Why Modern Women Hate Brussels Sprouts

[mynameisben]

Because no matter how you prepare them, they taste like cat pee.

 

[Cruel2BKind]

Because no matter how you prepare them, they taste like cat pee.

I like 'em. My mom figured out a way to make them in the oven. Cut them all in half, put them cut-side-down on a cookie sheet after soaking the cut halves in basalmic vinegar.

 

[Safe_Bet]

Because no matter how you prepare them, they taste like cat pee.

I like brussel sprouts.

They remind me of little green testicles.

They DO taste like shit but it's so much fun stabbing them repeatedly with a fork!

 

[Dual_Triode]

This is the only acceptable dietary application of Cheez Whiz.

 

[mynameisben]

I like brussel sprouts.

They remind me of little green testicles.

They DO taste like shit but it's so much fun stabbing them repeatedly with a fork!

You would. LOL!

 

[Safe_Bet]

This is the only acceptable dietary application of Cheez Whiz.

You've never been to Philly then have you?

 

[TE999]

Because no matter how you prepare them, they taste like cat pee.

Never having tasted cat pee, I have no basis for comparison; it stinks to high heaven though, especially on furniture.

That being said, Brussels Sprouts, properly prepared, are quite tasty garnished with pepper, salt and butter. The down side is they cause you to fart like a 75mm howitzer and the red ass is murder.

 

[mynameisben]

Never having tasted cat pee, I have no basis for comparison; it stinks to high heaven though, especially on furniture.

I saw this objection coming long ago. I adopted a cat from the Humane society last year expressly for this purpose. I invite you to come to my L.A. digs any time to participate in a blind taste test.

That being said, Brussels Sprouts, properly prepared, are quite tasty garnished with pepper, salt and butter. The down side is they cause you to fart like a 75mm howitzer and the red ass is murder.

Hey, keep that quiet, bud. That's how I keep the cat pee slavering barbarians from overrunning my humble abode.

 

[Dual_Triode]

You've never been to Philly then have you?

I've been to Philly, but I didn't have cheesesteak while I was there. Here, in fly-over land, they try to make it fancy with designer cheese.

 

[TE999]

I saw this objection coming long ago. I adopted a cat from the Humane society last year expressly for this purpose. I invite you to come to my L.A. digs any time to participate in a blind taste test.

S'okay. I have my own cat if I ever get bored enough to be curious.

Hey, keep that quiet, bud. That's how I keep the cat pee slavering barbarians from overrunning my humble abode.

Just be on the lookout for the fart smelling barbarians. I hear they advertise credit cards.

 

[3113]

I love brussels. I sauté them up with with orange zest, butter and cognac.

 

[mynameisben]

I love brussels. I sauté them up with with orange zest, butter and cognac.

I'm glad you do. Brussels sprouts have tremendous health benefits, and are rich in antioxidants which are known to reduce the risk of cancer. Much more so than cat pee.

But why does everybody feel compelled to stomp all over my theory?

 

[Safe_Bet]

I'm glad you do. Brussels sprouts have tremendous health benefits, and are rich in antioxidants which are known to reduce the risk of cancer. Much more so than cat pee.

But why does everybody feel compelled to stomp all over my theory?

Simple logic actually. It's easier to scrap stomped theory off your shoe than it is to scrap off stomped brussel sprouts.

 

[Candlelight062]

Brussels sprouts are DEE-licious!

I've learned to like them when I lived in Holland.

I prepare them in a simple way. I just peel them and boil them in water, and when done, I add a little salt and some Can't Believe It's Not Butter. That's all! I have them with mashed potatoes, Dutch gravy, and Dutch meatballs. Married to a Dutch man . . . can you tell?

I don't know about the antioxidant part for Brussels sprouts, but I drink a LOT of coffee (Starbucks brand, Italian Roast only) and coffee, according to studies, is the number one source of antioxidants. . That's a good thing for me since I'm a coffee addict.

My late father used to smoke rollies, the strongest tobacco available, but he drank strong, black coffee, too. He'd been smoking since he was seven (in Indonesia), but he always told me that if you smoke you have to balance it out with coffee, i.e., the stronger the tobacco you smoke, the stronger brew your coffee had to be.

It worked for him and his family (all heavy smokers). NONE ever had cancer or lung emphysema. In fact, after an x-ray of his lungs at the age of fifty-four, they told him he had the lungs of a twenty-five year old. So, I guess it works.

 

[sr71plt]

I've recently discovered edible versions cooked on the same recipe Cruel gives.

 

[Handley_Page]

The only time I eat 'sprouts is at Christmas, with loads of gravy and roast spuds (potatoes).

Ben, as I have never knowingly consumed Cat Pee (despite having had several cats), I wouldn't know about the comparison you make. I'll leave that to experts.

 

[Stella_Omega]

The ancient roman Epicurus has a recipe for Brussel sprouts cooked with cat pee. A few overly contientious SCA types have reproduced it for their medieval banquets and catapulted themselves right into the 21st century as a result... Nostalgia is overrated.

I prepare them in a simple way. I just peel them and boil them in water...

How can you peel a Brussels sprout? It's ALL peel after peel after peel...

 

[estragon]

Microwaved frozen sprouts dusted with grated Parmesan cheese. No gourmet I.

 

[Cruel2BKind]

I've recently discovered edible versions cooked on the same recipe Cruel gives.

Tasty, right?

 

[3113]

It worked for him and his family (all heavy smokers). NONE ever had cancer or lung emphysema. In fact, after an x-ray of his lungs at the age of fifty-four, they told him he had the lungs of a twenty-five year old. So, I guess it works.

I rather think it was lucky genetics.

I remember an uncle and cousin, both heavy smokers and coffee drinkers, old looking when all their relatives of equal age looked young, oxygen masks over their faces, always forced to have those tanks with them, barely able to walk and eventually in wheelchairs and then confined to beds. They were not so genetically lucky. They died decades before their non-smoking kin did. One in his forties, the other in his fifties.

Given this and the fact that every member of my paternal side of the family who smoked had heart attacks and those who didn't didn't, there is no way I will ever smoke.

 

[carlieplum]

Just FYI, brussels sprouts are highly invested with bugs. They get in between the leaves and they aren't coming out. So there's a little extra protein with your anti-oxidants and whatnot. (And they taste like cat pee, as already noted.)