I am going to be Nicodemus on this thread, just for fun :)
Yeah, well, old Nic was a believer... and so very possibly an eater of the lowly brussels sprout himself, dear tec (piece to you!), so you ain't foolin' me! Come OUT of the kitchen closet, girl! Nothing to fear here! HERE... there is vegetable eatin' FREEDOM! Here, you can partake of ANY edible variety! Because HERE... you are TRULY free!
*greedily takes bowl and starts eating her brussell sprouts*
WHOO-HOOO, BP (piece, chile!). No... WAIT! You don't know what kind of "wormwood" salt that infidel and traitor against sprouts W'Sprout (aw, okay, piece to you, too - SA kicks rock!)... may have put on your BSs! Cough it up NOW, girl... then come on over and I'll make you a REALLY tasty batch!! With... wait for it... BACON!!!
What are Brussel spouts?
They're cuzzins, of course, dear V! C'mon, get with the program (and piece to you!)!
And now, to you, infidel, the one trying to mislead all true vegetable eaters and believers in the worthiness of the little green pod:
Shelby repent of your rebellion or may the brussel sprout be your falling to the dark side...
You are not my leader, infidel! I don't follow you... or the green peas you are loyal to!
The vegetable God has sent me to warn your poor deluded folks of your impending doom, SAVE YOURSELVES!!!!
No! You LIE! You do not KNOW the vegetable God, for if you did you would know that He judges NO vegetable! He does NOT unlovingly differentiate between His chosen vegetables! ALL are worthy for roasting, broasting, saute-ing, broiling, boiling, creaming (though I cannot fathom why), poaching, blanching... and inclusion in soups! Especially this time of year!
I am a ''true'' vegetable prophet and my ability to throw BS into fiery destruction shall NOT be mocked!
You are false, infidel! Only the CHOSEN can commit the "holely" BS to fire... and not for the purpose of destruction but for culinary EXCELLENCE!! That you believe you even have such authority shows ME that you are a false vegetable prophet... because all TRUE veggie prophs KNOW that BSs are GOOD for the fire...and the fire GOOD for them!
Turn towards the goodness of the humble carrot, garden pea, and corn.... Yes those are the vegetables that will provide your RDA of vitamins... All the brussel sprout will provide is abdominal cramping and putrid wind.
SUCCOTASH, I say!! While such WILL assist your eyesight and other necessary bodily functions... the lowly BS causes NO such cramping in TRUE believers! And the "wind" is just as necessary a bodily function as any other! Otherwise... we would explode!! Yet, the humble crucifer can ASSIST us in performing this natural... and much needed... expulsion!
The brussel sprout is NOT one of the chosen vegetables, it has shown itself to be the vegetable of light, sent to turn you away from the righteouness of all the other vegetables!
Ahhhh... to the contrary, infidel: it was the lowly B-sprout that actually introduced me to the TRUE light! Before it, I was in darkness - I thought brussels sprouts were nothing more than ugly, nasty, heathen little pods forced upon small children by overbearing, unfeeling, and sometime evil (intending) parents who were only trying to TRICK them by saying they were "GOOD" for them! And so, I refused to embrace them; to the contrary, I scorned them, even persecuted them! Then, one day, when small children came into my own life, I had an epiphany! I realized that these little beings needed the nutrients provided by vegetables, including, perhaps, the lowly BS. As I was pondering this, I was immediately hit by a NEW light which came upon me (from my TV, maybe, okay), and I heard a voice say, "I am Julia Child"! But I was SURE the voice also said: "You MUST give them vegetables - they're good for them - and so you MUST prepare them in a way that they will enjoy eating them!"
And as a result of this event, I purchased a pound or so of small pods... then raced back home to prepare them in the manner I had observed from the Great Child. The result? Scrump-dili-ishus-ness! Even if I may say so myself!
So, you see... I was NOT misled, not at all! Rather, I was brought forward... into the TRUE light... of how to prepare ordinarily stinky vegetables actually quite well! Why in the WORLD would I go BACK... to the days of judging and condemning [formerly putrid] vegetables to destruction... simply because I didn't know how to cook them well? I will NOT go back!
All you brussel sprout haters, lets STAND up and UNITE for the sake of all the other vegetables! The vegetable God calls you to join in this WORTHY cause!
Do NOT listen to the infidel, dear ones! She is only trying to lead YOU to the very fire (of everlasting bar-b-que) that she wants for our beloved brussels sprout. Don't listen to her, for she only wishes to shut of the kingdom of the kitchen garden before you! Turn away, turn away!
*Hangs onto Shelby's ankles as she reaches for the brussel sprouts*
Hands OFF me, you bearer of refrigerator light which goes dark as soon as you close the door! (SA kicks legs and shakes WS off ankles...)
Noooooo! *Wrestles BP to the floor and attempts to take the sprouts off her*
HaHA! She got away from you! Another one snatched out of the (Weber-y) fire!!
those carrots rosted with brown sugar and butter sound delicious... How do you make them??
Well, okaaaaaayyyy, since you asked "nicely" (smile!):
- Wash/peel and dry many large carrots as you wish
- Rub each with room temperature butter (REAL butter, NOT "plastic butter" aka margerine/oleo, etc.)
- Place on individual pieces of foil wrap (cut the length of carrot and enough to wrap around twice)...
- Sprinkle with 1.5 TBS of DARK brown sugar and pinch of salt
- Wrap and place all in baking dish
- Bake at 350 degrees for 45 mins.
- ENJOY!
I know you are joking, this thread has really entertained me...
Of course, I am, dear one... and me, too! HUGE laughs, GREAT fun, and a bit of a reprieve from all of the "heavy" stuff - LOLOLOL!!
Although my hatred of brussel sprouts is very real. Lol
As is my love for them... and the [god] they serve (or are served up FOR... which is me, sometimes - LOLOL!)
Peace
Back at'cha, my love! Along with some piece(s) of BS, of course!
SA, on her own... of course!