How long has it been since you've had Brussels Sprouts?

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  • Ravenmyst33
    Ravenmyst33 Posts: 3
    Burro, I am STILL laughing at your posts! THANK YOU!!!! and those little green smelly balls of pure evil are one of the most revolting items on the planet...followed closely behind by cauliflower, broccoli, gym socks, litter boxes, halitosis, arm pit odor, schweddy-you-know-whats, and other inglorious scents. Keep up the good work, Burro!
  • BrainyBurro
    BrainyBurro Posts: 6,129 Member
    ZOMG! I just found the BEST recipe!

    Brussels sprouts with black licorice gastrique.

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  • mlogantra76
    mlogantra76 Posts: 334 Member
    2 days! Ate one serving and then went back for the other one:)
  • murdledoe
    murdledoe Posts: 98 Member
    Love them. I need to get more.
  • Cadori
    Cadori Posts: 4,810 Member
    ZOMG! I just found the BEST recipe!

    Brussels sprouts with black licorice gastrique.

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  • JuliaLee67
    JuliaLee67 Posts: 149
    I totally understand the vegetable-you-just-can't-eat thing, mine is eggplant. Try as I might, it just tastes bitter to me no matter how it's cooked or what it's in. I keep trying if there's something I haven't had, because I like to think I could be discovering my next favorite food that way (it's happened before), but, yeah......no. I still havent found an eggplant dish I like, lol.

    Having said that...

    I used to h a t e Brussels sprouts, because I'd never had them prepared any other way but boiled or steamed to within an inch of their lives, and forcing myself to eat those lukewarm, greyish-greenish (seriously, what color IS THAT when you overcook vegetables), waterlogged, mushy, tasteless things was beyond gross. Then one day out of curiosity, because my table mate was raving about how delicious it was, I had a bite of a salad made with sauteed, well-caramelized sprouts that had been cooked with a little proscuitto, and mercy, I couldn't believe how good it was. And it wasn't the proscuitto that did it, either (altho I'd be lying if I said it didn't hurt, lol), it was the method of cooking. Sauteeing to caramelization brings out a sweetness and a richness of flavor that is completely missing from boiled or steamed sprouts. I now make this dish all the time during Brussels sprouts season, adding different vegetables and meats sometimes (like Italian turkey sausage and multi-colored bell pepper slices), and serve it by itself as a main dish. Even the sprouts alone sauteed with red pepper flakes are delicious, imo. If you ever get a chance, try a bite of it, who knows.
  • nokittyno
    nokittyno Posts: 293 Member
    3-4 Days?
  • janatarnhem
    janatarnhem Posts: 669 Member
    Last Christmas Day....and then ate 1..... It's a ritual in our house, that you have turkey and all the trimmings and Brussels that end up left on your plate!!!!!!
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    They smell like what hobo rectums probably smell like.
  • sunglasses_and_ocean_waves
    sunglasses_and_ocean_waves Posts: 2,757 Member
    Nothing tastes as good as brussel sprouts!

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  • pandorakick
    pandorakick Posts: 901 Member
    Brussels sprouts and bacon. Mmmmm

    I like you. Bacon fixes everything...even brussel sprouts.
    No goodness - even that of bacon - is big enough to cancel out the evil of Brussel sprouts... :sick:
  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    We had "brussels sprouts" a few days ago. But it's not as often since the kids were born.
  • whitney_simpson
    whitney_simpson Posts: 77 Member
    I feel like anyone who says they dn't like them and haven't eaten them in years and years wasn't eating them correctly.

    I hated them growing up because they were those boiled kind. Now that i'm a chef I can name 101 better ways to eat them.

    I had them roasted with Egyptian spices for dinner tonight.
  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    I feel like anyone who says they dn't like them and haven't eaten them in years and years wasn't eating them correctly.
    Do you feel that way about cilantro?
  • FrankieTrailBlazer
    FrankieTrailBlazer Posts: 124 Member
    When I was in high school I had a biology teacher who said that there was a gene where some people just can't detect bitter flavors. (I am an old, so at the time the discussion was about the soft drink "Tab," which for you young'uns out there was a very early diet soda that had a weird aftertaste).

    This documentary explains how "super tasters" tongues are more sensitive to taste than others and helps explain some peoples aversions to foods that others think are normal... Its quite interesting watch:

    Check out the BBC Documentary:
    "The Truth About Taste" - https://mega.co.nz/#!Vs8TGSKY!AP1gK3AL083QIn-V2Rj5zUxe0Z1PYOSk_Jn7FpGGIyo

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