Comments on: NCBI ROFL: Taste preference for brussels sprouts: an informal look. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/11/29/ncbi-rofl-taste-preference-for-brussels-sprouts-an-informal-look/ Quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe. Fri, 25 May 2012 18:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Edward J Willey III http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/11/29/ncbi-rofl-taste-preference-for-brussels-sprouts-an-informal-look/comment-page-1/#comment-88816 Edward J Willey III Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:01:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=19989#comment-88816  To some of us, these really do have a bitter flavour that is not enjoyable. We all have varying levels of tasting ability. I suspect that most people who like or don't mind them just don't taste the amount of bitterness. Even drowned in bacon, all I can taste is a bitter slightly sulfurous note.  :)  To some of us, these really do have a bitter flavour that is not enjoyable. We all have varying levels of tasting ability. I suspect that most people who like or don’t mind them just don’t taste the amount of bitterness. Even drowned in bacon, all I can taste is a bitter slightly sulfurous note.  :)

]]> By: Anonymous http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/11/29/ncbi-rofl-taste-preference-for-brussels-sprouts-an-informal-look/comment-page-1/#comment-80486 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:56:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=19989#comment-80486 I suspect most people who dislike B.Sprouts have never had them prepared nicely- and probably only had the frozen kind reheated- which is like comparing freshly picked peas to the canned monstrosities. How can anyone dislike something so yummy as a fresh brussel sprouts cooked with a little bit of bacon but not too long.  Don't diss the sprout! I suspect most people who dislike B.Sprouts have never had them prepared nicely- and probably only had the frozen kind reheated- which is like comparing freshly picked peas to the canned monstrosities.

How can anyone dislike something so yummy as a fresh brussel sprouts cooked with a little bit of bacon but not too long. 

Don’t diss the sprout!

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