If you grew up on boiled-to-death brussels sprouts that isn't hard to believe. Once you learn to saute them with a little salt, maybe some capers or a few drops of Worcestershire sauce it's a different story.
In medieval Great Britain, people thought that there were tiny demons hiding in Brussels sprouts, and consuming them would expose you to their evil influence unless you exorcised them with the sign of the cross before cookingpic.twitter.com/u8qaa3SzNG
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Oh, oh, try roasting them. Specifically, chop up some bacon, cook until crispy, then pour the bacon fat over the sprouts, toss with salt, and roast at 345, covered, for about thirty minutes, until you can easily stick a fork in them.
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THIS. This is what I'm going to try tomorrow.
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If you want a bit of sweet, add some dried cranberries when you're roasting. As long as the sprouts are covered, they'll steam and rehydrate.
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I do roast sometimes, have never tried that - but I'm going to :) Thank you
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Ah, so thats what the taste is. Evil.
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I find it easier to exorcise them after eating.
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Source on this? Only thing I can find around is that the cross is to assist in cooking.
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Centuries later, we failed to respect this tradition and BOOM: Cabbage Patch Kids.
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My father always told me to cut the sprouts this but he never told me why!!!!
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May ask for the Source?
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now, in a more advanced and scientific time, we know exorcising Brussels sprouts doesn't work.
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Mother told me, the cross a mark of Jesus and was added to help cooking and stop the sprout from splitting to pieces when cooking. But what did she know.......she skipped school as much as she could. And worked on a farm picking them. x Merry Christmas.
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Brussels sprouts are the hemorrhoids of the vegetable world.
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Do it whenever I cook brussels sprouts. They cook more evenly with the X cut.
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*eats a bunch of Brussel sprouts raw*
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Strange days indeed
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