Brussel Sprouts

17 Nov 2004

Quote by Calista
and worse still ...........so do my kids :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

This is the most unlikely statement I've heard all week.

Quote by Calista
although convincing them with celery is a lot harder !

I appear to be unique in the universe in that I actually like celery.

17 Nov 2004

Quote by zootle
and worse still ...........so do my kids :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

This is the most unlikely statement I've heard all week.
T'is very true ... my kids will eat any veg (except celery) and prefer fruit over crisps choc etc ... I have litle darlings compared to many.

Quote by zootle
although convincing them with celery is a lot harder !

I appear to be unique in the universe in that I actually like celery.
Nope I do also .... only one in this house who does though sad

17 Nov 2004

Quote by Calista
T'is very true ... my kids will eat any veg (except celery) and prefer fruit over crisps choc etc ... I have litle darlings compared to many.

They must be aliens! No human child eats any veg and prefers fruit over sweets!
Unless, of course, by 'will eat' you mean 'are force fed' and by 'prefer' you mean 'made to eat'.
In all seriousness though, as a kid I didn't eat loads of sweets.

17 Nov 2004

BAH!
Humbug!

17 Nov 2004

Quote by celticq
And and and and I am not lying when I tell you this is what you will look like if you keep eating too many sprouts

Su-bloody-perb!

:rotflmao:

17 Nov 2004

Like some of the other people on here with impeccable taste I too love sprouts!! :happy:
Mind you, I prefer them 'al dente' to mushy. I am afraid I also have to disagree with all the people who have said how much they dislike the Christmas spirit (Ice Pie, I am surprised at you! :jagsatwork: evil

).
I mean, I KNOW it has become too commercial, and I don't like that aspect of it, but there is definitely an air of goodwill around at Christmas, and that I DO like. I just wish that there was more of it about for the rest of the year. I am a reasonable guy (or at least I like to think so) and I'll talk to anyone and try to find the best in them, but at Christmas everyone seems to be like that. The atmosphere in the pubs is fantastic. Complete strangers smile at each other and say "Merry Christmas". Now, what is wrong with that? dunno

I suspect that most of the people who love Christmas are scarcely aware of the religious significance in any case. I used to be very religious (I have personal reasons for having doubts these days) so I do appreciate what Christmas is supposed to be about, but let's not forget that it isn't really a Christian festival at all. It is a combination of Yule - the old pagan mid-winter solstice festival when everyone tried to cheer themselves up in the cold, dark depth of winter - and the Roman Saturnalia when everyone had a damn good erm, well let's just say that this site is very appropriate for Saturnalia wink

The early Christian church couldn't persuade either the Romans (Saturnalia) or the celtic tribes of northern Europe (Yule) to give up their fesitivities and merry making so they adopted the policy of "if you can't beat them, join them" and simply gave a new reason to party without changing the date. Our pagan forebears didn't much care why they were celebrating, so long as they could still have a damned good time. Jesus was NOT born on December 25th (no-one has a clue when he was born) and he was probably about 2 years old by the year AD. It has been adopted by the church as a symbolic birthday using the dates of older festivities.
So we CAN say that Christmas is about "peace on Earth and goodwill towards men" (and women :twisted: :wink smile

, and are you REALLY against that? I just wish the world had more of that spirit about it the rest of the time.
Will
To everyone still reading this - Merry Christmas (both of you! rolleyes

)

18 Nov 2004

A good point well made Will!

18 Nov 2004

Quote by jakyladycple
AWWWWWW
christmas is fantastic .....
loads of love and huge strings of mistletoe ......
christmas trees and
loads of fun fun fun .
got my carrots and hat and scarf ready for my snowman building

CARROTS?????!!!!!!
CARROT ALERT!
CARROT ALERT!
:shock:

18 Nov 2004

Yep, carrots are disgusting! :shock:

18 Nov 2004

Quote by Libra-Love
:P Christmas isn't Christmas without kids.
And no, it's not about the sprouts or the pressies under the tree. It's about the home-made cards to friends and family and threading popcorn on a string, home-made decorations and milk and cookies on a tray,with the highlight being the sack Santa leaves at the end of the bed filled to the brim with sweeties and treats and toys from the pound shop. That's the Christmas spirit in our home. The pressies under the tree usually contain money for them to spend in the January sales.
And yes, that good will is spread throughout the year, we call it *love money*.
I was brought up as an *under-priviledge* child and Christmas would not have been Christmas without the generosity of strangers. So when Christmas comes round each year I know it's my turn to make a difference now.

Libra - what a beautiful post.
I am still concerned about the CARROT ALERT,of course - I never neglect the SERIOUS issues that HAVE to be confronted.
But this post of Libras is a beautiful it all.

18 Nov 2004

Quote by Calista
I Love Sprouts !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :grin:

Same here :shock:
and worse still ...........so do my kids :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
although convincing them with celery is a lot harder !
Dare I say I love sprouts as well, my kids on the other hand abhor them, but looooooove baby cabbages (sprout by another name) :doh:

18 Nov 2004

I didn't say I liked sprouts just that I was putting them on to cook!! biggrin

Christmas??? Nah... overcommercialised sentimentality specifically designed to entince money from the pocket of a gullible adult to the till of a greedy merchant. mad

But, you can't help but be drawn into it - family events, happy faces, cheery streets, unknown presents and lots of good times. Oh, and of course those mushy sprouts. :D
Now, what's the feeling about parsnips???? rolleyes

18 Nov 2004

Quote by Jags
Now, what's the feeling about parsnips????

God I love them too. Roasted so they are mainly soft but with a crunchy top.
Not all the kids eat sprouts but they all love parsnips.
Going to have to get some for the weekend now :roll:
Dawn :silly:

18 Nov 2004

Sprouts and parsnips are FOUL! As a child I would swallow those mushy sprouts whole so I was seen to eat them but without tasting them! My evil father would cut and roast parsnips so they looked the same as his roast potatoes so you never knew whether you were going to get a yummy spud or a minging parsnip mad

I have a deep parsnip phobia now................ rolleyes

18 Nov 2004

Sprouts and celery, should be banned by government they are so discusting.
Or
People who want to eat them should be leicenced, and have a label around thier neck to state the fact.
Yes I love christmas.......
Walking down a very busy shopping mall getting pushed and pulled every which way.
With the added possibility of being robbed.
Buying a product only to wait hours in a queue, when you get to the till it closes before you get served.
Getting home only to find that the product is faulty and has to be changed.
All this on christmas eve.
I tell you it's too much.
evil

:evil: :evil: :evil:

18 Nov 2004

Quote by Dawn_Mids
I Love Sprouts !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :grin:

God me to, big time. I don't care how bad my farts smell. I could eat mushy sprouts till they came out my ear YUM!
Dawn :silly:
Just love the sprouts of evil :twisted:
deviled sprouts :twisted:
sprouts mexicane redface

sprout tikka :shock:
The choices are endless!

18 Nov 2004

Quote by Jags
Now, what's the feeling about parsnips????

Parsnips? ooooooo, roasted with honey over the top, yum yum :P

18 Nov 2004

Roast parsnips...yummy!
However to get back on thread, I think everyone has missed the whole point of brussel sprouts. They are best are best eaten the next day, mashed up with potatoes and fried as bubble and squeak...now we are talking!

18 Nov 2004

Love sprouts (al dente), hate parsnips (cattle fodder) am ambivalent about celery (can't be arsed)

18 Nov 2004

Quote by kryton
Roast parsnips...yummy!

No argument there, well roasted (did I say roasted, sorry meant BURNT)

Quote by kryton
However to get back on thread, I think everyone has missed the whole point of brussel sprouts. They are best are best eaten the next day, mashed up with potatoes and fried as bubble and squeak...now we are talking!

And still FARTING. Yuk bloody awful, the real stinky poo bit about Christmas is on Boxing Day when the B&Squeak goes in the pan evil

:shock:

18 Nov 2004

We like sprouts - having them today.
Maureen asked me why I always cut a cross in the stalk. I told her that was because my mother always cut a cross in the stalk. So the next time I talked to my mother, I asked why she cut a cross in the stalk. She told me that she did it because her mother did it and that she had asked her "Why", and it was because her mother (my great-grandmother) did it.
So, who else cuts a cross in the bottom and why?
Tom

18 Nov 2004

Quote by maureenandtom
So, who else cuts a cross in the bottom and why?Tom

My mother did, she even told me why after I asked but, for the life of me, I can't remember.
Perhaps the men in black came round and erased the memory from my brain because it's a government secret?

18 Nov 2004

The outer leaves over cook before the middle is done. So you cut a wee cross to let the heat get to the middle. Sorry not very exciting really is it! Of course is you've already got them on ready for Christmas - there is no need for the cross cutting - the heat will just have reached the centre by December 25th.
This has reminded me of a works night out where a friend of mine complained to the waitress that the sprouts were hard. And to demonstrate she threw the sprout at the wall where it riccoched off and knocked a glass of red wine over me. They were indeed hard - caused by not cutting a little cross in the bottom!!!!