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How to love Brussel Sprouts

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
in Health & Wellbeing
Chop finely with some onion and fry in butter. Totally changes the taste, delish!
Much better than boiled brussels.

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  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    sounds nice.
    I dont mind sprouts as long as theyre fresh.
    Sprouts that were frozen taste bitter and disgusting, but ones cooked from fresh are actually nice.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    And the stalky bit is always hard and inedible. Boiled n buttered for me. With chestnuts at Christmas.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Only way i'll eat sprouts is if i cover them in mint sauce which disguises the taste. Sounds a bit random i know but they actually taste good that way!
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I like mint sauce on cabbage
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    mint sauce on lamb!!!!!!!!!

    fairy, try them this way, i dare you
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I quite like sprouts the normal way. Don't boil them, steam them, they keep the flavour then.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    at xmas we had brussel sprouts mixed with chestnuts. my mum got it from marks and sparks. she doesnt cook xmas dinner anymore, she just marks and sparks it all because after 40 years of cooking it shes had enough!
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    eat one raw.

    yum
  • **helen****helen** Deactivated Posts: 9,235 Supreme Poster
    My sister put brussels in a soup one christmas - it turned out bright green. It probably would have been surprisingly ok, if she hadn't put butter beans in it too!

    ETA: I like the frying idea.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Try roasting them like you would roast potatoes - I always hated sprouts untill i saw some random french women doing this and I tried it at home and they were lovely.

    Also they are not so bad in things like stews and stuff as they add flavor.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    They're delicious in a creamy stilton and pancetta sauce
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    lipsy wrote:
    she doesnt cook xmas dinner anymore, she just marks and sparks it all because after 40 years of cooking it shes had enough!
    So does my Mum, and very lovely it is :D
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    lipsy wrote:
    at xmas we had brussel sprouts mixed with chestnuts. my mum got it from marks and sparks. she doesnt cook xmas dinner anymore, she just marks and sparks it all because after 40 years of cooking it shes had enough!

    my mum did that once! and then another christmas we went to a hotel down the road then another time we went to a hotel in cornwall... last year she cooked but this year i'm off to my sisters.

    oh and sprouts will never taste nice imo. not even if you coat them in chocolate.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I quite like sprouts. You just have to make sure that you don't over cook them. It's the same as cabbage really.
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