[Jessica.]

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.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

No

[Jessica.]

Originally Posted by Scott

No

[fruit_cake]

love 'em

[Jessica.]

Originally Posted by christmas_cake

love 'em

[Miss Ivy Balls]

Nope.

[Omah]

Love Brussels .....

Hate the following flatulence .....

[Niamh.]

I love them!!

[cub]

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

[_Seth]

Disgusting.

[Locke.]

Most disgusting things ever

Anyone that likes them should be shot on sight

[KG.]

Love them.

Unfortunately, my anus doesn't

[Kazanne]

Love them,hail to the humble sprout

[InOne]

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

[Tom4784]

I like Sprouts.

[Jessica.]

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

[Lee.]

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!)

[Jessica.]

Originally Posted by happyland

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!)

You don't have "more tastebuds".

Whatever cooking method is employed, overcooking is to be avoided. Overcooking releases the glucosinolate sinigrin, which has a sulfurous odor. The odor is the reason many people profess to dislike Brussels sprouts, if they've only tried them overcooked with the accompanying sulfurous taste and smell. Generally 6–7 minutes boiled or steamed is enough to cook them thoroughly, without overcooking and releasing the sinigrin.

[Lee.]

Originally Posted by Jessica.

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."

[Jessica.]

Originally Posted by happyland

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."

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

[Lee.]

Originally Posted by Jessica.

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

[InOne]

Handbags away ladies

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

@ this turning into a serious debate

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Scrooge

Handbags away ladies

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

[arista]

Originally Posted by Locke.

Most disgusting things ever

Anyone that likes them should be shot on sight

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