SC - Brussel sprouts

[LrdRas at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/6/00 12:51:59 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
parlei at algonet.se writes:

<< Ras, 
 
 Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to prepare Brussels
 sprouts in such a manner that this lady will like (and eat) them.
 
 /UlfR
  well, it *sounded* like Ras type of challenge. >>

Well, Brussels sprouts will be a challenge. There is (or was) a lady from 
this list who visited Caer Frig last year emphatically declaring she could 
not stand lamb no matter how it was prepared.  Before she left she had eaten 
a nicely prepared midnight dish of lamb and left the camp liking it a lot. My 
stepdad absolutely hated liver. Now he will eat it prepared with bacon strips 
under the broiler and loves it that way only.

You are correct in that I maintain that when a person dislikes something they 
have not eaten it prepared in a way in which they would like it. I can't 
stand potato salad or half cooked onions but I am always open to attempts at 
it's preparation that I would enjoy without spontaneous vomiting. There are 
some foods which I don't prefer (e.g., fishy tasting fish) but I will eat 
them if they are served. Preferences aside the above mentioned potato salad 
and half cooked onions are about the only things that cause any physical 
reactions.

I think newly harvested young, sweet sprouts picked on a frosty evening, 
steamed in dry sherry until fork tender and served with a nice melted 
Wisconsin cheddar cheese sauce might do the trick. :-)

Ras