| We used to help my grandmother gather the flowers, remove the green involucre from beneath the flowerhead and separate the rays, or florets. |
| The florets form various clockwise and counterclockwise spiral patterns, intertwined and crisscrossing but otherwise unmistakable to the eye. |
| Other options for vegetarians were spinach and parsley croquets or fried cauliflower florets with cheese sauce. |
| Both dishes came with fresh, seasonal vegetables including roast and boiled potatoes, cauliflower florets and carrots. |
| Each of these flower stalks has fewer florets, but the plant as a whole is quite lovely. |
| They become yellow about the time they are extruded from the florets at flowering and then turn white. |
