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Brussels Sprouts

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NorthernLiner · 14/12/2023 06:32

Is my kid an anomaly?
They had Christmas dinner at school yesterday, and DC told me on the way home - “Everyone gave me their Brussels sprouts because they don’t like them!”

Does your DC(s) like them?
Do you like them?!

OP posts:
loudbatperson · 14/12/2023 08:06

I adore them, my husband dislikes them.

Three children, eldest loves them, Middle disposes them and the youngest likes them.

TheTecknician · 14/12/2023 08:07

I have never tasted a BS in over fifty years and i'm not starting now! The smell of them cooking has always put me off them. They seem to be a very divisive vegetable.

I also loathe parsnips.

YYURYYUCICYYUR4ME · 14/12/2023 08:20

Love them and always have. There is actually a genetic element to loving or hating the taste, which might explain the love/hate for the vegetable.

Jewelanemone · 14/12/2023 08:23

I've always loved them and eat them all year round. DH will only eat them raw.

Plain boiled is lovely (not too soft) but they're particularly delicious halved and pan-fried with smoked lardons and cream 😋

idontlikealdi · 14/12/2023 09:13

Roasted with chorizo or lardons and garlic delicious, or finely sliced in a stir fry.

Boiled mush no thanks.

enchantedsquirrelwood · 14/12/2023 09:20

Yes, my son likes them!

And he isn't an enthusiastic veg eater.

Whereas I am, but I don't like sprouts. I have tried, even eating them raw as there are a lot of veg I like raw but not cooked (eg cauliflower) but I don't like them, although at a work Christmas dinner last week they were tiny ones so I ate them. But I wouldn't choose to have them.

DuploTrain · 14/12/2023 09:22

Tiggles · 14/12/2023 07:06

Liking sprouts is genetic. A particular gene makes them taste different in some way.

Me and my kids have always loved them.

Yes I’ve heard this. A particular gene affects how bitter they taste to you.

Same with coriander (same principle, not same gene). It tastes soapy to some people apparently.

CharlottePimpernel · 14/12/2023 09:31

I love them. Daughter used to eat them until she was 2.

Rosecoffeecup · 14/12/2023 09:32

My fave vegetable

dontgobaconmyheart · 14/12/2023 09:45

Most of us like them here. I don't get the fuss about them that some people make. They just taste like.. vegetables, as most vegetables do. I never see them as something particularly out there. We eat them throughout the year.

Iateallllllthepies · 14/12/2023 09:51

My 3 year old had a bowl for breakfast. She loves them.

I eat them most days. Roasted in lots of crushed garlic and coconut oil with broccoli and cauliflower.

I can’t stand them just boiled though. I think that’s were a lot of people go wrong.

SharonEllis · 14/12/2023 09:55

Yep we all love them. We try to buy them on the 'tree' as they keep fresher.

JanuaryBauble · 14/12/2023 09:55

Mine do too. Hello fresh do a Brussels sprouts mac and cheese which is considered a winter highlight by the DC 🤣

www.hellofresh.co.uk/recipes/brussels-sprout-mac-cheese-634ec9201258a264b29b71c9

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