Fudge beats broccoli!

[bikerz]

Yum, not a thing on that list I don't like but Bubba will only let me eat brussel sprouts when he's out of town.

Sadie "loves her cruciferous veggies" Kate

I'm with you SK - I adore brussel sprouts - we're having an Indian-theme Thanksging (Asian Indian, not American Indian) and one of the dishes is brussels with indian spices - yum. I love 'em "hashed" with olive oil, garlic and pine nuts and a squeeze of lemon too. I have converted many a brussel sprout hater... but I dont mind eating with sprout-haters either - more for me!

Most things taste good with enough garlic and bacon.

You got that right!!


Dark chocolate is darn good to!

[snapdragen]

Dark chocolate is darn good to!

But not with garlic and bacon..........OK?

[margo49]

Yeah Yeah 1000 X yeah to the dark chocolate.

But has anybody heard that thing about chocolate and breast cancer. Some *&!*% did a study and asked breast cancer survivors about their eating habits and "found" they ate more choc than "normal". Thereby concluding that we should eat less if at all (something about insulin - couldn't follow it for the shock).
Because we all know that *he* could
and should
have concluded that chocolate is why we are Survivors . How dumb can you get?

At which point I will also vote for the blueberries.

[RoadRaven]

Ever try brussels sprouts on pizza? MMMMM-HMMMM!

Seriously???

[pkq]

Everything on that list is great!

[nuthatch]

Of course, real health-nuts will just take a spoonful of cocoa powder for their dark chocolate dose. None of that sugar added nonsense.

[latelatebloomer]

Yeah, a vegetarian friend of mine threw a pizza party and really went crazy on variations. The brussels sprouts were sort of nutty and sweet and really, really good. Back in my carefree carb-eating days, I also sometimes made pizza at home with sourdough crust, thinly sliced (homegrown) potatoes and sauteed leeks and cheese.

Man, the food was good in those days, but I was also working my way up to 300 lbs......

[Eaglewalker]

...Some *&!*% did a study and asked breast cancer survivors about their eating habits and "found" they ate more choc than "normal". ... *he* could and should have concluded that chocolate is why we are Survivors.

Not necessarily. What was the comparison? Was he comparing women who survived breast cancer to women who never got it? Or to women who died? If the former, then his conclusion, on the face of it, may be valid, depending on the design of the study. If the latter -- well, unless you are John Edward, it's a little difficult to ask the deceased about their chocolate-eating habits.

A better study would be to track forty thousand women over twenty years, including chocolate-eating habits in the data. If the women who ate more chocolate also got more cancer, then a correlation could be made -- unless, of course, the women who ate more chocolate also smoked more, ate less broccoli, had more or fewer pregnancies, whatever.

Personally, I don't like chocolate, and I do like broccoli, and I adore brussel sprouts! <ducks>

[Lise]

Personally, I don't like chocolate, and I do like broccoli, and I adore brussel sprouts! <ducks>

More chocolate for me! I love broccoli, too. But not so much at the same time... L.

[Eaglewalker]

How about chicken mole with a side of broccoli?

[margo49]

It was just a tiny item on the evening news, so I dunno all the details.
But I *do* go off half-cocked about this kind of thing as a breast cancer survivor myself. Everything up till that study I ate or didn't (as the case may be) all my adult life; and I still got it at 40. I don't believe it's only about food and it's certainly not about one particular food.
But if you *do* get breast cancer *and* you are in good nutritional and psychological shape I reckon you have a better chance.
And anyway... I could recover from the cancer and then a few years later get squashed by a tractor (and that doesn't correlate with chocolate consumption!) and I could have been just as dead
It's basically a question of how quick you can get back to the bike when all is said and done

[latelatebloomer]

It's basically a question of how quick you can get back to the bike when all is said and done

Don't know ya but I love ya! If & when I ever get sick, please come on over and remind me of this.

[Eaglewalker]

It's basically a question of how quick you can get back to the bike when all is said and done

You go, girl!

[Lise]

Wrapper sticks to bar, distracted woman desperate for chocolate doesn't see tractor, tragedy ensues.

yes....yes....I see how it could happen....and if said woman had been desperate for brussel sprouts....well, nobody gets desperate for brussel sprouts, and anyways, they don't come in wrappers! L.

[latelatebloomer]

Excuse me, ma'am, I'm from the Brussels Sprouts Anti-Defamation Bureau. I'm afraid you'll have to come with me.