Hey KIDS! Who wants more BRUSSELS SPROOOOOUUUUTS???????

[Stinky The Clown]

Increasingly, these scale model cabbages, these cuciferous little jewels, have become one of my go-to vegetables.

Today, we crossed a line, a dozen or so of them and me.

Trim any bad outer leaves. Trim the stem to flush with the head. Zap them for 3 minutes.

Meanwhile, make a poultice of olive oil, finely chopped raw garlic, dry mustard, smoked paprika, salt, and pepper. When the green orbs emerge from their electron bombardment, toss them in the garliconcoction and skewer them.

Heat your grill to medium. Grill the skewered little morsels about 5 minutes on a side. When they're done, deskewer and toss in the remaining poultice.

HooooooBOY!




(You could easily do these in a stove-top grill pan. There is not a lot of smoke or drama in grilling them .... but the smell is ..... well ..... it *is* garlic.)

[Retrograde]

1. I'm lucky enough to live in the Bay Area

not too far from Monterey County where they grow lots of cool-weather vegetables, including Brussels sprouts. The first time I realized how good they were was when we stopped at a roadside stand just as someone was bringing a wheelbarrow full of freshly-cut stalks of sprouts in from the field. We bought one to serve at Thanksgiving dinner the next day, very simply prepared by cutting the sprouts off into a pot of boiling water. People fought over the last sprouts. I also like them over-roasted (toss in a bowl with some olive oil, spread out on a baking sheet, and roast for about 30 minutes.)

I found some at a farmers' market in Western New York when I was back there Mom-sitting last October, but they weren't nearly as good. They hadn't had any cool weather yet, most likely, and the sprouts had a lot of insect damage. Even with all that, my vegetable-averse mother liked them.

[NMDemDist2]

2. ICKYYYYY

I hate those lil bastards, I'll eat most all veggies EXCEPT cabbagey ones.

But you just move on with your bad self H2S! (and I know if I feed that to Mr. K, H2S wouldn't be the only thing stinking up the desert around here.....)

[Dover]

3. Hooboy is rrrrrrright. I loves me some brrrrrussels sprrrrrouts any way ya fix 'em.

I'll even eat them while standing on my head. Thanks for sharing yet another delightful way to enjoy them. My favorite way (and believe me, I've had them many ways - skewered on the barbie, baked in a cheesy casserole, roasted, boiled, micro-waved...) my VERY favorite way so far that seems to really bring out the sweetness while their texture is so soft they melt in the mouth, is by steaming them. I use my everyday chef's pan (wide flat-bottomed 'wok' with lid). Put my steamer basket in there with some water, prepare the sprouts as you described, and turn on the heat and let them cook until a fork is able to pierce them fairly easily. THEN I turn off the heat and let them sit in that covered steamy environment for another 10 minutes. I'm telling you, they will just melt in your mouth.
And so sweet! :9

I usually pour a sauce of melted butter, olive oil, garlic and lemon, salt/pepper over the top when I serve them although they don't require anything. Man oh man.

I had a guest over for dinner and served the sprouts. When I passed her the serving bowl she was hesitant to take it and confessed apologetically that she had always HATED them and no sprout had crossed her lips for years and years. But she politely tried one...then two....then three.....then half a dozen.

[hippywife]

12. Don't you just love

when that happens. :rofl:

People always come back with the comment that "I never liked (insert food here) until I ate yours! Now I love it!"

:hi:

[Dover]

21. Ah the joy of cooking! I also like it when that happens to ME!

I love rediscovering something that I had crossed off my list. There aren't many things on that list, so I love it when I'm surprised.

[TreasonousBastard]

4. This sounds good-- I'll try it. Last time...

I made the cabbagettes I just boiled the bitter out in chicken stock and served with bacon, cranberries, and a cheese sauce.

[Phentex]

5. My kids eat them...

happily. They don't mind a little bacon thrown in. :)

[tigereye]

6. I have to tell ya, we had some organic ones

from the CSA box this summer and they were WONDERFUL. We just steamed em with some lemon. Yum.

[hippywife]

11. Fresh ones are the best!

OMG! I love them and could eat them every single day. :hi:

[kestrel91316]

7. Pls to mail me the leftovers Stinky. K thx bai.

I LOVE brussels sprouts. Roasted with some butternut squash chunks, my vaforite cool weather veggies.

[The empressof all]

8. They are even GREAT as a slaw

This recipe is amazing. It was a great hit at pot lucks or even for the Thanksgiving buffet

http://dinnerwithjulie.com/2009/11/15/brussels-sprout-slaw-maple-pecans/

I use EVOO instead of the Canola but YMMV

[hippywife]

13. OMG!

That sounds heavenly! Bookmarking! Thank you so much for that! :D

How are you doing, hon? :hug:

[The empressof all]

14. This one looks really, really good too...

http://dinnerwithjulie.com/2010/11/19/brussels-sprout-slaw-pears-bacon-walnuts-blue-cheese/ and here's the link to the recipe

http://blogs.babble.com/family-kitchen/2010/11/14/brussels-sprout-slaw-with-pears-bacon-walnuts-and-blue-cheese/

I'm hanging in. Still waiting for surgery and still having weird pain that is defying diagnosis. Hopefully I'll go under the knife on the 10th or 24th unless they delay it again for more tests.

[hippywife]

15. Oh, hell yeah it does! LOL

Now stop it or I'm going to end up totally unhappy with what I'm fixing for dinner tonight. :rofl:

Sorry to hear they're keeping you hanging. Keeping you in my thoughts. :hug:

[yellerpup]

22. Glad to hear from you.

Best of luck with your surgery. Gonna conjure a ju-ju for your pain so it will leave you in peace!

[Dover]

20. Mmmmmmm ...

That is definitely going on the "try this SOON" list. Yum. Thanks for posting it.

[hippywife]

24. I made this tonight...kinda. LOL

I had fresh Brussels sprouts, cut them in half and steamed them. Made the dressing and tossed them in it. Delicious!

When I was talking to Bill about doing this, he was all, "Can't you just put the dressing on the side?"
Me: "It's just a vinaigrette." Him: "Yeah, but I don't know why you can't still put it on the side."
Me: "Because you're supposed to toss it with the sprouts."

I mixed up the dressing and had him taste it: "Yeah, that's good, we can try it."

When he was eating his dinner: "This is the only way Brussels sprouts SHOULD fixed." :rofl:

Thanx for the recipe idea! :hi:

[hippywife]

9. They are my favorite veggie and always have been.

My mom always used to candy them but I stopped doing that when I married Bill. Now I just steam them in a little water and replace that with butter when it's evaporated, add salt and pepper, allow to caramelize. :9

Your concoction sound delicious! What? You couldn't spare a splash of balsamic vinegar? ;)

[auntAgonist]

10. Mine too!!! My Mum and I

were the only ones in the family who just LOVED them. Fortunately the Man likes them too so I make 'sprouts often. I just steam them and drizzle with butter, salt and pepper.

yummy.

:hi:

[lizerdbits]

16. Yum! I will have to try that.

I usually chop in half, boil briefly and eat with hazelnut oil, chopped hazelnuts, S&P.

[eleny]

17. Another maple syrup variation and very simple to put together

A friend found this recipe and tried it out. So did I and it was very tasty. Here's what she said:

They were fresh I had about 30 of them but that was for all of us. all I did was wash cut off the bottom, cut in half put all of them in a bowl and drizzled olive oil and just a little syrup and mixed so all were coated. Put on a flat sheet for the oven (Yes I put foil on there so i wouldn't have to wash it when they were done LOL) 400 degrees for 30 minutes. tender and just a touch of sweetness.

[Lugnut]

18. I really don't like them.

Sorry Stinky.

[beac]

19. Copied and saved to my recipe file.

Thanks! :hi:

[yellerpup]

23. Brussels sprouts rock!

Your recipe sounds delicious. Only wish I had access to a grill!