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My childhood b-day dinner menu - porkchops with applesauce and brussel sprouts. So, I was a tad weird. Ok, still am.
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01-21-2009, 08:44 AM #1
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Brussels Sprouts!
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I always thought I hated them. On the other hand, I don't think I'd eaten them since childhood, when they were most likely presented to me overcooked by my mother.
Soooo, the other night, a friend invited us over for dinner, and served steamed brussels sprouts as part of the meal. So, I gamely served some up for myself and, lo and behold, they were prettty good!
As I was preusing the veggie aisles at the grocery store this week, I happened upon a 2 lb bag of brussels sprouts, so I scooped them up and brought them home. Last night, I roasted 1/2 pound (tossed with a little olive oil, kosher salt & black pepper) for 30-35 minutes @ 400 degrees, shaking the pan every 5-7 minutes. They came out FABULOUSLY.
Who woulda thunk that I'd actually be looking forward to making myself brussels sprouts again for dinner???
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01-21-2009, 08:46 AM #2
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01-21-2009, 08:55 AM #3
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Brussels sprouts have an undeserved bad reputation! Lots of people think they hate them. I have made it a personal goal to open their minds. I often serve brussel sprouts when I have guests for dinner. About 80% of the time people have that same reaction, "I thought I hated them"!
They are soooooo yummy!Bork Bork, Hork Hork!!
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01-21-2009, 09:00 AM #4
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Do you have any special ways to prepare them? I'm open to ideas. Although I must say that roasting them was a really tasty way to prepare them.
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01-21-2009, 09:03 AM #5
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I steam them for about 15 mins in my double vegetable steamer. They have to still be bright green, but a paring knife has to pass into them.
Then I add a bit of butter, sugar and chickcen stock (concentrate) to a cup or so of the steaming water, in the bottom half of the steamer* and turn them around in that. done.
*that's just my regular pot with a matching steamer thingie added on top - like so:
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01-21-2009, 10:00 AM #6
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I've sauteed them with a bit of chicken stock, bacon and a sprinkling of toasted pine nuts. Turned out delicious.
Hmm....I may have to pick some up myself now that I'm only cooking for me for a few more weeks. BF does not like them unfortunately.Specialized Tricross Sport / Specialized Lithia 143
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01-21-2009, 10:10 AM #7
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I've tossed them with olive oil and balsamic vinegar, then roasted them with some onions.
I'm the only 'sprout lover in the house, so I have a supply of these on hand--single serving baby brussel sprouts!
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01-21-2009, 10:14 AM #8
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Roasted w/garlic- yum!
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01-21-2009, 10:29 AM #9
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Add a little bit of maple syrup when you toss them. Mmmm!
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01-21-2009, 10:52 AM #10
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I roast mine, too. Olive oil, garlic, sea salt, pepper...whatever I have on hand, really.
At Christmas, I actually had a few left over so I threw them in our vertical chicken roaster (with carrots, potatoes, parsnips, etc) and they were delicious!My new non-farm blog: Finding Freedom
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01-21-2009, 10:53 AM #11
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DH cuts them in half and sautes them with garlic and a little hunan chili sauce. YUM.
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01-21-2009, 11:23 AM #13
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Wow, all these variations sound fabulous! I'm looking forward to trying several of them. Thanks!! Fortunately, Jeff liked them enough last night that he's perfectly happy with me making them again. Lucky me.
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01-21-2009, 11:47 AM #14
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Yeah, lucky you. Bubba likes brussels sprouts somewhat but can't stand the smell of them cooking. So I'm always scouring restaurant menus or planning for days when he's out of town.
Too weirdness. Originally Posted by Kalidurga
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01-21-2009, 11:49 AM #15
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I learned to eat them (along with a lot of other stuff I'd never heard of) in the college cafeteria, of all places. Now they're one of my favorites.
Others have posted with good suggestions... I like to steam them, or sometimes cook them in a little water with chicken stock, a squirt of olive oil, a pinch of brown sugar and about a capful of cider vinegar, and a couple slabs of BACON!
I didn't like spinach at all either, until I learned that the derned stuff didn't always have to be boiled down like turnip greens... Now it's one of my other favorites, (as long as it's not boiled ;-) )
