Brassica
 

Do you eat Brassica because Mom says you gotta, or because you like it?

Don't talk to me about Brussels Sprouts.

Dad loves the wretched things but I only eat them because it saves cooking another vegetable.

I went into town on Thursday morning and there were no loose sprouts to be had in M&S.

All they had were what I call 'sprouts on a stalk'.

The M&S marketing bods have other ideas...

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£1.50* that cost me!

I usually buy fruit and veg from a very good (and cheaper) stall at the local market but they aren't back until the second week in January.

However, given that the Devil's vegetable keeps Dad happy, I'm inclined to the view that it was money well spent. :rolleyes:

*$1.96

Mr Limey loves sprouts boiled to a ghastly mush. We have them every Sunday with our roast dinner. I prefer my sprouts to be just cooked, with some “bite” left in ‘em. So I put the Mr’s in to cook an hour before we eat, and drop mine in the pan at 10 minutes to “grub’s up”.


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An hour! Holy *$%$! Ten minutes, absolute maximum - and that's for big ones. I love my sprouts!

I take a middle path. Thirty minutes is what they get.
They're being steamed even as I type.
I'm sure one of the little sods swore at me when I checked them a few minutes ago.

Sprouts are only good roasted with salt and a little oil

I love broccoli

Love them all.

Roasted BS are the best.

Roasted with bacon

Roasted is good as long as there's a light vinaigrette or aioli to go with it; deep fried (unbattered) is fantastic.

I know [emoji849]


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We tried to get the local mobile chip shop (van containing deep fat fryer which parks in different neighbourhoods to sell deep fried, battered fish and chips) to do deep fried (battered) sprouts one Christmas on Arran. He refused, but did do deep fried pickles for us after we “discovered” them in Canada.


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Drizzle balsamic on them for the last five minutes of roasting, that is excellent

Same here brother.

Plow them under, all of them, Mr Limey would love my mothers cooking.

Broccoli with lemon, garlic, sausage, and noodles tonight.

You mean sausage with noodles and broccoli with lemon and garlic

sausage should get top billing

Cooked the way you like them, all are great.
Mushy doesn't do any of them justice.

If my grandma were still alive, she'd already have the sprouts on for next Christmas....

We lived an hour away and she'd put them on when we called to say we were leaving, and we didn't eat for a good hour or so after we got there ...and then there was a starter before we got to the main course (slices of [honeydew] melon with lemon and ginger sprinkled on and a decoration of orange bits and grapes on a cocktail stick like the sail on a boat), so they were nice and cold too because this was pre-microwave era.....

:yelsick:

I do like all the Brassicas, particularly Kale (grow my own) and broccoli. Cauliflower needs to be in the form of cauliflower cheese and not cooked to death. Sprouts are my least favorite, but I suspect that's because of the memories of roasts at grandma's. have tried roasting in various formats, but prefer minimally steamed.

Just eat the grass outta yer yard. No mowing, no growing.:p:

True words although this is the brassica thread.

Science tastes DELICIOUS!