"Charlotte L. Blackmer" > wrote in message
...
> In article >, Cheri >
> wrote:
> "Christine Dabney" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Tue, 05 Oct 2010 08:19:12 -0400, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>>>
>>>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.
>
> Yep.
>
> I like cutting largeish florets in pieces and I make sure the cut side is
> down on the sheet for EXTRA delicious brown edges.
>
> I don't add sugar. I drizzle a little bit of olive oil, sea salt, and the
> juice of one lemon before it goes into the oven.
>
> It will carbonize if you leave it in the oven too long.

That's the term for burning? Sounds right to me. I've never carbonized
roasted cauliflower. I also like it with slivers of garlic roasted along
with it. I love the taste of roasted garlic when bitten into. As long as
it isn't *carbonized*.