It might be rude not to. I mean, we don't want to offend Belgium's capital, Brussels. Yet, fore-runners of Brussels Sprouts are claimed to have been cultivated in Ancient Rome! And, while we're at it, shouldn't it be Brussels' sprouts? or would that mean the sprouts belong to Brussels and not us, once we've pre-paid and Tesco has delivered them in the alloted £3.50 two hour window, to our door. Plus, as sprout is the name of an item and therefore, not only a noun but also connected to the capital city, Brussels, should sprout have a capital letter? Sprout? Or should we just call it by it's real name, Brassica Oleracea?
Either way, BBC Good Food have found 20 recipes for cooking sprouts:
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/search.do?keywords=Brussels%20sprouts&searchType=recipes
Steam sprouts and add lots of pepper and butter ~ keep it simple, that's what I suggest.
Save complications for the cocktails !
More worryingly, why am I wasting time on sprouts when I could be stressing about making home-made stuffing ... or writing 'that' novel ...
Especially if all the sprouts have already been frozen solid !!!
So if all the sprouts in the world aren't frozen and you get chance to eat some over Christmas ... made especially from one of the 20 recipes ... They're full of Vitamins A and C, Folic Acid and of course, Fibre ...
Jill
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