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With the production of the cauliflower in decline, Lucy Siegle asked if Britain has fallen out of love with humble bumpy veg.

In the last ten years the production of cauliflower has fallen by 35 per cent, while our taste for its more glamorous green cousin - broccoli - shows no sign of abating.

So where do you stand in the great cauliflower versus broccoli debate?

A very quick, totally unscientific straw poll in the One Show production office revealed that, yes, on the whole, we, indeed, favoured broccoli (14 out of 22 people asked preferred the leafy green behemoth to its paler counterpart, if you were wondering). Unless we were talking cauliflower cheese. Or in a curry. And then, they were on the fence.

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But cauliflower was not without its fans. "Broccoli is a curse designed to torture small children. Cauliflower is God's gift to cheese sauce!" said one of the team. "Cauliflower for president!" said another. They were in the minority though. "Cauliflower stinks," said one broccoli fan, pithily.Ìý

So, has cauliflower had its day?

See also:

Cauliflower recipes from ´óÏó´«Ã½ Food

Broccoli recipes from ´óÏó´«Ã½ Food

What do you think? Who will stand up for the great British cauliflower? Or does broccoli do it for you, hands down? Have your say?

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