Brussels Sprouts...

[osodecanela]

Have you ever seen a canine beg for Brussels Sprouts?

My husband will not touch them. He likes cabbage. Cannot stand Brussels Sprouts. I don’t get it.

No big. More for me. And apparently Lilith as well.

I love ‘em roasted with some cracked pepper and whole roasted garlic cloves. My oven is out of commission at the moment, so I did a sauté with all those flavors. A lot of sprouts in fact. After a week away from the house in the evacuation, they needed to be used.

I did a Thai green curry for LJ, which he seemed to enjoy. I was savoring my sprouts when I felt a paw on my thigh. Lilith was sitting expectantly at my feet, paw on my thigh, staring right into my eyes. I smiled.

She licked her lips.

“Lilith, they’re veggies, you’re not gonna like them.”

She licked her lips again and then switched thighs. I have her one. She made short work of it and begged for more. Before I was finished, she’d had 5. When the bowl was empty she wanted to lick out the bowl.

Really? Brussels Sprouts? What’s next? A nice glass of Viognier?

Comments

[brian_bogue]

my dog use to love fried onions and green peppers

I on the other hand can't stand anything in the cabbage family, not a sprout, not a kale leaf, not broccoli, none of it

[osodecanela]

And all of mine seem very fond of garlic.

[mrdreamjeans]

Lilith can have all of mine. I'm with your husband. No brussels sprouts.

[osodecanela]

I get that. I love ‘em, but I’m well aware they are tons of folk who don’t. I’ve yet to meet a cruciferous veggie I dislike (not crazy about kale, but I don’t actively dislike it.)

What I don’t get is he likes cabbage. How can you like cabbage, but find Brussels Sprouts vile?

Incidentally, the first time I saw sprouts on the club/stalk they grow on I was relieved. Prior to that my mental image was of stooped migrant farm workers bent over for hours at a time, harvesting these tiny, little cabbages.

[mrdreamjeans]

I don't like cabbage either, so at least I'm consistent. :)