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Sprouts ... is it a YES or a NO? ... vote now
Sprouts ... is it a YES or a NO? ... vote now
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Yes. Adding a pinch of sugar to the boiling water takes away any bitterness and makes them heavenly.
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mememe, I've heard that before, no idea if it's true or not but it's a must.
You can evidently eat the stalks as well. Not tried it though. |
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Jed - That could easily be true. There is a significant gene differential with Asparagus - If you have it, your pee smells after eating it. If you haven't it doesnt. It could of course be the other way round but anyway it is definitely some do some don't as far as the smell goes.
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Forgot to add - the cross in the bottom of the sprout is a waste of time, makes no difference. If you dont believe me, test it
 Odd that people who cross sprouts never cross the equally thick stems of calabrese (broccoli) or the thick end of a carrot  . |
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love them. |
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cooking veg in sugar?
not even the greens are wholesome it seems sprouts, just like all veg needs as little time boiled as poss, the minerals within breakdown very easily you want sugar in your foodstuff then buy something...anything in a coloured box |
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Love the little green monkeys
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I love the little BBC sprout
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MARVELLOUS BRUSS SPROUTY!
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Only OAPs boil sprouts. Traditionally with soda crystals added to the water to enhance the soft, damp horror of the outcome.
Instead plonk them in the roasting dish beside or under sausages or poultry or whatever you're cooking in the oven. Fifteen minutes. That way they get the flavour of the juices of the meat, plus they don't go soggy. Had some for dinner tonight baked in the butter from a chicken breast. Also had some of the big leaves from the top of the stalk raw in cheese sandwiches for lunch. Don't know why greengrocers throw away the leaves, they're like a small, free cabbage.  |
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Infact come to think of it I only ever boil potatoes or peas, the rest get steamed.
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Only time I boil spuds is to make mash for a shepherd's pie. Peas just go straight into the pie, so that's some more boiling avoided.
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Clement Freud's Christmas recipe in the Observer in 1966 featured boiled turkey.
Years later he excused himself by claiming that as we'd just won the World Cup we thought we were capable of anything. |
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screaming - don't you parboil spuds for roast?
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Too lazy - bake them in their jackets instead.
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Ah, pomme de terre en robe de chambre! Love em but couldn't do without my roasties
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Sprouts are best parboiled with seasoning, lightly sautéed in butter with some pine kernels and then thrown in the fecking bin.
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Quite a sprouting thread this.....
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Yes but buy them frozen they're fresher that way..Less farts...
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Clouseau
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You can't have your pudding until you've eaten your sprouts. How can you have any pudding if you haven't eaten your sprouts?
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Clouseau comment - excellent!
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Anyone remember the 'Young Ones' sketch about sprouts?
Not exactly the script, but along similar lines .... We've got sprouts for Christmas lunch. But I hate sprouts! You've GOT to have them. Why? BECAUSE IT'S CHRISTMAS!! |
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Sprouts are just NOT for Christmas
There for EVER!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeha!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Love 'em, but don't like them 'crunchy'. Like them soft (not sloppy) so your guts can digest them easily - ergo no 'afters'. Steaming them makes this an easy thing to do as you can test them minute by minute to exactly how you want them. Forget boiling anything and get a steamer (steaming basket). That's about the best cooking advice I can give anyone. You won't regret it. |