"When I was a young man here, we used to have cauliflower and other vegetables and cranberry sauce, but no turkey, " he said.

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The two salad recipes show what a versatile ingredient it can be, standing up to tart citrus and salty olives in one and providing a spicy foil to toasted walnuts and sweet, slow-roasted cauliflower in the other.

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There's a greater basis for prohibiting cauliflower (for reasons other than taste), because if you eat enough of it raw, you could die.

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Other possible inducing agents include extracts from vegetables such as broccoli and cauliflower.

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