The Brussels Sprouts appreciation thread.

andekwarhola

Probably as responsible for harmful emissions than the aerosol and motor industry combined.

Dr Crayfish

_Dara_ wrote: »

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

Haha, my Mam! My mother! Ain't no mayn in my life.

PandaPoo

You wouldn't get me eating them on their own, but with the Christmas dinner they're lovely!

Estrellita

Much like anything else you cook, if you cook them with care and a dash of passion they will taste great. If you boil the hole out of them then expect complaints and people to avoid them.

Same goes for people who call turkey dry. If you just fúck it in the oven and roast the hole out of it without any further regard for it then you deserve what you're serving up. Preparation, timing and actually wanting your food to taste good and appreciated matters.

Par boil brussels, get them on a hot pan and sautée them with your garlic, shallots, pancetta and a knob of butter. I fire parmesan shavings over them in the serving bowl for contrast of flavours. The pancetta bringing the slightly sweet and salty meaty goodness, buttery creaminess and the parmesan adds the more tort contrast.

If none of that works for you, then boil your head and wallow in your own fúcking misery :pac:

jester77

Some mad recipes here, when you have to go to that much trouble just to make them edible, then that really says alot about them.

my3cents

jester77 wrote: »

Some mad recipes here, when you have to go to that much trouble just to make them edible, then that really says alot about them.

Why cook them? They are great raw - but obviously thats not the way to have them for Christmas dinner.

Don Kiddick

jester77 wrote: »

Some mad recipes here, when you have to go to that much trouble just to make them edible, then that really says alot about them.

Cut them in half.. fry them with cubed pancetta and red onion for a few mins... possibly with mushrooms of you wish... then oven for 20 mins.. easy peasy and tastes lovely

vicwatson

ednwireland wrote: »

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

Anyone else put a knob of butter into the water they are boiled in? Deadly flavour

Brussels sprouts are cultivated in Satans bottom and expelled when he coughs fire and brimstone. They're evil in it's purest and greenest form.

I hate them, they're mini cabbages and I hate both maxi and mini cabbages. The smell alone is enough to make me consider if life is really worth living.

Malayalam

Today I made Festive Jalousie, which is a puff pastry pie featuring a whole bag of brussels sprouts, along with cooked chestnuts, butter-fried onions and peppers, all enveloped in a strong cheesey sauce with a good spoon of dried sage and some parsley to taste. Absolutely delicious. Everyone mmmmmm'd. Sometimes I really wish I had a spare stomach.