Why are brussel sprouts so picked on?

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

Brussel sprouts seem to have the "ickiest" vegetable label.

Am I the only person who actually likes brussel sprouts?

I just saw a grocery store ad, and they were describing their "delicious" produce which would entice kids to eat their fruits and vegetables, "except, of course, brussel sprouts."

So, what am I missing? MKJ

:shrug:

[ET Awful]

1. I LOVE 'em, especially with lots of butter :) n/t

[ewagner]

3. Same here

just had some for dinner last night......

[wtmusic]

2. Because they taste like shit

j/k, but I don't like 'em

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

4. LOL, thanks for clarifying. n/t

MKJ

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

12. I'll second that.

And I'm not kidding. They taste like a bum's ass.

[Squeech]

5. My automatic answer

is that lima beans are the worst :P

But when I was a kid, brussel sprouts came frozen in blocks of ice, and my mom boiled them into a consistency close to that of paste, so they were nobody's idea of a gourmet treat, they were just green blobs put on the plate to balance the food pyramid. So of course I never thought they were worth a bucket of warm spit-- until Mrs. Squeech got some fresh ones, still attached to the stalk, and steamed them. Those were quite good.

[Mizmoon]

7. At least you can swallow lima beans whole

and not have to taste them (a favorite childhood trick of mine - works on peas too!) Try THAT with a Brussel Sprout. :)

[sui generis]

6. there isn't a vegetable that I don't like

anywhere on this planet - it's all in how you prepare them though.

Some brussell sprouts get bitter, or aren't ripe when picked (talking about fresh, not frozen).

You can "enhance" almost any green veggie after cooking for kids with a butter-flavored spray, a little salt / pepper and lemon juice. For brussell sprouts I've found that steaming them until well done and then briefly glazing them in a hot pan with a little real butter and a squirt of lemon is the best way to make them more palatable without adding a high calorie sauce.

[NV Whino]

8. It's Brussels (with 3 esses and a cap B) sprouts n/t

LOL The auto fill finished it for me. Guess I've had this discussion before.

[jobycom]

9. Because Brussels is near France, and Brussel Sprouts are known subversives

I like them, for that.

[ET Awful]

11. LOL . . . Political Vegetables. WoooHooooo!

:)

I guess a republican vegetable would be . . . a potato. They like having eyes everywhere, they keep their heads in the dark, and you really have to dig if you want to get anything useful out of them. :)

[mr_hat]

10. 'Cos they're little green heads of concentrated gag-ness.

[Dora]

13. MMMMmmmmmm

LOVE 'em. Even when I was a kid I thought they were the cutest vegetable I'd ever eaten.

I like to separate the heads so that all their leetle tiny leaves are loose, then wilt them in some hot bacon fat.

Otherwise I just quarter them, and then braise them in bacon fat.

I don't care for them whole. Too too something.

[Redstone]

14. I likethem, too. But they have to be fresh or they get bitter.

I think many people don't like them because they've never had fresh ones.

Redstone

[MuseRider]

15. Love them fresh.

My kids hated them until we saw the movie "Little Shop of Horrors" and I started serving them Mean Green Mothers From Outer Space. They were smart enough to know I just changed the name but making it fun seemed to do the trick.