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Seriously nobody actually likes sprouts do they

383 replies

user1471517900 · 19/12/2021 22:44

The sooner we all admit this, the better. You're just lying to yourselves if you say otherwise.

The worst are the people who say "oh but if you fry them with bacon and crack cocaine they taste great." No. That is the bacon and drugs being worsened by this green hell.

Let's admit this once and for all.

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rrhuth · 20/12/2021 06:41

We like them here, we choose them and eat them at other times, and used to grow them.

We use them as a cabbage substitute in stir fries and curries, and we have them in cheese sauce, and I love bubble and squeak.

ClemDanFango · 20/12/2021 06:43

Bacon and crack cocaine made me laugh 😂

AngelicaElizaAndPeggy · 20/12/2021 06:51

Nope. People just eat them for the pancetta - Waitrose even admit this on their Christmas telly advert. HTH.

phoenixrosehere · 20/12/2021 07:25

Love them. I steam them in a bag and eat them as they are. Nothing added. Sometimes I chop them up and add them to a potato soup for a bit of extra flavour.

WakeUpLockie · 20/12/2021 07:27

I love them! They’re just like little cabbages. Don’t you like cabbage? I think people must over cook them. You don’t want them soggy, I agree that is revolting.

Fifthtimelucky · 20/12/2021 07:30

I love them. And I remember how pleased I was when early one December many years ago my younger daughter, then aged about 8, declared 'hooray, we're having sprouts again. I love sprouts!'

She's now in her early 20s and still loves them.

AnotherOneWithNoGoodName · 20/12/2021 07:32

I love them. But you have to cook them juuust right or they are minging

londonrach · 20/12/2021 07:34

My five year old loves them . Just as they are in the steamer. She mad, they awful.

cushioncovers · 20/12/2021 07:37

I love them. I have them regularly with a roast

steppemum · 20/12/2021 07:43

love them

but actually only ever eat them at Christmas!

SkiingIsHeaven · 20/12/2021 07:44

They are lovely with vinegar on.

EezyOozy · 20/12/2021 07:44

I love them!! Great fried in a stir fry

Wanderingowl · 20/12/2021 07:56

Absolutely love them. My whole family does. They still talk about the day I stole one of my brother's sprouts years ago. He has since stolen one of mine but won't shut up about my original offence. But I just didn't know he loved sprouts as much as me.

Nailingnow · 20/12/2021 07:57

Love them ! Frozen sprouts are vile however

RedwineforSantaplease · 20/12/2021 07:59

Love them. Eat them all year round.

Had them as an incredible side at a place in LA years ago that I still think about regularly.

RonniePickering · 20/12/2021 08:01

Yeah I love them too. I love most veg though tbh.

spanieleyes · 20/12/2021 08:04

Our "Christmas bonus" every year is a stalk of sprouts- we work in sprout land and the countryside reeks of them at harvest time every year! I do like them but I'm the only one in my family who does and there is no way I can get through a whole stalk full on my own!

LakieLady · 20/12/2021 08:09

Love 'em. Fab with a roast, a pie or a casserole and cold leftover ones are fantastic in bubble and squeak. And for Christmas dinner I do them with pancetta and a few chopped chestnuts - bloody lovely.

A lot of people overcook them, and that not only makes them go soggy but makes them taste bitter, too. They lose that lovely fresh flavour. And the ones you buy on the stalk taste much fresher and less bitter, too.

PeaAndHamSoupFromATurkey · 20/12/2021 08:33

@ChiefWiggumsBoy

No I love them. I would have a double helping of sprouts and skip potatoes

I've never read anything so deviant in my entire life.

I don't like sprouts but my one kid who doesn't like veg really likes them Confused so I guess some people do like them!

Oooh I don't think I've been called deviant before. LOL

To make it even worse for the potato lovers there is only one way of preparing them that I could eat forever. McDs fries.

Justcallmebebes · 20/12/2021 08:34

I love them too

KittenKong · 20/12/2021 08:36

I like sprouts, and I like cabbage too.

ttcpatronisers · 20/12/2021 08:41

YABU, I like them!

buckleten · 20/12/2021 08:47

I love them! Especially small ones - my husband cooks them with bacon and maple syrup and that's lovely, but I eat them all year round, leftovers are great fried up into bubble and squeak!

MajorCarolDanvers · 20/12/2021 08:49

I love them and eat them all year round.

GoodnightGrandma · 20/12/2021 08:50

I love sprouts. Steamed, not boiled.