What Exactly Are Brussels Sprouts? Why Everyone Hated Them

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What Exactly Are Brussels Sprouts? Why Everyone Hated Them

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

They're only good slathered in butter.

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Brussels Sprouts – The Most Misunderstood Vegetable Ever Engineered

[berdie]

They're only good slathered in butter.

And garlic!

[Wingnut]

Brussel snorts are the fried liver in onions of the vegetable world.  If you have to mask the smell or taste to make them palatable you shouldn't serve them in polite company.

[Sighlass]

I actually like them (yes with butter and garlic)... High in vitamin K (so I can't eat a ton)... but I prefer them to green beans, spinach, and turnip greens. 

[Cyber Liberty]

I actually like them (yes with butter and garlic)... High in vitamin K (so I can't eat a ton)... but I prefer them to green beans, spinach, and turnip greens.

I like them, covered in cheese sauce or just buttered!  Mini cabbages....

[The_Reader_David]

Not everyone hates them.  Only those of us who inherited genes that allow us to taste and smell phenylthiocarbamide.  If you can taste and smell it, the compound is absolutely revolting.  My wife can only cook them when I'm out of the house and has to air out the house.  One of my godsons knew someone in his military unit who would get violent nausea if they were served in the mess, just from the smell.

Evidently if you can't smell or taste the stuff, evidently brussel sprouts are quite nice, though I wouldn't know from experience.

[libertybele]

Not everyone hates them.  Only those of us who inherited genes that allow us to taste and smell phenylthiocarbamide.  If you can taste and smell it, the compound is absolutely revolting.  My wife can only cook them when I'm out of the house and has to air out the house.  One of my godsons knew someone in his military unit who would get violent nausea if they were served in the mess, just from the smell.

Evidently if you can't smell or taste the stuff, evidently brussel sprouts are quite nice, though I wouldn't know from experience.

The taste of brussel sprouts is definitely revolting and they make you gag!!!!

[roamer_1]

I actually like them (yes with butter and garlic)... High in vitamin K (so I can't eat a ton)... but I prefer them to green beans, spinach, and turnip greens.

I like them, covered in cheese sauce or just buttered!  Mini cabbages....

All of the Above... Love em! But on the half. I ain't fit to chase em all over the house. 

[Cyber Liberty]

The taste of brussel sprouts is definitely revolting and they make you gag!!!!

I love them!   

[Hoodat]

I love Brussel sprouts.  Quarter them, coat them with olive oil, pepper, and salt, and bake them in the oven.  De-lish.

[240B]

I love them. Always have. I also love fruitcake and liver. In terms of 'punishment foods', that would be my weekly diet.
But, apparently they have been reengineered to taste better.

[DCPatriot]

The taste of brussel sprouts is definitely revolting and they make you gag!!!!

Whenever I see a quiz/question: "What's one thing the world can do without???"

BRUSSEL SPROUTS!   

[Cyber Liberty]

Whenever I see a quiz/question: "What's one thing the world can do without???"

BRUSSEL SPROUTS!   

 

More for me!!

[DCPatriot]

Brussel snorts are the fried liver in onions of the vegetable world.  If you have to mask the smell or taste to make them palatable you shouldn't serve them in polite company.

Thank you very much!!   

[roamer_1]

Whenever I see a quiz/question: "What's one thing the world can do without???"

BRUSSEL SPROUTS!   

I don't get it. Must be a Southern and Western thing that Noreasters culturally miss.

I love all greens. Though I can take-or-leave green beans... I'll still eat em. Okra's got that goobley thing going on if they aren't prepped well... Like soaked in alcohol for about a year... but I'll eat em.

Grits, greens, all the things. All of it belongs alongside a fine cut of meat at the supper table.

I need my burgers dragged through the garden too.

Brussel sprouts are just fine.

[roamer_1]

Brussel snorts are the fried liver in onions of the vegetable world.  If you have to mask the smell or taste to make them palatable you shouldn't serve them in polite company.

Love liver. Love heart. Love tongue. That's the stuff you eat second up in hunting camp (First is  the inner loin)

But then most of y'all would consider wild game too gamey, so... 

[DCPatriot]

I don't get it. Must be a Southern and Western thing that Noreasters culturally miss.

I love all greens. Though I can take-or-leave green beans... I'll still eat em. Okra's got that goobley thing going on if they aren't prepped well... Like soaked in alcohol for about a year... but I'll eat em.

Grits, greens, all the things. All of it belongs alongside a fine cut of meat at the supper table.

I need my burgers dragged through the garden too.

Brussel sprouts are just fine.

Sorry...the juice ain't worth the squeeze!

Lightly sauteed spinach leaves in hot oiled pan with charred garlic slices...salt/pepper and a splash of red-wine vinegar.   

[berdie]

Sorry...the juice ain't worth the squeeze!

Lightly sauteed spinach leaves in hot oiled pan with charred garlic slices...salt/pepper and a splash of red-wine vinegar.   

Agreed. But it has to be bacon grease and al dente. I guess the bacon grease negates the health benefits.

[roamer_1]

Sorry...the juice ain't worth the squeeze!

Lightly sauteed spinach leaves in hot oiled pan with charred garlic slices...salt/pepper and a splash of red-wine vinegar.   

Sorry. Spinach is overrated. Much prefer collards or turnip greens, or swiss chard as examples. That being said, I'll eat spinach too.

[MeganC]

They're only good slathered in butter.

A little Parmesan cheese doesn't hurt, either. 

[libertybele]

Whenever I see a quiz/question: "What's one thing the world can do without???"

BRUSSEL SPROUTS!   

AMEN!!!!   

[libertybele]

Brussel snorts are the fried liver in onions of the vegetable world.  If you have to mask the smell or taste to make them palatable you shouldn't serve them in polite company.

Exactly.  Those little green balls are what you feed people that you don't like and want them to leave early.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Green and string beans? 

[Wingnut]

Exactly.  Those little green balls are what you feed people that you don't like and want them to leave early.

Even Pigs spit them out when mixed with their slop.   Those little green balls were never meant for human consumption. 

[DCPatriot]

Agreed. But it has to be bacon grease and al dente. I guess the bacon grease negates the health benefits.

    

[The_Reader_David]

The taste of brussel sprouts is definitely revolting and they make you gag!!!!

You, like I, can smell and taste phenylthiocarbamide.

[Right_in_Virginia]

I actually like them (yes with butter and garlic)... High in vitamin K (so I can't eat a ton)... but I prefer them to green beans, spinach, and turnip greens.

Salt and pepper, add balsamic vinegar, mix well, transfer to pan and roast until edges turn golden brown .  Yum!

[Cyber Liberty]

Sorry. Spinach is overrated. Much prefer collards or turnip greens, or swiss chard as examples. That being said, I'll eat spinach too.

When I first got married to Mrs. Liberty, about the only vegetable I'd eat was Cauliflower.  She convinced me to try more so now I have expanded my horizons!  The threat of beatings helped....

[the OlLine Rebel]

I’m ok with Brussels Sprouts.  They’re not my favorite, but I miss them and like a periodic helping of them.

As with many things to eat, the smaller the better.  Sprouts, shrimp, etc, they’re more tender smaller.

But again, I don’t ever ge to have them, due to extremely picky men in my house who don’t like greens as a rule.

[Cyber Liberty]

I’m ok with Brussels Sprouts.  They’re not my favorite, but I miss them and like a periodic helping of them.

As with many things to eat, the smaller the better.  Sprouts, shrimp, etc, they’re more tender smaller.

But again, I don’t ever ge to have them, due to extremely picky men in my house who don’t like greens as a rule.

For me, it took getting married to a beautiful woman who is a great cook.  More of a chef, actually!

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Some greens are absolutely delicious:

Salad with walnuts and vinagrette
asparagus
spinach in it's various forms
peas, pea soup etc.
collared greens
steamed broccoli in butter or olive oil

[roamer_1]

When I first got married to Mrs. Liberty, about the only vegetable I'd eat was Cauliflower.  She convinced me to try more so now I have expanded my horizons!  The threat of beatings helped....

Cauliflower (or broccoli) in a nice cheese sauce is pretty hard to beat... I had some bacon pemmican one time... melted that into  a broccoli cheese sauce along with some onions... Beauty little bacon bits all up in it... Probably one of the best things I ever made... and it was right off the cuff too!

But yeah - Just about any veggie is alright with me. Some better than others, though I miss it if it ain't there.

Not much for salad though... I can eat it alright, just not real into the raw veg thing.  Maybe cukes... Maybe 'maters... but I never think of the rest of it. 

[Smokin Joe]

I don't mind salad, but my concept of it is that it is just a bed of green crunchy stuff to load up with things I like (cherry tomatoes, green olives, pickled jalapeno slices, raw onion, bits of bacon or even sausage, Feta or Blue cheese, crumbled) and drench in blue cheese dressing. That way, there is a variety of textures and flavors in there.
I like broccoli and cauliflower in cheese soup, and even on salads.

But mostly, I'm a meat eater.

I only once ever ate Brussels Sprouts I actually liked, cooked by a friend who passed years ago and took the recipe with her.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

I don't mind salad, but my concept of it is that it is just a bed of green crunchy stuff to load up with things I like (cherry tomatoes, green olives, pickled jalapeno slices, raw onion, bits of bacon or even sausage, Feta or Blue cheese, crumbled) and drench in blue cheese dressing. That way, there is a variety of textures and flavors in there.
I like broccoli and cauliflower in cheese soup, and even on salads.

But mostly, I'm a meat eater.

I only once ever ate Brussels Sprouts I actually liked, cooked by a friend who passed years ago and took the recipe with her.

They compliment meat. Like lettuce, onion, and tomato by the themselves are bleh... but on a hamburger? Heaven.

[catfish1957]

Fine with them.  Just slather them in a little ranch dressing.

[Polly Ticks]

They compliment meat. Like lettuce, onion, and tomato by the themselves are bleh... but on a hamburger? Heaven.

Only if you're talking greenhouse tomatoes. A ripe tomato picked off the vine in your own garden is one of God's gifts to mankind.

[Bigun]

I actually LIKE Brussel sprouts but not on hamburgers or in a salad.

[Free Vulcan]

Brussel sprouts are good if they aren't grown in nutrient deficient soil, otherwise they're bitter and they suck. We got a local store called Fareway that manages to get ones in that are sweet and I love 'em. Have tried to grow them but here it's a matter of timing to get them full size by frost but not in the middle of summer heat where they will cook.

Like spinach and greens but the best tasting I grow in a tunnel over winter and pick in the early spring. They are the sweetest best tasting things I've ever had. The best spinach variety I've grown is Galilee spinach, it'll be going to seed when you pick it and you won't get much, but it's so mild it's like butter in your mouth.

[DCPatriot]

Brussel sprouts are good if they aren't grown in nutrient deficient soil, otherwise they're bitter and they suck. We got a local store called Fareway that manages to get ones in that are sweet and I love 'em. Have tried to grow them but here it's a matter of timing to get them full size by frost but not in the middle of summer heat where they will cook.

Like spinach and greens but the best tasting I grow in a tunnel over winter and pick in the early spring. They are the sweetest best tasting things I've ever had. The best spinach variety I've grown is Galilee spinach, it'll be going to seed when you pick it and you won't get much, but it's so mild it's like butter in your mouth.

@Free Vulcan

OK...that puts you on the list.  When the poop hits the fan we'll send an extraction helicopter to your location.

Don't forget the spinach!!     

[bigheadfred]

Brussels sprouts are what happens to you when you don't eat your broccoli.   

[Wingnut]

In their cultivar group, the brussel sprout is considered the Buttplug of cabbages.

[Hoodat]

A ripe tomato picked off the vine in your own garden is one of God's gifts to mankind.

You got that right.

[Smokin Joe]

Only if you're talking greenhouse tomatoes. A ripe tomato picked off the vine in your own garden is one of God's gifts to mankind.

[roamer_1]

Only if you're talking greenhouse tomatoes. A ripe tomato picked off the vine in your own garden is one of God's gifts to mankind.

Only if you have a salt shaker in your pocket... (which I normally did) 

[roamer_1]

Like spinach and greens but the best tasting I grow in a tunnel over winter and pick in the early spring.

Cannot make a high tunnel live here all winter.  You might make December happen... and you might start up again, maybe in February, but probably march.

Unless you heat it of course, but I have never found a way to do that cheap enough to make it work. My last go at it used water heat (aquaponics)... But I had to let it freeze up in mid to late winter.

Perch, btw... Made some haughty 2 pounders, but mostly pan fish. Trout wind up soft in slow water, but the perch did fine. And the beauty part is that what you don't want, you can just let loose.

BUt no, really - I had a friend that kept going pretty much year round (in high Colorado of all places). But I never could make that go. 

[Free Vulcan]

Cannot make a high tunnel live here all winter.  You might make December happen... and you might start up again, maybe in February, but probably march.

Unless you heat it of course, but I have never found a way to do that cheap enough to make it work. My last go at it used water heat (aquaponics)... But I had to let it freeze up in mid to late winter.

Perch, btw... Made some haughty 2 pounders, but mostly pan fish. Trout wind up soft in slow water, but the perch did fine. And the beauty part is that what you don't want, you can just let loose.

BUt no, really - I had a friend that kept going pretty much year round (in high Colorado of all places). But I never could make that go. 

I go with low tunnels and ambient temps. Gets to -20F here some winters and they sail thru.

Don't know how they do it, it's like magic. Had one that half the plastic blew off and was flapping in the breeze. It was around zero. The exposed half was smoked, but the unexposed still looked great.

Somehow it works and I can't tell you why. 

[DCPatriot]

I go with low tunnels and ambient temps. Gets to -20F here some winters and they sail thru.

Don't know how they do it, it's like magic. Had one that half the plastic blew off and was flapping in the breeze. It was around zero. The exposed half was smoked, but the unexposed still looked great.

Somehow it works and I can't tell you why. 

Wind Chill Factor on the plant.   

[roamer_1]

I go with low tunnels and ambient temps. Gets to -20F here some winters and they sail thru.

Don't know how they do it, it's like magic. Had one that half the plastic blew off and was flapping in the breeze. It was around zero. The exposed half was smoked, but the unexposed still looked great.

Somehow it works and I can't tell you why. 

Nope. No chance with a low tunnel here... Maybe chard and kale... Maybe preserve root veggies in the ground, but not grow em. Makes for an easy harvest I guess, though you're likely fighting snow. Trying to keep em cleaned off before the snow collapses em... But sooner or later, you'll miss, and the whole works will be flat on the ground under 2 ft of snow when you wake up in the morning. 

But it is sure cool that you can get it done. That particular unicorn has evaded me.