“Cauliflower is just albino broccoli” is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying is based on cauliflower’s color (usually white), that both have edible flower buds, and that both are from Brassica oleracea. There are many differences between the two, however.
     
“Cauliflower is just albino broccoli” was posted on the newsgroup alt.tv.farscape on March 21, 2002. “wonders if cauliflower is albino broccoli” was posted on Twitter by Chad Kieffer on November 25, 2008. “Cauliflower is just albino broccoli” was posted on Twitter by Zack on July 6, 2009.
   
“As far is differences go, cauliflower is actually just an albino broccoli…jokes! It’s not. Though they are quite similar, the edible flower buds I mentioned are more spaced out in broccoli. Cauliflower has less calories and carbs, while broccoli has more vitamins and minerals” was posted on Live - Eat - Learn on November 18, 2019.
   
“Cauliflower is just ghost broccoli” is a similar saying.
     
     
Wikipedia: Cauliflower
Cauliflower is one of several vegetables in the species Brassica oleracea in the genus Brassica, which is in the Brassicaceae (or Mustard) family. It is an annual plant that reproduces by seed. Typically, only the head is eaten – the edible white flesh sometimes called “curd” (with a similar appearance to cheese curd). The cauliflower head is composed of a white inflorescence meristem. Cauliflower heads resemble those in broccoli, which differs in having flower buds as the edible portion. Brassica oleracea also includes broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, collard greens, and kale, collectively called “cole” crops, though they are of different cultivar groups.
 
Wikipedia: Broccoli
Broccoli is an edible green plant in the cabbage family (family Brassicaceae, genus Brassica) whose large flowering head, stalk and small associated leaves are eaten as a vegetable. The word broccoli comes from the Italian plural of broccolo, which means “the flowering crest of a cabbage”, and is the diminutive form of brocco, meaning “small nail” or “sprout”.
   
Broccoli is classified in the Italica cultivar group of the species Brassica oleracea. Broccoli has large flower heads, usually dark green in color, arranged in a tree-like structure branching out from a thick stalk which is usually light green. The mass of flower heads is surrounded by leaves. Broccoli resembles cauliflower, which is a different cultivar group of the same Brassica species. In 2017, China and India combined produced 73% of the world’s broccoli and cauliflower crops.
   
Google Groups: alt.tv.farscape
Please - say it ain’t so!!!!
jayembee
Mar 21, 2002, 7:07:45 PM
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Cauliflower is just albino broccoli.
         
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Chad Kieffer
@ckieffer
wonders if cauliflower is albino broccoli.
9:09 PM · Nov 25, 2008·Twitter Web Client
   
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Alan
@alanwritescode
cauliflower = albino broccoli? I think so!
12:12 AM · Mar 14, 2009·Twitter Web Client
   
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Johnny
@johnny101
Yay lasagna!  and why don’t they cauliflower: albino broccoli? i mean, that’s what it is afterall.
2:08 PM · Apr 2, 2009·Twitter Web Client
   
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Tim Kim
@TimKimDesign
Replying to @RealAge
@RealAge Ok, thanks, cauliflower is just Albino broccoli to me, but the cabbage I can stand. Thanks again
3:44 PM · Apr 3, 2009·Twitter Web Client
   
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Cesar Razuri
@CeaseTheDay
things that make you go, hmmm: is cauliflower an albino broccoli?
3:37 PM · Apr 29, 2009·Twitter Web Client
   
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Ali
@a_li
QOTD: “I don’t eat cauliflower cause it’s albino broccoli” - a grown woman said this, seriously.
12:26 PM · Jun 4, 2009·Twitter Web Client
   
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Cameron Gill
@cameronismyname
Cauliflower = Albino Broccoli.
3:44 AM · Jun 25, 2009·Twitter Web Client
   
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Zack
@ZackbookPro
Cauliflower is just albino broccoli.
7:57 PM · Jul 6, 2009·Twitter Web Client
 
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Charles Trippy
@CharlesTrippy
Anyone else call cauliflower albino broccoli? No? Only me? Never mind.
7:50 PM · Feb 7, 2014·Tweetbot for iOS
 
Reddit—NoStupidQuestions
Posted by u/swondiesel September 19, 2015
Is cauliflower like albino broccoli?
They look the same, just cauliflower is white.
       
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Molly Ligon
@mollyligonn
Cauliflower is just albino broccoli #SaidWhileUnderAnesthesia
7:00 PM · Sep 20, 2016·Twitter Web Client
 
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/dixienormous10 July 30, 2018
Cauliflower is just an albino broccoli
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DeathByTensors
Or maybe broccoli is just gangrenous cauliflower?
 
Reddit—ExplainikeImCalvin
Posted by u/[deleted] October 23, 2018
Dad, is cauliflower really just albino broccoli?
         
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T.S. Potter
@Annendil
There’s a special place in hell for people who claim cauliflower is just albino broccoli.
11:00 AM · Jan 31, 2019·Twitter for iPhone
 
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Mr. Josh
@MrJosh79
So, just to be clear, cauliflower ISN’T albino broccoli?
11:35 PM · Aug 20, 2019·Twitter for iPhone
 
Live - Eat - Learn
Cauliflower 101
By: Sarah
Updated: Nov 18, 2019
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What’s the difference between cauliflower and broccoli?
Let’s start with what makes them the same, shall we? Both cauliflower and broccoli are in the same family as cabbage and Brussels sprouts. The parts we eat on all of these veggies are actually flower buds!
 
As far is differences go, cauliflower is actually just an albino broccoli…jokes! It’s not. Though they are quite similar, the edible flower buds I mentioned are more spaced out in broccoli. Cauliflower has less calories and carbs, while broccoli has more vitamins and minerals.
 
Reddit—NoStupidQuestions
Posted by u/gsw_maniac January 19, 2020
Is cauliflower just albino broccoli?
Genuine question. What makes them different?
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YourFriendlySpidy
Sort of not really.
Cauliflower is like an immature broccoli. Broccoli is a the flower while cauliflower is like the pre flower formation.
They’ve both been bred differently so if you wait on a cauliflower it will not become broccoli.
But they’re both Brassica oleracea (as are cabbage, sprouts, kale and more)
 
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Olen Bjorgo
@KingAtticus
Replying to @_BlindNostalgia
“It’s not cauliflower, it’s albino broccoli”
3:26 PM · Nov 17, 2020·Twitter for iPhone