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Well,it's official,the sprout season is upon us.

I actually hate sprouts,they taste horrible.Iremember as a kid the christmas table having mounds of the smelly things and being told if we don't eat our veggies we won't get any pudding.How unfair is that?
Actually,I never really went without pudding,but that doesn't count.
On christmas afternoon we used to sit and watch The sound of music(again)and as Maria was running across that mountain we had the additional soundtrack of my Dad parping!He used to say it was on the telly and we all used to howl with laughter because you do at that age,don't you.Anyone else hate sprouts?

I liove them!!

Hi Niobe,do you like celery or prawns? I hate them too!!

I love both of those as well. I particularly like celery with cream cheese in it.

I hate celery but dont mind sprouts, instead of the usual boiled to within an inch of their life why don't you try doing them a different way,
Sliced thinly and fried with some lardons of streaky bacon and a crushed garlic clove, or roasted in a little olive oil. It improves the flavour and even the fussy eaters in my family will eat them if done in either of those ways. You dont seem to get as many 'botty burps' this way either

Sprouts are the devil's food and have no place in a civilised society! I can assure you there won't be any in this house at Christmas or any other time of the year!

Peejayel....with you all the way.....the only way I will eat them !!!

Totally agree with you skippy.Have to have them here because husband likes them.Even peel them with rubber gloves on!!

Agree with Skippy! Granddaughter's favourite veg though! strange 8 year old!

The only veg I really like are peas, beans and mushrooms!

I can't stand the smell of them cooking either (or cabbage) so that's the main reason they are banned from the house!

Hated sprouts when I was growing up - love them now but only boiled to death and the wicked bubble and squeal my mum makes on Boxing Day!

I do not hate sprouts nor do I love them.

But it ain't Christmas without them!! [:D]

We'd be having them in my house but I'm working my usual 12 hour shifts all Xmas week. That's Xmas Eve, Xmas Day, Boxing Day, 27th and 28th!!! [:(] To add to this suckiness the buses will either not be running or running a Sunday service which means I have to walk 4 miles to and from work (No way can I afford taxis all week lol)

On the bright side, the client is getting us a gourmet Xmas lunch from the Hotel across the road on Xmas Day [:D]

hi all i always do my kids a dinner at boxing day as they say better than ex wifes lol
i do my brussels this way and now my middle lad who would never eat them always asks for more and any time i do a roast can we have brussels the taste differnce is unreal

font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">quote:<hr height="1" noshade>Originally posted by Peejayel

I hate celery but dont mind sprouts, instead of the usual boiled to within an inch of their life why don't you try doing them a different way,
Sliced thinly and fried with some lardons of streaky bacon and a crushed garlic clove, or roasted in a little olive oil. It improves the flavour and even the fussy eaters in my family will eat them if done in either of those ways. You dont seem to get as many 'botty burps' this way either

We had ours done in the,traditional way yesterday and they were lovely. Cooked just right!!

We don't have them! Hubby's Mum likes sprouts but she doesn't get them when she comes to us for Christmas - Christmas dinner comprises things I like!