Comments on: Hate Brussels Sprouts? So Did I

By: Brenda

Brenda — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:14:44 +0000

I am one of those adventuraous creatures who has been pretty much omnivorous since childhood BUT i could not eat brussell sprouts. It didn’t help that my introduction to them was on an airline tray. However, here is my turn around dish – I wont call it a recipe. Warning: it also includes saturated fat but is SO worth it. A friend made it at my house for Thanksgiving and I’ve loved it ever since.
1. braise the sprouts in full cream
2. mix a bit of melted butter (couple of TBSP?) with a bit of dijon (TBsp?) and some chopped tarragon, S & P
3. Mix it all up, serve and enjoy.

By: Carla

Carla — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:29:26 +0000

Here’s another fabulous recipe from 101cookbooks.com:

http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/goldencrusted-brussels-sprouts-recipe.html

By: Michael Wong

Michael Wong — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:54:00 +0000

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By: Darya Pino

Darya Pino — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:34:00 +0000

anon:

Arugula is technically a part of the same family, so it is doubtful McCain eats them. That might explain all the cancer.

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michelle:

Thanks! Ghee is a great idea.

Honestly, halving the sprouts is the most important part. Before that I could make them good, but not great.

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jed:

Thanks for the poem! I'm so touched I could inspire poetry!!

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julie:

Good luck!! I hope you enjoy it :)

By: julie

julie — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:57:00 +0000

This recipe sounds awesome. It’s starting to be the season, I will pick some up at Alemany Saturday, make this. I’m over the bacon and butter, yum! If it enables me to eat my brussel sprouts, all the better. Collards and kale and broccoli and cabbage I can eat alone, or steamed with lemon, but not sprouts.

By: Jed Wolpaw

Jed Wolpaw — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:12:00 +0000

Used to hate 'em,
but now must admit,
Had some of Darya's,
Dem be the shit,
She tossed in some bacon,
Some other such mess,
Changed a life long aversion,
Who would have guessed?

Seriously.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:05:00 +0000

There’s a recipe in Heidi Swanson’s Super Natural Cooking that turned me around on brussel sprouts. I like the idea of blanching though, bc sometimes they are dry and awful in the middle if not cooked through.

Agreed that a little bad fat can be worth it for the healthy rewards of something like brussel sprouts! I splurge by using ghee sometimes when cooking…makes EVERYTHING delicious.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 07:46:00 +0000

It seems like from a very young age Americans(both real and non-real) are trained to hate brussel sprouts. My question though, is are they an elitist comestible, or does J.McCain eat his brussel sprouts