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To think nobody likes sprouts. And anyone who says they do is just doing it for attention

265 replies

user1471517900 · 19/11/2017 22:01

I mean they're horrible. People have tried to help them by adding other things to make them not taste like sprouts, but let's just admit that they were never designed to be eaten. The taste is probably some evolutionary defence mechanism that has inexplicably not worked coz humans are daft enough to eat through the disgusting taste.

Anyone that says they like them is lying to us and themselves and is just looking for attention.

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AngeloMysterioso · 20/11/2017 07:10

Parsnips however are the root vegetable of all evil.

speakout · 20/11/2017 07:12

I love sprouts. Had them yesterday. DD loves them too. We love all forms of cabbage. Sprouts are delicious.

somewhereovertherain · 20/11/2017 07:21

I love sprouts. Especially dipped in chocolate

ScreamingValenta · 20/11/2017 07:23

I can take them or leave them Grin. DH likes them, so we sometimes have them with a weekend roast.

Nelly5678 · 20/11/2017 07:24

Oh feck off

BertrandRussell · 20/11/2017 07:26

We always say that Ds was intended to be a Victorian workhouse child. His favourite foods have always been sprouts, bacon fat and any sort of steamed pudding.......

cushioncovers · 20/11/2017 07:31

Op Grin

Fragglewump · 20/11/2017 07:34

I love sprouts even though they reek havoc with my insides. I cannot stop myself trumping for England a few hours after eating the delicious green morsels.

ZigZagIntoTheBlue · 20/11/2017 07:37

I like them but I'm the only one who does in my house, so I only get them at Christmas otherwise they'd go off. I don't eat tons, but yes with bacon etc is v nice!

DameFanny · 20/11/2017 07:50

People can have different tastes without doing it for attention Hmm

Are you 12?

shhhfastasleep · 20/11/2017 08:07

One word. Bacon. Every thing tastes better with bacon.

holdbackonthewine · 20/11/2017 08:11

As well as super tasters isn’t there some unpleasant chemical in all brassicas which only some people can taste? I’m sure I read it’s real, to some it tastes vile to the rest okay. I like them, DH LOVES them.

speakout · 20/11/2017 08:14

evolutionary defence mechanism

I doubt that. Sprouts are a very healthy food.

BulletFox · 20/11/2017 08:14

YES holdback I read that as well.

Personally I love them.

Frusso · 20/11/2017 08:30

I quite like them. But they do have to be cooked properly. Bitter sprouts are not cooked properly. If you can’t cook them properly you don’t deserve to eat them.

bathandpjs · 20/11/2017 08:44

I do love sprouts but then I am a massive attention seeker so that must be why

willyougotobed · 20/11/2017 08:47

I love sprouts. I would sooner eat them than broccoli or spinach. I think people have different taste buds. I met a woman recently who claimed lettuce tasted horrible. It tastes of water/nothing to me.

x2boys · 20/11/2017 08:50

I bloody love sprouts not attention seeking people have different tastes I personally can take or leave chocolate .

Kenworthington · 20/11/2017 08:51

I LOVE sprouts, so does my mate. I like them booked and eaten dunked in a bit of salt. They’ve got o be frozen sprouts though I have no interest in fresh ones Grin

Medeci · 20/11/2017 09:07

When I worked in Saudi Arabia people going home to the UK on holiday would often be asked to bring sprouts back. It was one of the few foods we couldn't buy there.

Although I wouldn't want to eat them every day it's strange how a craving seemed to build up.

IHaveACuntingPlan · 20/11/2017 09:07

I like sprouts. I'm going to make cream of sprout soup soon and am planning on having them roasted for Christmas.

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BertrandRussell · 20/11/2017 09:13

It's funny the foods that people either love or hate. I wonder if it's something physiological. I know it is with coriander. My love for parsnips borders on the addictive, but some people really hate them......

Lillybilly20 · 20/11/2017 09:13

I love sprouts; they are like mini cabbages! I think anyone who hates sprouts or indeed any vegetable are just 'doing it for attention' 😂