How many sprouts in a portion.

[Goldilocks99]

I think six minimum. Google thinks eight. Realistically I think I go for ten or even a dozen.
Obviously, other factors like glazed in balsamic, cooked with pine nuts or butter is a factor.
But for the sake of experiment, let's say these are plain, salted with gravy available. In addition to your full Christmas dinner.

How many sprouts is acceptable?
Yanbu-not more than eight!
Yabu- eight is not enough!
(Yes, I realise the answer is none if you are a sprout Grinch!)

4-6 tops!

I’ve never let my mother forget Christmas 2016 - the year of the Sprout Dearth. Just 4 each…. I think she’s doing 10-12 each this year. Any that are left I’ll take home & eat cold dipped in melted garlic butter for Boxing Day breakfast.

I love sprouts! I've been grabbing a couple of handfuls every time I've been shopping for veg since they've been available! I'm 5he odd one out though. So while I'd happily say 10-12 are fine on my plate, the rest of the family won't eat them

Sprout season is fab!

4!

I think 8-10 per adult. I love sprouts & at Christmas will always cook 3 times as many as necessary so I can make 2 pans of Boxing Day Bubble & Squeak: 1 to eat & 1 to freeze.

My nephew would think 10 wasn't enough. He's only 9 and loves them.

The rest of us won't touch them except mum.

So he'd say 10 per person (80!) and he'll share with nanny - the sprout nut

6 per person knowing that only I will be eating them! 36 for me then 😊😊

As I have told anyone who will listen this week, on the Sainsburys website it says 15 sprouts are classed as one of your 5 a day

4-6 I reckon if other veg.
DD (age 7) though, she wants to beat her sprout record, which is ten...

Just noticed that says baby sprouts so maybe

I'll eat at least 10 because I love them. But if I was being cooked xmas dinner by someone else, I'd happily accept 8.

One of the great things about being a sprout lover is other people hating them - so if you do 8 per person, the sprout lovers will end up getting more.

The cold leftover sprout is the sprout of kings. DELICIOUS. Also bubble and squeak is lovely. I do vast amounts of sprouts and potatoes so we have plenty for B&S.

@EatYourVegetables

I hate sprouts and have come here to make the mandatory “zero” joke, which I see has already been made.

But this thread revealed a new level of awful for me… LEFTOVER sprouts?? The only flavour worse than the sprout - COLD, old sprout

Me me me I'm with you there absolutely ZERO sprouts Bloody awful

Went on work’s Christmas dinner two weeks ago, shocking to say NO Brussels were served at all. I’ll never return EVER.

There is no limit - cook enough for Xmas Day and Boxing Day and double for one person -you can not go wrong.

I love sprouts, and with a normal, everyday meal, I'd say about 8 as a good portion. But on Christmas day, when there's so much lovely stuff, and so many different vegetables, I'd probably only have about 4, so I can fit in a taste of everything, and enjoy pud and a cheeseboard. I'll munch on cold, cooked leftover brussels from the fridge in the evening though! I've bought 1kg of sprouts for 6, hopefully that should be about right! (Plenty of leftovers!)

About 5 on my plate but I love cold sprouts the day after 😋

ALL the sprouts. King among vegetables

@LadyCatStark

I only eat food on even numbers so 6 for me.

That's interesting - I came on to say that it has to be odd numbers! It would be five sprouts for me. DH worked in a Spanish restaurant and I remember the boss saying that the tapas was always odd numbers (e.g. five slices of cheese).

I’m genuinely astounded anyone counts and portions sprouts. I’ve seen it all on here now. We shove them in a dish, help yourself or not.

Everyone is throwing out numbers with no mention of the size of the sprouts.
Hazelnut?
Walnut?
Last year, our Christmas sprouts weee ping pong ball sized.
Normally, I would say 6 for a portion with the full festive dinner, but the masdive sprouts last year put paid to that.

5 is plenty, I like them, there’s just a volume issue with Christmas dinner in terms of the number of veg choices on offer. It’s sort of a desert spoonful and a bit of each for me.

Carrots cauliflower cheese red cabbage broccoli sprouts, parsnips live with the potatoes

6
7 cherry tomatoes is a portion right?
So 6 sprouts for Mrs average
maybe 8 for penis portions
10 for the proud farter

Love sprouts.
The more the merrier!

About 6-8 have never counted !