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    Re: Sprouts are deadly

    To be fair to the sprouts, they did do their absolute best to warn everyone not to eat them.

    They're probably wondering how the hell they wound up becoming a tradition.

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    Re: Sprouts are deadly

    I can't stand them, I guess they are a marmite thing, as I know some people do like them alot. Surprising, still, to hear of someone having a Sprout overdose though.

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    Re: Sprouts are deadly

    Sprouts are an acquired taste!

    Personally I love them but the secret is (as with most vegetables) not to overcook them so they get bitter, mushy and tough.

    But fresh sprouts, steamed for about 10 mutes and served either as is, or with bacon lardons or sesame seeds, delicious. (And leftovers mixed with mashed potatoe pan fried makes wonderful bubble and squeak)
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    Re: Sprouts are deadly

    My wife just came back from the shop with two big bags of sprouts for Christmas dinner.

    All of us including the kids love them

    4 minutes in the pressure cooker and yum
    Last edited by Larkspeed; 22-12-2012 at 04:19 PM.

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    Re: Sprouts are deadly

    To be fair, the man who died did have a pre-existing medical condition...he had a mechanical heart & was taking anticoagulants accordingly.

    For the sake of balance, there are lots of known health benefits to eating sprouts too:

    http://www.naturalnews.com/025297_ca...outs_body.html

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    Re: Sprouts are deadly

    Quote Originally Posted by jimbobgod1969 View Post
    for the sake of balance, there are lots of known health benefits to eating sprouts too:
    down with that sort of thing

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    Re: Sprouts are deadly

    Waitrose proudly publicises that they're stocking sprouts which taste less bitter. I still wouldn't buy them

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    Re: Sprouts are deadly

    ...and so am I after I've been eating them. I do love them, but as has been said they need doing properly and are ace par boiled then fried off with a bit of bacon, just as bacon and cabbage go really well together.

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    Re: Sprouts are deadly

    If sprouts are the cure to cancer then I'd best book my place on the chemo ward...

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    Re: Sprouts are deadly

    Grapefruit is another food that can have interactions with other drugs, particularly imuno-suppressants, and some cytotoxics.

    http://www.scpr.org/blogs/news/2012/...prescription-/

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grapefr...g_interactions


    Now, another helping of sprouts please.
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    Re: Sprouts are deadly

    There aren't many foods I simply can't stand, but brussels are one. I've been that way since childhood. I was confident nothing would get me to change that view .... right up until a friend told me I'd never tried them the way he does them. I told him he must've been smoking magic mushrooms if he thought he'd get me to eat them. But he insisted his were different.

    He was right.

    I've spent about 40 years with brussels making me physically ill. If I eat them, I throw up. Except as he does them.

    These days, I'm a little less sure about what I like and don't like. It is, definitely, all in the cooking, and brussels can be, for me, anything from one of the worst items on the planet to actually rather nice, becuase my friend's version weren't simply just okay, but
    rather nice.

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    Re: Sprouts are deadly

    Quote Originally Posted by peterb View Post
    Grapefruit is another food that can have interactions with other drugs, particularly imuno-suppressants, and some cytotoxics.
    Oh yes, grapefruit can really screw up metabolism of drugs, either making them less effective (ones that rely on their metabolism to turn into the effective agent) or more effective (inhibiting the natural mopping up of drugs).

    They're still a lot more palatable than sprouts though (even though according to my genome I lack the ability to detect bitter compounds in sprouts for eg.)

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    Re: Sprouts are deadly

    Quote Originally Posted by Saracen View Post
    I've spent about 40 years with brussels making me physically ill. If I eat them, I throw up. Except as he does them.
    I'm intrigued to know what was different about how your friend cooked them?

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    Re: Sprouts are deadly

    Everything in modesty now people!

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    Re: Sprouts are deadly

    Quote Originally Posted by PiMan314 View Post
    Everything in modesty now people!
    It's usually moderation, though your version might be more appropriate after the usual Christmas snifter..

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