On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 09:05:29 -0600, George Leppla
> wrote:

> On 11/13/2012 8:51 AM, sf wrote:
> >> >
> >> >I was wary of them. I was a recent convert to Brussels Sprouts, after
> >> >having learned how good they can be when they are not overcooked. My
> >> >wife had tried the frozen type somewhere and reported that they were
> >> >surprisingly good. I tried them and I was surprised.
>
> > Arrugh... was it a good surprise or a bad one?
>
>
> From the FWIW department... I used to grow Brussels Sprouts and found
> out that if I left them on the stalk and didn't harvest them until after
> a hard frost they tasted a lot better. Sprouts picked before that
> tended to be bitter.
>
I guess that's why they're called Winter vegetables!


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