On Tue, 05 Oct 2010 09:12:47 -0600, Christine Dabney
> wrote:

>On Tue, 05 Oct 2010 08:19:12 -0400, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
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>>Sliced as you describe the cauliflower will fall apart, and
>>cauliflower does not caramelize, over cooked it will burn.
>
>Guess you have never tried it this way.
>
>Cauliflower most certainly will caramelize...as I and many, many
>others will attest to... It doesn't become overcooked and burned,
>unless you let it go that far, but before that it certainly does
>caramelize. And yes, it will fall apart if you put it into very tiny
>florets. If it is sliced or in larger florets, it stays in those
>pieces.
>
>I have done this countless times, after reading about it on eGullet,
>and even before then. This has been for at least 6 years now..that I
>have been cooking cauliflower this way.

You don't know what caramelizing means... cauliflower does not contain
sugar enough to caramelize... you have a better chance to caramelize a
head of romaine. I don't believe you ever roasted cauliflower, never
occured to you until this thread.