On Nov 24, 4:49*pm, ravenlynne > wrote:
> On 11/24/2010 2:50 PM, sf wrote:
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> > On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 13:36:24 -0500, ravenlynne
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> >> On 11/24/2010 1:02 PM, sf wrote:
> >>> On 24 Nov 2010 15:21:43 GMT, > * wrote:
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> >>>> * *The catch is finding smaller young sprouts, as the older and larger the
> >>>> sprouts, the more bitter.
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> >>> Maybe that's what lies at the bottom of Lynne's bitter brussels
> >>> sprouts problem.
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> >> Could be. *I may have to try some younger ones just to see.


Brussels sprouts are a cole crop. They are at their sweetest after
they've been 'kissed' by cold weather. Usually the ones you find in
the stores have been grown in warm weather and have not been chilled
on the stalk properly. The best Brussels sprouts are ones that come
in after a frost.

If you can find 'locally' grown ones that have been grown in cold
weather, you will find the sweetest ones, no matter what size they
are.

In the store the other day they had the whole STALKS full of sprouts
from the larger ones on the bottom to the tiny ones on the top.
They were all really sweet because they were grown in cooler weather.
It was the first time I've seen whole stalks in the grocery store in a
very long time. We used to go out in the county and buy whole
stalks from roadside farm stands.