The Brussels Sprouts appreciation thread.

tayto lover

Most of the people I know detest them but i love them.
Especially if they're cooked in the same water the ham was cooked in.
A very much maligned vegetable is the poor Brussels Sprout.
Pile them on !!

Pink Fairy

As Luke Skywalker would say...."May the farts be with you"

Mena

Sear them in a pan with brown sugar, they caramelise and it's amazing.

Shenshen

Always, always loved them. They're best just fried up in a little butter, still crunchy inside. Don't boil them!

I never quite understood why they're a traditional Christmas food here where nobody seems to like them at all

suicide_circus

Fry some diced smoked bacon, garlic and onion in some olive oil, cut the sprouts into quaters and toss in the bacony/garlicy oil and fry for a few minutes until they start to brown. Transfer to a dish and roast until tender.

darkpagandeath

Little cabbage B*stards....

makeandcreate

Love them anyways except soggy. When I was a kid we were made to eat them and would douse them in vinegar.

makeandcreate

The kids call them fartleberrys.

Eugene Norman

I like them but by god they bloat.

cowboyBuilder

Love them .... think im the only one in the family that does ...

Lisha

They are tasty. Especially if parboiled, tossed in a frying pan with shallots, add cream and a little white wine. Reduce and enjoy.

Graces7

Love them plain boiled simple soul that I am... such a short season.. frozen are a different matter and not funny. ALDI, TESCO and Dunnes had them at 49 cents and i nearly need a new cupboard..

Turtyturd

darkpagandeath wrote: »

Little cabbage B*stards....

Harsh on cabbage to be lumping it in with brussel sprouts.

tayto lover

suicide_circus wrote: »

Fry some diced smoked bacon, garlic and onion in some olive oil, cut the sprouts into quaters and toss in the bacony/garlicy oil and fry for a few minutes until they start to brown. Transfer to a dish and roast until tender.

Going to try this in the next hour or so. Sounds very appetizing.
Just waiting for the turkey and ham to near completion.

jester77

Great for flinging at the knob head at the other end of the table.

Conor Bourke

Never liked them but we grew our own this year and I grudgingly ate one for tradition's sake... It wasn't as bad as expected!

Mister Vain

One of those things I hated as a kid but I love them now.

briany

They're delicious when they're hot, but I find their appeal lessens in direct proportion to their cooling off. The texture and taste seems to change for the worse. If you get the majority down in the first 5 minutes of the dinner, you're laughing, but if you leave them off to the side, intending to get around to them, it may never happen. You may have to admit defeat.

Mister Vain

Like most vegetables they're usually horrible in the restaurants.

Manach

I rather like them myself: kudos to the OP.

Ruu

Not eaten them in years, got them roasted this time, lovely!

caille

Love, love, love, LOVE Brussel sprouts :-() I eat them all year round and most days (and no, I am not always blowing off as a result :-() ) Best way to eat them is roasted in the juices of whatever meat you are cooking, they take on the flavour of the meat and go all soft and full of flavour. But I can eat them boiled, frozen ones, with bacon, whichever way I can get them. I LOVE 'EM!!

Sam Kade

Fcuk, I hate Brussels sprouts, they are like eating pigs testicles. Whatever that is like.

Pink Fairy

Sam Kade wrote: »

Fcuk, I hate Brussels sprouts, they are like eating pigs testicles. Whatever that is like.

Whatever you do with members of the Gardai is your own business

Sam Kade

Pink Fairy wrote: »

Whatever you do with members of the Gardai is your own business

Swine, is what I meant

Fluffy Cat 88

Brussels Sprouts -

Someone's made a balls of the cabbage

Love 'em!

Zimmey

suicide_circus wrote: »

Fry some diced smoked bacon, garlic and onion in some olive oil, cut the sprouts into quaters and toss in the bacony/garlicy oil and fry for a few minutes until they start to brown. Transfer to a dish and roast until tender.

Sound nice but with the meats and all the other trimmings to cook, that's a lot of hassle.

Diamond Doll

I hate them but must admit, I've never tried them any other way except my mammy's boiled plain ones. Maybe they're OK cooked differently!

Titzon Toast

Fried, with bacon and garlic. Yum yum.

kfallon

Little balls of cabbage, what's not to love???

Capt'n Midnight

kfallon wrote: »

Little balls of cabbage, what's not to love???

+1

Cut the stalk with a knife to remove the outer leaves. Wash and crunch away on them.



Word of warning : When cooked to mush they are amongst the vilest slimyest things ever.

Pink Fairy

Azalea

Love them!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Had eight beauties today. Delicious. Roll on tomorrow for round two.

MudSkipper

Boil for 15-20mins in vegetable or chicken stock.
Drain, mix with ham and grated cheese in a buutered dish, knob of butter on top and in oven for another 20 mins.... Have converted a fair few haters with that recipe :-)

questionmark?

suicide_circus wrote: »

Fry some diced smoked bacon, garlic and onion in some olive oil, cut the sprouts into quaters and toss in the bacony/garlicy oil and fry for a few minutes until they start to brown. Transfer to a dish and roast until tender.

Did it this way today. Fried in real butter though. Num num num.

billy few mates

suicide_circus wrote: »

Fry some diced smoked bacon, garlic and onion in some olive oil, cut the sprouts into quaters and toss in the bacony/garlicy oil and fry for a few minutes until they start to brown. Transfer to a dish and roast until tender.

This is the way I do them as well but I always grate or add some Parmesan shavings just before serving, they're fantastic they are so tasty they really make up for the bland turkey taste.
I lived on Malta for a number of years and they were like gold dust to find and they were never quite as tasty as we get here, a friend of mine who grew them back home told me that was because they needed to be exposed to a frost to bring out the best in them.

Last year I spent about five months in Tunisia, right in the middle of summer and the hotel we were staying in served them with every meal and despite being boiled to mush they tasted delicious, I have no idea where they got them but prior to that I always assumed they were a winter vegetable. I was with a group of about ten people and all except one of us loved them.

Don Kiddick

suicide_circus wrote: »

Fry some diced smoked bacon, garlic and onion in some olive oil, cut the sprouts into quaters and toss in the bacony/garlicy oil and fry for a few minutes until they start to brown. Transfer to a dish and roast until tender.

Tried this last year after reading it...and will be doing the same again this year, absolutely gorge!

faceman

Here’s my recipe. Requires: sprouts, bacon, butter.

Heat pan to a medium heat.
Add butter when pan gets hot
Add bacon
Take sprouts
Throw in bin
Eat bacon
Everyone happy

suicide_circus

suicide_circus wrote: »

Fry some diced smoked bacon, garlic and onion in some olive oil, cut the sprouts into quaters and toss in the bacony/garlicy oil and fry for a few minutes until they start to brown. Transfer to a dish and roast until tender.

For a twist, add a teaspoon of caraway seeds to the above

Rumpy Pumpy

I think most people either like or tolerate sprouts. This assumption that they are despised by almost everyone seems to have become part of the discussions around Christmas.

Ash.J.Williams

MudSkipper wrote: »

Boil for 15-20mins in vegetable or chicken stock.
Drain, mix with ham and grated cheese in a buutered dish, knob of butter on top and in oven for another 20 mins.... Have converted a fair few haters with that recipe :-)

In fairness that preperation would make silage taste nice

The_Valeyard

They are pure scum.

ednwireland

I love sprouts !
lightly boiled with a bit of butter hate it when they try and hide the flavour.

Oldtree

As little cabbages go, they are just as horrible as big cabbages. Unless we are talking raw red cabbage in a coleslaw!

_Dara_

suicide_circus wrote: »

Fry some diced smoked bacon, garlic and onion in some olive oil, cut the sprouts into quaters and toss in the bacony/garlicy oil and fry for a few minutes until they start to brown. Transfer to a dish and roast until tender.

This sounds nice but is far too much faff on Christmas day, especially with limited oven space and lots of plate-spinning going on.

bnt

Steaming is another preparation method that works well, then serve with butter on the side. Just make sure you peel and wash them thoroughly first, you don't want any soil in there.

zuutroy

Sprouts, chorizo, and hazelnuts on a roasting tray, drizzle in olive oil, roast for about 40 minutes giving them a shake once or twice. Fantasmagorical.

Dr Crayfish

I love them so much. Usually just boil them, my man uses the ham water at Xmas. Recently I roasted some in a little oil, lovely bite to them. They're just a bit of a pain to peel because I always want to many of the little bleeders.

_Dara_

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

I love them so much. Usually just boil them, my man uses the ham water at Xmas.

“Muh man takes care of me, cooks the sprouts in ham water. Who takes care of me?”

Greyfox

When cooked correctly they become an average middle of the road vegtable, nothing more, Christmas dinner is all about the meat, stuffing, gravy and roast potatoes, all the other veg don't really matter, even carrots which are grant at best