Do you like Brussels Sprouts?
 

The festive season is upon us and many people have these on Christmas day, I know lots of people dislike Brussels Sprouts, I don't understand why, I think many people say they don't like them just to follow the crowd because the vegetables are notorious for being disliked. I love them, I think they have magnificent flavour and texture, they're healthy too.

No :yuk:

:shocked: :nono:

love 'em

:love: :worship:

Nope.

Love Brussels ..... :cool:

Hate the following flatulence ..... :eek:

I love them!!

When I was a veggie I loved sprouts covered in Colman's cheese sauce.

Disgusting.

Most disgusting things ever

Anyone that likes them should be shot on sight

Love them.

Unfortunately, my anus doesn't :(

Love them,hail to the humble sprout

Yep, although I'm usually quite drunk by the time xmas dinner comes so doesn't really matter

I like Sprouts.

Yay, I didn't expect such love for them. :love:

I hate them.. I even gag at the sight of them. SOme people have more taste buds than others and can taste the bitter chemical in them.. If you are one of these people, you won't like broccolli or cabbage either. ( I don't!)

:bored:
You don't have "more tastebuds".

Erm,yes you do have "more tastebuds"

"Although most of us are born with 10,000 taste buds, some
of us --around 25%--are born with more. These so-called
"supertasters" can have as many as 20,000 to 25,000 taste
buds.

For supertasters, taste is more vivid. Salt is saltier, sweet is
sweeter, bitter is more bitter, spicy is spicer."



"The scientists say that we can be divided into non-tasters, medium-tasters and super-tasters, and that the latter appear to have a higher density of taste buds than the other two groups. It is the super-tasters among us who steadfastly protest their dislike of sprouts, and quite often do not enjoy green tea, coffee, grapefruit juice and other cruciferous vegetables such as cabbage and broccoli, all of which share bitter-tasting undertones. The medium-tasters are those who do not like sprouts much, but manage to tolerate them on their one and only annual exposure at Christmas lunch. Non-tasters tuck in with gay abandon."

:nono: That is not official, it's from a silly blog.

Official? What are you talking about? It's a scientifically proven fact!

And incidentally.. those quotes weren't t from a "silly blog", one was taken from an article in the Sunday Times

http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/l...cle5370265.ece

The other from a health and nutrition website

http://www.collectivewizdom.com/Supertaster.html

Handbags away ladies :nono:

:joker: @ this turning into a serious debate

:joker::joker::joker::joker::joker:

Who'd have thought Brussels Sprouts could cause so much passion!

I Like them
and you ain't Shooting me
you pussy.

I am very serious about my hatred of sprouts and suchlike! Perhaps this should be moved into "Serious Debates"? :joker:

OMG OMG OMG I JUST FOUND OUT THAT I AM HAVING BRUSSESLS SPROUTS FOR MY DINNER TODAY OMG OMG OMG OMG -drools-

wurk it jess!


I do actually like brussels sprouts when I have them. hehe.

I love them :love:

Love them.

Hate them, they're vile. Even seeing them makes me feel sick.

:yuk:

I hate them. They always taste of chemicals. I can only bear to eat them when they are doused in some kind of sauce like gravy and even thats a stretch.

I'm just happy that when I have Christmas dinner my Aunt leaves the putrid things as an option instead of dumping them on my plate so I have to eat them. :bored:

no.

:nono:

:nono:

This is what they are for real:
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y25...ry/brussel.jpg
Ravenous little monsters :nono:

I didn't think I did but then i tried one and liked it *feels ashamed*

no no no

You speak my language. The smell of any of those three things makes me gag, I can eat broccoli and cabbage if I'm eating them with something that can mask the taste (potatoes, meat, sauces) but brussel sprouts I just can't do at all...

I tried to force myself to eat one quite recently (sisters idea) I was gagging enough but just as I was managing to swallow it,she said "it's kind of like a pigeon's brain isn't it?" Itcame right back up...with force :(

Mmmmmm sprouts :love: