Nah, only really comes out when you cook them in a certain way and recent variations have been a lot milder apparently. But I wouldn't know cuz I haven't had them in 15 years.
how do u know it's belgium? it would be nice if OPs labeled their posts. i lived in SE for 15 years and witness/photographed horrific practices/poisoning of the foods during harvest. machinery/vehicles leaking their fluids onto the harvests and no one care, send off to market for consumption. grease/oil/fluids dripping onto sea harvests...
Fun fact, collard greens are in the same genus (brassica) as brussels sprouts. If you have a garden and grow your own brussels, a lot of people trim the bottom leaves off the stalk as it grows to accelerate growth and improve air circulation. You can then take those leaves and can cook/eat them just like you would collard greens. They are super delicious. If you like collard greens, 10/10 would recommend.
Brassicas! One of the best genera out there. Seems like it encompasses much of our leafy green and root veggies that you can get at the store. As you say with the "many others" part, it also includes some of my additional favorites like bok choy, radishes, arugula, cauliflower, collard greens, and wasabi. And some of my not so favorites like rutabaga, turnips, and kale. The list is truly huge though.
If you mean all the water then... they don't, it's just that the field happened to be lightly flooded when that video was taken. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_7tIMJZdEM
shame on u! as a child i hate brussel sprouts, thanks giving + christmas meals only time they were served (family get togethers). i hate dark turkey + asparagus too. no one forced me to eat them. decade later my #1 vegetables i love r brussels sprouts + asparagus. i hate canned cranberries paste too. but costco has fresh real cranberry sauce it's #1 too.
Split in half, drizzle olive oil / salt / black pepper, oven roast, until the edges are blackened and crispy. Amazing, and way better than the slimy microwave brussel sprouts parents have tried to feed their kids.
I always do mine with rosemary and sometimes with a Parmesan cream sauce. They're very tasty when cooked properly, but one of those veggies that can be underwhelming or unpleasant if undercooked so don't necessarily write them off if you had them once and didn't care for it.
This, but I do them in an iron skillet, sriracha and garlic seasoning then drizzle maple over for the last few mins. Crispy, a little sweet heat, and delicious.
All I can think of is that flooded Fields is Spiders galore on those stalks. It's the one thing they don't talk about during cranberry harvesting is that when they flood the fields wolf spiders are everywhere on the top of the berries
Did you know? It takes 16 months before cranberry is ready for picking? So there are 2 batches of cranberries on the same bush: one ready for picking and one that needs another 12 months? When it's picking time, the field is flooded, bushes are shaken to loosen ripe berries which then float for easy harvesting. Unripe berries stay on for another year
The flooding definitely highlights it, but Wolf spiders are nearly everywhere. If there's a field or forest nearby then you're probably surrounded by them. Of all spiders, I think wolf spiders are the least creepy... I mean, the smooth fur and the way they move feels the least alien, from a mammalian perspective.
As someone who loves spiders, it's the jumping spiders that can fuck right off. I have touched many a spider but those leaping bastards are the ones that make ME jump.
doroy52
Apparently, only grows in Belgium
TheWeebleWobler
going to need a lot more butter
Munchman347
'Cabbages For Ants'...
zer0vector
This is like that scene in the matrix
skogkatt
That was the worst ride at Disneyland by far.
hellsgunslinger
hushpuppyextraordinaire
Repetitive strain injury.
WackyWavingFlailingArmTubeMan
Which if you didn't know are the same plant as broccoli
MrHappySmiles
If you don't sing along you're fired…
Popyachopinafan
Damn, I can smell that from here
Androidery
Ya know... They could just... Not
IgnisInvictus
... did the field flood?
codenameRadical
All that work to disappoint someone at a meal someone else cooked
cuddlydingo
TheJusticeMitchell
Is that a food truck?
StarscreamAndHutch
Skadoodlle
I don't believe this. This is Spaghetti Tree April fools stuff, right?
nemocares
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_7tIMJZdEM
TheFastpaws
Hard work that pays like shit.
SacrificialClam
I smother them in cheese sauce
SOLARvsFACISM
I'm making brussel sprouts, cheese sauce and sausage right now.
ShimmerinStrider
I wonder if that field also smells of farts.
wetsquirrel
albester
Acres and acres of FART.
AllegedlyTonyDutch
Nah, only really comes out when you cook them in a certain way and recent variations have been a lot milder apparently. But I wouldn't know cuz I haven't had them in 15 years.
Dannoboyo
The really smelly distasteful Sprouts aren't marketed any more. The new varieties are actually edible.
nyetwork
In Brussels, we just call them sprouts.
Cabletwitch
Horrible little bitter green balls of compressed fart...
Hashbrown123
Done right they are tasty as fuck though.
Problemwoodchuck
Wow Belgium has nice scenery
Timesarrows
how do u know it's belgium? it would be nice if OPs labeled their posts. i lived in SE for 15 years and witness/photographed horrific practices/poisoning of the foods during harvest. machinery/vehicles leaking their fluids onto the harvests and no one care, send off to market for consumption. grease/oil/fluids dripping onto sea harvests...
Winebear
That’s central Brussels, very nice. The countryside is completely congested though.
ActualTttony
If they're not from the Brussels region of Belgium they're just sparkling minicabbages
irisewithredeyes
Epicaricarist
Why flood the fields for something that doesn't need to be floated for harvest? Is it like rice where it keeps pests away? Seems unnecessary.
getthismanabeer
It's not intentional - they're trying to save the crop here.
thechelonianshelmet
I doubt this was purposeful, this video was probably taken when there'd been bflooding due to bad weather or something.
Epicaricarist
That would be rough on the equipment and the field. In the background there are what appear to be levies or dykes.
Snufflegrumpagus
HandoB4Javert
Emjayen
redpilljunkie
Never thought I'd see The Rock memes. I'm fairly impressed
RetrogradeLlama
Not the VX!
jimbobular
What an extremely elegant string of pearls configuration
mikeatike
blurp9000
I thought he was the Candyman. (Not Nick Cage but the guy getting a rocket to the chest in the scene.)
mikeatike
Ha, I hasn't thought of that. Tony Todd is a legend, RIP.
ricpaul
Both lethal. One directly when inhaled, one when inhaled after having passed through a human.
KsuviKhor
“Your best? Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and fuck the prom queen.”
SirBonSama
"Carla WAS the prom queen!"
blurp9000
pt2016
The Rock?
DaDudeAbides
morningxafter
NGL, I had NO idea they grew like that. Neat!
mjperk
Fun fact, collard greens are in the same genus (brassica) as brussels sprouts. If you have a garden and grow your own brussels, a lot of people trim the bottom leaves off the stalk as it grows to accelerate growth and improve air circulation. You can then take those leaves and can cook/eat them just like you would collard greens. They are super delicious. If you like collard greens, 10/10 would recommend.
Illpostcheese
Yeah, the mustard plant is weird.
breadedfishstrip
Brussel sprouts are the same plant species as cabbage, kale, broccoli, and many others, too.
JustSomePersonThere
Different cultivars!
mjperk
Brassicas! One of the best genera out there. Seems like it encompasses much of our leafy green and root veggies that you can get at the store. As you say with the "many others" part, it also includes some of my additional favorites like bok choy, radishes, arugula, cauliflower, collard greens, and wasabi. And some of my not so favorites like rutabaga, turnips, and kale. The list is truly huge though.
nemocares
If you mean all the water then... they don't, it's just that the field happened to be lightly flooded when that video was taken. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_7tIMJZdEM
morningxafter
Not even the water, I didn’t realize they grew in clusters on a big stalk like that.
quietwalker
That is a really labor intensive job for something that's going to rot in my fridge and end up in the garbage.
Timesarrows
shame on u! as a child i hate brussel sprouts, thanks giving + christmas meals only time they were served (family get togethers). i hate dark turkey + asparagus too. no one forced me to eat them. decade later my #1 vegetables i love r brussels sprouts + asparagus. i hate canned cranberries paste too. but costco has fresh real cranberry sauce it's #1 too.
Redshadow09
Do you know how to cook them? Because honestly they are easy too cook and taste delicious.
Sticklebrickk
"I couldn't cook a potato."
AtmaDarkwolf
Heat in pot with steamer basket, throw on butter, salt a bit, eat. Great. tasty. Use in ramen too.
Halfwise
Split in half, drizzle olive oil / salt / black pepper, oven roast, until the edges are blackened and crispy. Amazing, and way better than the slimy microwave brussel sprouts parents have tried to feed their kids.
JaelitheKitty
This is the way
breadedfishstrip
I also do this but with some chestnuts. Chestnuts, pancetta, halved brussel sprouts, blanch the sprouts, then panfry that shit.
philogogus
This is the way.
Salticido
I always do mine with rosemary and sometimes with a Parmesan cream sauce. They're very tasty when cooked properly, but one of those veggies that can be underwhelming or unpleasant if undercooked so don't necessarily write them off if you had them once and didn't care for it.
vindik8or
People don't seem to know about getting a good char on brassicas, and it hurts everyone involved.
Roune
I like em roasted with bacon and drizzled with a balsamic glaze
eiervonsanta
This, but I do them in an iron skillet, sriracha and garlic seasoning then drizzle maple over for the last few mins. Crispy, a little sweet heat, and delicious.
MadamPuddifoot
Ohhh I'm stealing this, cheers.
tiredviking
I fry mine in garlic butter, salt, and pepper.
nation543
How long in the oven, at what temp??
vindik8or
200°C, maybe 20-30 minutes. You tell with your nose and your eyes. When it looks good and smells good it's ready.
Redshadow09
Im more of the butter kind but yes to most of what you said. I cook it on a crying pan till it browns
vindik8or
my pan
Redshadow09
f@#ing autocorrect FRYING PAN DAMMIT
ExplodingPortaPotty
I shred mine and fry them with chopped onion in bacon fat. Then I garnish with the nice crispy bacon I made to harvest the fat from.
Redshadow09
thats sounds delicious as someone who saves the bacon fat I got to try this
organparty
I do the same but I also add couscous and a lemon vinaigrette
donthaveonebrojustlurk
Best I ever had was roasted with macadamia nuts. You have to cook these little bastards To Death for them to be good.
RestlessVagabond
Add shallots, capers, bacon, and freshly grated parmesan cheese to that and you will be very happy.
iamlegendinjapan
All I can think of is that flooded Fields is Spiders galore on those stalks. It's the one thing they don't talk about during cranberry harvesting is that when they flood the fields wolf spiders are everywhere on the top of the berries
DigitalDruid255
trumpypumpyinyourrumpy
Fuck that shit. Fuck it in the ass
sufferinsuccotash
New nightmare unlocked
stayingalive4life
Hashbrown123
Nah, they are just fellow employees.
YoWilykat
Did you know? It takes 16 months before cranberry is ready for picking? So there are 2 batches of cranberries on the same bush: one ready for picking and one that needs another 12 months? When it's picking time, the field is flooded, bushes are shaken to loosen ripe berries which then float for easy harvesting. Unripe berries stay on for another year
Raileks
The flooding definitely highlights it, but Wolf spiders are nearly everywhere. If there's a field or forest nearby then you're probably surrounded by them. Of all spiders, I think wolf spiders are the least creepy... I mean, the smooth fur and the way they move feels the least alien, from a mammalian perspective.
vindik8or
As a card carrying arachnophobe, it's the jumping spiders that are adorable. Wolf spiders can die in an absolute fuckoff.
baronluke
As someone who loves spiders, it's the jumping spiders that can fuck right off. I have touched many a spider but those leaping bastards are the ones that make ME jump.
vindik8or
They're so tiny and they try so hard!