Brussel Sprouts

Posted by helmut

I’ve been trying to get back to some kind of healthier eating patterns this week since my “never fail” diet has been failing me (gasp!), so when i saw a carton of brussel sprouts at the store i decided to buy them. How bad could they really be? I showed them to Hayden and he looked very optimistic so this afternoon i decided to cook them up for lunch. Hayden has pretty queer eating patterns for a kid and absolutely no pickiness. If it’s food, he’ll eat it…..maybe even if it’s cat food. He was practically quivering with anticipation at the new “vegetables”. So i gave him 2 to try, buttered and salted, and he actually gagged and spit them back out. So i gave them a try too, and while i didn’t spit mine out….and actually forced myself to eat several, i didn’t like them either. This got me to thinking, does anyone really like them?! If no one likes to eat them, why are we not shopping alternative uses of brussel sprouts? Why not use them to create an alternate bio friendly fuel? Why are we using corn, a food that i’m fairly certain most people enjoy. And while we’re at it, lets find a better use for grapefruit. Who are we kidding, that stuff tastes like a wrotten orange.

Posted in: Uncategorized June 2009