Brussell Sprouts
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Can't stand the things - they taste like my farts smell.
If you like them fine.. BUT
What I don't get is people who don't like them - but still insist on having them as part of Xmas dinner.
I've just had this conversation with my Father-in-Law after doing his Xmas shopping for him.
He doesn't really like them, and Mother-in-law can't stand them either, but he insists on buying them for Xmas dinner.
I quote..
"If you mash them up with the stuffing, they're just about tolerable"
Can anyone explain this mindset ?
If you like them fine.. BUT
What I don't get is people who don't like them - but still insist on having them as part of Xmas dinner.
I've just had this conversation with my Father-in-Law after doing his Xmas shopping for him.
He doesn't really like them, and Mother-in-law can't stand them either, but he insists on buying them for Xmas dinner.
I quote..
"If you mash them up with the stuffing, they're just about tolerable"
Can anyone explain this mindset ?
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yuck:(
The restaurant we are going to xmas day better not try any of that crap!
Mind you, I think that even I would turn up my nose at what is often served up as sprouts - over-cooked, watery, horrible.
If you cook them until just below tender, then toss them in fried onions, lardons and whole chestnuts, cooked for just a little more with salt and pepper, they are lovely.
If you have never tried them, how do you know that you don't like them?
i don't! its fear of the unknown lol..i don't know what to expect when i bite into them. plus the smell does nothing to make them appeal to me.
Noooooooo! Why why why!!! :mad:
Leave em alone!
^ this! Although slightly less cooked is better.
Me to, but not quite as soggy.
I eat them all year, sprouts are not just for christmas:D:D
I do that & they are yummy.
*Dons Blue Peter badge and stands at the table*
We've had hundreds of letters from DS users asking what can be done to get rid of the mountains of uneaten satan spawn known as brussel sprouts. Well kids, here's a fun game that even your nan will like -
- Take a handful of brussel sprouts from the big bowl your mum put on the table (which will still be full post turkey) and take somewhere quiet (you may need shoes) with the used Party Poppers (with string intact don't forget) you've been scooping up from the floor.
- Get rid of the cardboard inserts, you won't be needing them.
- Now gently pop a brussel up the Party Poppers pooper, past the rim.
- Now (and here's where the skill lies) holding the string near the end (firmly though, Aunt Hilda's already blind in one eye!) start spinning. Get a feel for the motion required to bring the brussel to firing speed, not so fast as to launch, you won't be able to aim it the only one having fun will be the dog.
- From spinning to launch is one easy flick of the wrist, have a go in the garage, your dad won't mind.
- Mastery comes in the form of perfecting the flick, it can mean the difference between sprout on the ceiling and a thick ear, or a brussel in Nan's Sherry and your're everyone's hero.
- There you go, you be the Christmas crackshot in no time!:D
/bp
Satanic hemorrhoids.
I have just bought two large stalks of Brussels, and i cant wait. We will have them boiled lightly, just as they are, and the ones that are left will go into a bubble and squeak.
Sorry to upset you
I have to say that most of the time I do have them completely unvarnished - but on Xmas Day I do something a little extra.
Or not, actually. I have just realised that some years I have served them plain - but this year it is going to be as I said.
"And hurl in a slug of Madeira or Marsala".
Hmmm.... I think I might try that - but not this year as I am having cider gravy with the goose and it might clash.
I also like them in the boxing day breakfast bubble and squeak.:)