slo’s TUESDAY 9/10 poll - Brussels Sprouts

[slo]

Brussels Sprouts look like miniature cabbages and are packed full of health benefits. Some people love this, and for others they hate them. Where do you fit into this - enquiring minds want to know…..

What is your opinion of Brussel Sprouts?

*If you have a good recipe , please share - thank you



For Me……I’m in the hate them group. I’m not supposed to eat them now, so it doesn’t matter, but when I could eat them, I hated them. Truth be told, I also never had them prepared in a way that would probably make them good. I love my mom, but she isn’t the most adventures cook, so most of her stuff is very plain and boring. Maybe if I had Brussels Sprouts prepared a really good way, I would possibly enjoy them.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

I cannot remember the last time I had those, but I like them.

 

[Wood Nymph]

I used to avoid Brussell Sprouts until I tried them at Artist Point. This was the signature restaurant at WL and the sprouts were very good. Now I eat them. I haven't found a good recipe for them yet. I steam them now because it is easy.

 

[unrequited23]

I tried them steamed as a kid and was not a fan. These days, I prefer them oven roasted or thinly shaved in a salad. My youngest likes them pickled.

 

[Skywalker3]

This was a brand new food to me a few years ago. My parents ate a LOT of vegetables growing up, but never brussel sprouts. I only recently tried them, and really like them. We do make them from time to time at home, just broiled in the oven, with some salt and parmesan.

 

[WDWEPCOT]

HATE them I don’t care how they are cooked and I’ve tried them over the years and still HATE them. I’m not a fan of cabbage to begin with but really can’t stand brussel sprouts and one other vegetable beets. Hate them too!! Tried them again still hate them !! It’s not even I can get through this dislike I can’t stand them at all - one of the few vegetables I don’t care for

 

[Kitty 34]

Not a fan but DH loves them.

 

[jo-jo]

Slo, you forget EWWWWWWWWWWWWW as a choice.

My DH loves them. I don't even like the smell of them cooking.

 

[PollyannaMom]

I like them, especially roasted.

 

[Meriweather]

I have tried them different ways, and I just don't like them.
DH does, so I do fix them for him sometimes

 

[#1hoosierfan]

I like them roasted. Usually I fix them with just a bit of olive oil and then sea salt. Sometimes I roast them with some bacon and then finish with a balsamic drizzle.

 

[ronandannette]

I like them just fine and always have. They’re not one of our staple vegetables but I always serve them with a traditional turkey dinner, just like in slo’s picture today. Lightly boiled with butter, salt and pepper.

 

[TiggerTrigger]

I have yet to be served any kind of Brussels sprouts dish that has made me say “wow, I actually really like these!” I keep trying because every now and then we go someplace new where I’m told I need to try them. In most cases, it’s been a “they’re edible” reaction, but nothing more.

 

[jalapeno_pretzel]

I love them. Oven roasted is the only way to go!

 

[phinz]

As a kid of the '70s and '80s I loathed them. They were bitter and tasted just like raw cabbage to me no matter how much you cooked them. That distaste went well into the mid 2010s, well into my 40s, for me. Couldn't stand them. Refused to eat them. One day I decided to try them again because they were appearing on every menu and lo and behold, I liked them, so I decided to find out why.

It turns out that in the 1990s a Dutch scientist identified the chemicals that made Brussels Sprouts so bitter and started choosing varieties of sprouts seeds that were less bitter, trying to breed that nastiness out. By the early 2010s (I want to say 2012) they had succeeded and made them readily available, and that corresponds to roughly a couple of years before I tried them again and was impressed. I now cook them regularly, in multiple different ways, as a part of our meals.

 

[Dan Murphy]

My mom used to make them once in awhile when I was a kid. Boiled. Not a big fan then. In more recent years I've had them roasted and they're okay. I'd take an ear of corn over them, but they're okay.

 

[TippyThomas]

I love them and eat them often. I enjoy the roasted versions the most.

 

[LoveDaisy]

I love them and grow them in my garden. The secret is to harvest them after the frost, they get sweeter. I like them roasted or prepared with bacon.

Brussels and bacon

 

[SneakyTiki]

We love them tossed with a bit of olive oil + salt and oven roasted. We'll also usually order them if they show up on a menu wherever we happen to be eating. Bacon + balsamic drizzle is a nice variation.

 

[Scotgirl]

We have them mostly at Christmas here - sliced and pan fried with maple bacon lardons and chestnuts - so yummy.