Brussels sprouts, who knew?

[dr_tectonic]

Discovery of the day: I like brussels sprouts!

Cara brought them for movie night (Murder on the Orient Express). Fresh, steamed, with butter and a little salt. They were quite good.

They tasted nothing at all like my memory the things my mother made me eat when I was 7 that I choked down, then ran to the bathroom and threw up and was never forced to eat again. So the jury is still out on, say, frozen brussels sprouts. But very fresh ones, treated well? For sure.

Comments

[thedragonweaver.livejournal.com]

When I was growing up I didn't understand why it was common wisdom that kids hated vegetables. I loved vegetables.

It was only when I got older that I realized that most kids didn't get them fresh. Fresh makes all the difference in the world.

Of course, my memories of Brussel sprouts involve Cheez Whiz, so I'm sure that Cara's recipe is an improvement.

[dcseain.livejournal.com]

I stew them with tomatoes. I serve them with a light cheddar cheese sauce. I steam them and serve with salt, pepper, and lemon. I chop them in half and roast with olive oil, salt, pepper, and crushed chili peppers.

They're a glorious food. Saw some lovely ones in a student community garden while i was in Ohio. Same garden had lovely rainbow chard.

[mattycub.livejournal.com]

With brussels, it really is all about the preparation. Plain, they're deadly. But with the right amount of butter, salt, and a little seasoning, they can be a real delicacy. I used to hate them as a kid too, but I've grown to love them.

Although, I can't have them too often because Sean HATES how they smell when they're cooking. :)

[thetarnishedowl.livejournal.com]

I like them, too. I do buy them frozen - they cook up just fine. Butter, salt, pepper. Yum.

[kumakumasan.livejournal.com]

I tend to find as I get older and am willing to experiment with food a bit more that most parents in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s had NO CLUE about how to prepare vegetables. I'm sure that trend continues to the present day for that matter.

I've found as an adult that nearly everything I despised as a child is actually very good.

[melted-snowball.livejournal.com]

da_lj likes them a lot. Me, not so much. I think at times that you could steam, then sauté in butter, and lastly add lemons, capers and anchovies to shoe leather, and it'd be tasty. But Brussels sprouts are tasty that way.

[pekmez.livejournal.com]

I could practically eat good brussels sprouts for dessert!
I halve them and sautee them in olive oil and garlic, then add some chicken stock and cook covered to steam them into tenderndess for a while and then uncovered at the end until the chicken stock pretty much goes away.

[zalena.livejournal.com]

Oh! I missed brussel sprouts! Cooked by Cara. Waaaah!

I love brussel sprouts, too. They are a much maligned food that will spark the imagination once you see them as they grow: on stalks!

[k8cre8.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Perhaps I should try them again. I had the same experience as a child, and haven't ever tried them again.

[dr-tectonic.livejournal.com]

Nope! That's one of the things that surprised me, because I remember them being bitter when I was a kid. Maybe that's a freshness thing?