Chapotraphouse

Brussel sprouts are awesome, especially when roasted.

I read an interview a while ago with someone in the vegetable business who told that due to selective breeding for commercial marketability, the vegetables you get in supermarkets today, including Brussel sprouts, are sweeter and less pungent than the ones you would get 15-20 years ago. This means that if you've had them once and thought they were too strong tasting you might actually like them today.

Bonus info: In some languages Brussels sprouts are called "rose cabbage".

b sprouts are the jam, or at least i'd always thought so and didn't understand the hate.

but as it turns out, conventional plant breeding techniques were used after scientists identified the chemistry associated with bitterness from the o.g. commercial brussels sprouts back in the 1990s to try develop new cultivars that were far, far less bitter using lower yield & older, but tastier (traditional) varieties bred with higher yield (commercial), but bitter varieties.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20251216-hate-brussel-sprouts-you-may-be-living-in-the-past

there are lots of stories about it as a modern success of horticulture/plant science. people interpret it a lot of ways, but i think it's a good illustration of the tension between the demands of commercial production and the desire for palatability. the inverse would be the "red delicious" apple which grows like a champ and retains a beautiful coloring through transit, but tastes like fucking sawdust. if all someone ever ate were red delicious apples, they would think apples were total bullshit.

Air fryer completely takes the work outta making them. Just oil and season and pop em in. I think the oven is honestly slightly better if you do it right but the air fried ones are so easy when you’re just cooking a bit for yourself.

I haven't had them in ages, they're so good grilled.

I hate them because they're D*tch

Brussels sprouts fuck so hard. I make a mean ass Brussels sprouts salad and don’t even get me started about roasted Brussels sprouts — Christ! With a little pickled red onion, maple syrup, and chilis?? Fuck my face please

I mean I love Brussels sprouts but people are allowed to not like something. There's no need to resort to insulting one's ability to cook.

fuck anyone who ....

Nah. I could just as much say fuck you for saying this, couldn't I?

I will never understand the brussel sprout hate. Broccoli too, like wtf was that both of them slap so hard.

Roast em crispy with some garlic and lemon juice it isn't hard

I didn't have Brussels sprouts anyway but boiled until well into adulthood.

My Brussels sprouts all were goated, I really need to find a way to keep the goats from getting into the garden

biggest agree

they're easy to make too like just cut them in half and trim them and toss in oil with salt pepper garlic and onion powder and roast them at like 450 for 8-9ish minutes until they start to brown and boom

or deep fry them and toss in seasoning

they're double in price right now because of bad weather in california and the sous chef won't buy them for me :(

They are. And when baked they ascend into mana.

Roasting them they're a meal for one all on their own.

So long as they're lightly caramelized they're great

They've gotten less bitter since we were young. Also, if you've only ever had them boiled, try them again. Cut them in half and roast them in the oven with olive oil and balsamic vinegar.

i hate anything belgian

GOOD post

Soy glazed brussel sprouts are

Talking shit 'bout them sprouts, such a tough guy, get outta here!