Brussel Sprouts

TheDriver

So they appear this time of year, everyone seems to cook them at Christmas but who likes them?
I can't stand the blasted things myself, taste awful, look desperate and have a weird texture. Would prefer baked beans than brussel sprouts with my turkey if I had to choose between them.
What do people think of them??? Does anyone actually like the net of green balls?

KeithM89_old

I like them but they have to be very soft and covered in gravy. Xmas is the only time of year i eat them though.

ToniTuddle

Would people ever man up and just eat them!

Throw a bit of sauce on it or something to help take away the flavour. I have them every other week. They are good for ya :pac:

OPENROAD

KeithM89 wrote: »

I like them but they have to be very soft and covered in gravy. Xmas is the only time of year i eat them though.

Does that not take from the goodness?

KeithM89_old

OPENROAD wrote: »

Does that not take from the goodness?

Yeah probably but i dont like them if they have a bit of a crunch to them...

phasers

Ew no, cabbage ftw

Dudess

I hated them up to recently but I like them now.

jaffa20

I love mini cabbages

Sanjuro

Second only to the potato, the brussel sprout is one of the greatest vegetables ever known to man. Most people boil the bejesus out of them, ruining their brusselly awesomeness. They must still have a crunch to the middle of them. Firm, yet yielding to the knife. Like how I like my women. They're the goddamn veg of kings.


So yes. I like brussel sprouts and their sprouty goodness.

IvySlayer

I don't wanna eat them :mad:

FoxT

I like me sprouts. Lightly cooked, so a little crunchy, & a good dollop of melting butter on top.

Has made me the man I am today

TheDriver

I always tried eating them with no sauce, must be where I went wrong.

anniehoo

Mashed up and lightly fried with garlic butter...yum! Hate them otherwise.

thenutflush

Asparagus is the nicest vegetable in the world. I'd eat it everyday but I heard too much can contribute to kidney stones. Brussell sprouts are nice too, one of my favourite vegetables.

Dravokivich

Fúcking love'em.

Pherekydes

Everyone in my house loves them.

Probably to do with the way I coat them in olive oil and honey and roast them.

They are gorgeous.

orourkeda

Brussel Sprouts are f*cking superb

starbelgrade

I love 'em... the problem is though, that they are often overcooked & that makes 'em smell awful.

Same goes with cabbage.. it needs to be boiled lightly if it's to keep it's texture & taste.

I love brussels roasted with garlic, fried bacon & walnuts. Seriously tasty.

SomeFool

no.. horrible, just horrible.

--LOS--

used to hate them, now I love them, they're awesome when cooked right.

also reheat them in the microwave and they burst and spawn like gremlins

Kimono-Girl

I used hate them but then i discovered the miracle that is garlic!

fry them up in a bit of garlic and butter (or even better garlic butter... although its nsfw ) and num num,

i've converted at least 5 people already, cause they taste so darn good and now at home we eat them almost every week!

msg11

thenutflush wrote: »

Asparagus is the nicest vegetable in the world. I'd eat it everyday but I heard too much can contribute to kidney stones cancer. Brussell sprouts are nice too, one of my favourite vegetables.

FYP

Capt'n Midnight

cook them :eek:

Carl Sagan

No, they're knacker. I hear they're good for you though so I eat lots of them.

Jesus Wept

KeithM89 wrote: »

I like them but they have to be very soft and covered in gravy. Xmas is the only time of year i eat them though.

Most things are edible if they are very soft and covered in gravy.

mikemac

Love them, eat them all year around

jd007

I love brussel sprouts! I have them the odd time during the year aswell

Lukker-

They taste like mini balls of compressed farts.

Darlughda

FFS. Did none of yous get the memo?

Only paedophiles and supporters of headshops eat sprouts.

You lot need to listen to Joe Duffy to keep up to date.:p

kelle

I love them. The trick is not to overcook them.

Kimono-Girl wrote: »

I used hate them but then i discovered the miracle that is garlic!

fry them up in a bit of garlic and butter (or even better garlic butter... although its nsfw ) and num num,

i've converted at least 5 people already, cause they taste so darn good and now at home we eat them almost every week!

Must try that. I assume you boil them first, before frying them?

loobylou

Yum, especially cooked in the water used to boil the ham.

Cú Giobach

Would and do eat almost anything, but sprouts don't even taste like food, more like some sort of dangerous chemical. Absolutely revolting.

skywalker

Love em. Dont get to eat em enough. Might have to try em with garlic/honey after reading this thread.

Strangely enough though I hate cabbage.

FortuneChip

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Yeah, usually boil them in the same pot I done the ham.
Although frying garlic butter sounds nice.

I hated them as a kid, then grew up and realised they don't taste bad, probably never did. Kids... we trust strangers with sweets, but don't trust rolled up leaves.

Kimono-Girl

kelle wrote: »

I love them. The trick is not to overcook them.





Must try that. I assume you boil them first, before frying them?

yeah you boil them for 10 to 15 minutes, then slice in half then into the frying pan with garlic and butter.....


great :rolleyes: now i want some and its 9.40am ....i think i'm going to make some later.

FoxT

Lukker- wrote: »

They taste like mini balls of compressed farts.

Excellent - if you are going to insult something I love, at least do it in a way that makes me laugh out loud!

I salute you, lukker

dubtom

starbelgrade wrote: »

I love 'em... the problem is though, that they are often overcooked & that makes 'em smell awful.

Same goes with cabbage.. it needs to be boiled lightly if it's to keep it's texture & taste.

I love brussels roasted with garlic, fried bacon & walnuts. Seriously tasty.

All you failed chefs say that about cabbage, it should be boiled da fook for hours in the ham or bacon water,yum.

stovelid

Even the thought of them makes me want to puke.

RoryMurphyJnr

Love em
Cut a little cross in the stalk and cook in the ham water

Orando Broom

Love Brussels Sprouts. Love them.

Cookie_Monster

Sprouts are great, why are they only available at xmas?

sprouts + bacon + garlic =

Rockn

Nasty little things.

kfallon

Orando Broom wrote: »

Love Brussels Sprouts. Love them.

+1
If you don't like sprouts you're a freak!
I remember there was an ad for a cereal once and they said one bowl of said cereal had the same nutritional value as eating 6 bowls of cabbage, I used to always think "I'd rather have the 6 bowls of cabbage please"

EverEvolving

Hate the bloody things, maybe it's because my mother cooks the shit out of them. Must try them fried with garlic butter, that sounds nice. I love cabbage fried up with a dash of soy sauce haamanahaamana.

Kiera

Yum yum yum, with loads of butter all over them!!!!

prinz

Kimono-Girl wrote: »

yeah you boil them for 10 to 15 minutes, then slice in half then into the frying pan with garlic and butter......

Interesting indeed. Going to have to try that this weekend.

conorhal

I love them, expecially tossed in bacon and butter! Yum.

I remember being in a restaurant in Rome with some friends, when one of then impulse ordered the intriguing sounding 'petit cabbages con bacon', the combined look of disappointment and sheer disgust on her face when a plate of Brussels sprouts arrived was only priceless! :pac:

phill106

Love them. Those and those potato croquets with turkey and ham for the dinner. omg im starving now!

TheDriver

some sick puppies in this thread, can't believe people like them.ewwwwwwwww

Cookie_Monster

TheDriver wrote: »

some sick puppies in this thread, can't believe people like them.ewwwwwwwww

well they're not my favourite vegetable, but they certainly beat being anally raped

Max Health

Love Curly Kale. Same family though. Like to blend and drink raw. It's the most alkalising veg around