Agreed, but a big minus for the sprouts. Can't stand them!Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy S
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Agreed, but a big minus for the sprouts. Can't stand them!Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy S
I find them a bit like food Russian roulette, some taste ok but then about every fifth one tastes like an old mouldy dishcloth.Quote:
Originally Posted by User211
Lol - thanks guys! BBs always divide opinion, but these were fresh 'on the stem' from a farm shop, so about as good as they get, and properly cooked, so tasted great:)
That won't matter a jot though, if you can't stand sprouts!:D
Marco.
Fresh off the stem usually taste more intense.
Best not cooked properly IMHO. Boil them for ages to wash the ferkin' taste out the fookers:);)
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Great stuff, Tony. Sunshine on a plate, on an otherwise grey winter's day!:)
Marco.
Yes - just like..............SPROUTS!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by User211
On the stem actually taste sweeter and less like 'bitter cabbage', plus if you add some nutmeg, smother them in good quality butter, then apply some freshly ground pepper, the flavour is further enhanced (or diluted) depending on your viewpoint!;)
Lol - only problem is that the ensuing soft-sick like consistency, is worse than the taste you're trying to 'wash out'! School dinners, revisited... :spew:Quote:
Best not cooked properly IMHO. Boil them for ages to wash the ferkin' taste out the fookers:);)
In all seriousness though, one of the things I hate about British food (done badly) is the propensity for folk [present company excepted] to boil veg to buggery!!:doh: It not only destroys the colour and texture, reducing it to a bland mushy pulp, but almost completely strips it of nutrients!
The best way to cook veg (especially sprouts) is to steam them, pop them into iced water, to preserve their colour and texture, then gently reheat and serve 'al dente', with a nice knob of butter:)
Good food should ALWAYS primarily be about MAXIMISING FLAVOUR! Plus, tantilising the eyes, as well as the taste buds.
Marco [waging the war against bland food and stodge].
Mum cooked her veg like that, usually cabbage, I used to drink some of the water it was cooked in with a little white pepper and mint sauce if we'd had lamb.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Whoa, hang on a minute. I’m absolutely with you on bland food and overcooked veg but don’t you dare start dissing our beautiful British stodge!Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
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Lol - I know Roy, and sadly your lovely mum was far from on her own. 'Farty smelling' boiled-to-buggery cabbage... UGH!!:spew:
Apparently, grossly overcooking veg is a habit left over from war times... Although, interestingly, speaking woth anyone, say French or Italian, of a similar 'vintage', they'll tell you that their veg-eating habits of the day weren't similarly tainted;)
Good idea, if you can handle it, to drink the 'liquor' that the veg was boiled in, as that's where all the nutrients will have gone!
Marco.