bad. My mom made stroganoff with ground beef and poured the sauce over rice. Now as an adult, I try to be more accurate and call it “mock stroganoff” or “beef and mushroom sauce over rice” or “mushroom sauce over beef and rice.”

What will she cook next? French fried cauliflower?