Brussel Sprouts

djPSB

Who is responsible for the inclusion of these dirty mini cabbages as part of typical Xmas dinner?

Personally, I think they are disgusting and should be shunned.

Does ANYBODY actually like them?

Mince Pie

Love 'em! Smushed in lashings of gravy.

Cosmo K

They are 8 cent a bag in Aldi's at the moment. Great value!

Mince Pie

Cosmo K wrote: »

They are 8 cent a bag in Aldi's at the moment. Great value!

6 cent! Even better.

neilthefunkeone

yeah love em.. Even slice em up and stick them in the evening leftover sandwich!!!

camel jockey

Cosmo K wrote: »

They are 8 cent a bag in Aldi's at the moment. Great value!

With prices like that we should be enjoying them all year round.

Captain Farrell

delicious, especially when cooked with garlic and pancetta. a mini bacon and cabbage thing really.

FouxDaFaFa

I used to hate them when Mum would cook them, they were pretty much the worst thing I'd ever tasted.

Turns out she was just boiling them to death.

They're lovely with a bit of mustard or caramelised onions.

annieoburns

I love them but the problem is that are usually overcooked and then they turn nasty. I also like cabbage again properly cooked as in finely sliced and barely steamed.

Frank Black

Like Cabbage - Hate Sprouts.

I'm doing Christmas dinner this year and there will be no sprouts cooked - I don't even want them in my kitchen. Some attendees have raised the 'sprout-ban' as an issue, but I'm holding firm.
Carrots and Orange, Buttered Spinach and Creamed Leeks will be the veg options.

Down with Sprouts!

John Mason

i love them - i eat them all year round.

i have been known to have a bowl of sprouts as a snack

martinedwards

Sprouts contain a chemical that you are genetically programmed to either hate or not taste at all.

if you have the hatey sprouty gene than you will hate sprouts

if you DON'T have the gene then you might like them, or might not

its a BIT like the marmite thing......

Pumpkinseeds

I love them. Never frozen ones though, the frozen ones are dreadful. Sprouts need a bit of crunch to them. I think people who hate them have never had ones that've been cooked properly. Once they're cooked you have to drown them in butter and pour lashings of gravy on them.

RoryMurphyJnr

Love them, my favourite veg

cantdecide

sprouts

/drool

Mars Bar

Hate cabbage - like sprouts

Lovely with some Cranberry sauce

Pang

They are amazing with cranberry sauce.

Plus they are yummy fried if there is any left over from dinner.

Rabelais

Could never understand the hatred for Brussel Sprouts. If cooked properly they are lovely. Especially nice this year as the weather was mild.

It's that sinister fůcker - the cauliflower, that we need to discuss in further detail.

wotausername

just got brussel sprouts for 5 cent in my local supermarket

wretcheddomain

Mince Pie wrote: »

Love 'em! Smushed in lashings of gravy.

Of course you would, sure you're a mince pie yourself...

anncoates

Don't mind them but they turn my arse into a pungent turbine.

Teyla Emmagan

Horrible horrible things. I also have the gene that makes them taste like bitter socks. I think they're utterly foul.

awec

Yup, they're lovely!

Geuze

Yes, I eat them.

I wouldn't go as far as to say they are lovely, but they are grand.

ElvisChrist6

martinedwards wrote: »

Sprouts contain a chemical that you are genetically programmed to either hate or not taste at all.

if you have the hatey sprouty gene than you will hate sprouts

if you DON'T have the gene then you might like them, or might not

its a BIT like the marmite thing......

This is my problem, I like sprouts, but how do I know I don't just like this chemical malarky that's supposed to be horrible?! I MUST KNOW!

Legs.Eleven

Tasty as fook. They taste like they're good for you....and they are! They need to be eaten with something else though and not just on their own.

Leogirl

Love them. My mum destroys them though so she's banned from cooking them for Xmas dinner!

the_monkey

Love 'em !!!
Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without brussel sprouts !!

krudler

Best part of the Christmas dinner along with the stuffing.

preston johnny

Brussel sprouts taste best when, shortly before serving, you fcuk them in the bin

OldNotWIse

I like them when they are cooked right.

uch

Love them, eat them all year round

McDermotX

Hideous things.

The very fact that most people who like them state they're magnificent when drowned in gravy, mashed with butter, bacon-obliterated etc etc, tell you all you need to know IMO.

sunflower27

Frank Black wrote: »

Like Cabbage - Hate Sprouts.

I'm doing Christmas dinner this year and there will be no sprouts cooked - I don't even want them in my kitchen. Some attendees have raised the 'sprout-ban' as an issue, but I'm holding firm.
Carrots and Orange, Buttered Spinach and Creamed Leeks will be the veg options.

Down with Sprouts!

Don't be an,annoying pain in the arse. Just cook them. Drama queen.

cantdecide

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

They need to be eaten with something else though and not just on their own.

Pfft lightweight. As soon as I can walk into a chipper and order a bag o' sprouts, I'll start buying larger trousers too.

ZX7R

The best way to have sprouts ,is to steam them, then dip them in a bit of whipped egg season with pepper and a bit of garlic roll in bread crumbs and fry in the pan yummy;)

BraziliaNZ

i love overcooking them so they turn into mush. I also love stir frying fresh ones so that they're all crunchy. I could eat them every day, sometimes I eat them for weeks on end with dinner. And a superfood too!

PizzamanIRL

djPSB wrote: »

Does ANYBODY actually like them?

No, absolutely nobody. Not one person. At all.

rovoagho

Sorry, but if you love them covered in mustard (jesus) or cranberry, then you love mustard or cranberry. Sprouts should be sprout-flavour, the only acceptable additions are a light coating of butter or gravy. The only acceptable complement is mash (which puts colcannon to shame).

LOL at the genetic claims. I'd love to see evidence for that.

Pherekydes

All in my house love them the way I cook them, which is a closely-guarded secret.

Toss them in olive oil and honey and roast until cooked through.

camel jockey

What do they call a Brussel Sprout in Brussels?

Dr Strange

camel jockey wrote: »

What do they call a Brussel Sprout in Brussels?

Choux de Bruxelles (in the French-speaking parts of Belgium)

Spruitjes (in the Dutch-speaking parts of Belgium)

Rosenkohl (in the German-speaking parts of Belgium)

Horrible things. The only useful purpose they could possibly serve is as a biochemical weapon. Or the gas they eventually produce perhaps.

bonzodog2

I like if not boiled to death. If you have the hate-sprout-gene, hate away

youreadthat

I loooove them. One of the few vegetables that I actively like the taste of.

Alun

Preusse wrote: »

Spruitjes (in the Dutch-speaking parts of Belgium)

Or spruitkool if you're being posh

zenno

Serious ?. Brussels sprouts are lovely. A christmas dinner would not be the same without them imo.

Do you like Beans ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WoM2bHfr48

The Diabolical Monocle

Strange how on the one date when everybody gets together you get served a food that explodes your stinker.

Maybe its a way of ending the Christmas fight and getting everyone back in separate rooms.

Oprahs_Vagina

Love 'em. I think it almost looks cool to let everyone know how 'smelly' they are.

Sprouts, gravy and stuffing, come to daddy !!

miss no stars

love them. Have three nets of them blanched and sitting in ziploc bags in the freezer atm. They're great, just take a few out when you need them and cook as you like.
nom nom nom

foreverme99

Yesssss sprouts gravey and stuffing.... Love it ..