Brussel Sprouts !

katex · 06-12-2010, 13:20

Oh no ... seems going to be a shortage of brussel sprouts this Christmas due to the adverse weather conditions.

Are we going to see panic buying and fights at the vegetable shelves ...

Margaret Pilkington · 06-12-2010, 13:32

While I actually like brussel sprouts....I doubt that I would fight over them, or indeed miss them if they didn't feature on my plate on Christmas day.

Me.....I like them cooked really well then mashed with butter, salt and pepper and topped with crispy bacon bits(cooked like that I can eat a whole plateful as a main course)......but they make me a bit...erm..... sulphurous

cashman · 06-12-2010, 13:35

I like em, but on me plate or not at xmas couldn't care less. let all the dumbos panic buy n pay oer odds.

P.S. i do eat em occasionally throughout the year, suppose some clowns think ya can only eat em xmas time.

katex · 06-12-2010, 13:38

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Originally Posted by cashman

I like em, but on me plate or not at xmas couldn't care less. let all the dumbos panic buy n pay oer odds.

Yes, always alternatives ... but I do love them.

Not mushy with butter for me, still crunchy with no additions. All to your own taste though.

flashy · 06-12-2010, 13:38

i only ever buy 4 sprouts at Christmas, Reece doesn't like them

Margaret Pilkington · 06-12-2010, 13:42

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Originally Posted by katex

Yes, always alternatives ... but I do love them.

Not mushy with butter for me, still crunchy with no additions. All to your own taste though.

I don't mind them crunchy...and have been known to eat them as I am peeling them...but they make me even more smelly if I eat them raw or al dente.......I don't want to be in competition with the dog

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sm_counsell · 06-12-2010, 14:00

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

I don't mind them crunchy...and have been known to eat them as I am peeling them...but they make me even more smelly if I eat them raw or al dente.......I don't want to be in competition with the dog

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Margaret, if you put just a bit of bicarb in the water while cooking them, it helps make them easier to digest and assures 'purer air' afterwards!!
Buon appetito!!

Margaret Pilkington · 06-12-2010, 14:47

Yes, it does, but it robs them of the vitamins that are good for you.
But that makes me sound ungrateful for the tip...which I'm not.....my gran used to put a pich of Bicarb in gren veggies to make them look greener and of course to make the air a bit sweeter after eating.
I just use Bicarb for putting in cleaning water for the fridge, and also in my 'whites only'
washing.

DaveinGermany · 06-12-2010, 16:53

Horrendous things ! As said elsewhere should be banned under the "Humming rights & Geneva Convention" right up alongside WMD so they are

! Mind you didn't they say the same the other year ? Is there some kind of "Brussels Baron" "Sprout Supremo" hiding away a Brassica heap somewhere in Europe raking in EU subsidies ?

Or is this another sneaky underhand way of sorting out global warming without having to pay some kind of Polar Bear tax ?

steeljack · 06-12-2010, 17:51

Best veg. there is , its only one left with any decent taste/flavour most other vegs these days have had the taste bred out in favour of looks and size.

jaysay · 06-12-2010, 18:38

We have um quite often throughout the winter not just xmas

Tealeaf · 06-12-2010, 19:21

Try Iceland - a quid a bag.

Benipete · 06-12-2010, 19:29

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

While I actually like brussel sprouts....I doubt that I would fight over them, or indeed miss them if they didn't feature on my plate on Christmas day.

Me.....I like them cooked really well then mashed with butter, salt and pepper and topped with crispy bacon bits(cooked like that I can eat a whole plateful as a main course)......but they make me a bit...erm..... sulphurous

I thought I knew you - you are that taster from Cow and Gate.

Retlaw · 06-12-2010, 20:28

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

While I actually like brussel sprouts....I doubt that I would fight over them, or indeed miss them if they didn't feature on my plate on Christmas day.

Me.....I like them cooked really well then mashed with butter, salt and pepper and topped with crispy bacon bits(cooked like that I can eat a whole plateful as a main course)......but they make me a bit...erm..... sulphurous

Gi oer moytherin ged um eaten and led um rip, tha con alus blame dog.
I always blame grandson, he does some right nappy shredders.

Retlaw

Margaret Pilkington · 06-12-2010, 20:34

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Originally Posted by Retlaw

Gi oer moytherin ged um eaten and led um rip, tha con alus blame dog.
I always blame grandson, he does some right nappy shredders.

Retlaw

Nay lad ahm not moytherin...and I do ged um etten.......but I was browt up proper.......to believe that ladies don't lift their cheek and let rip...that's a chaps domain......besides, dog allus smells his bum when he has done one