what is the proper serving size for brussel sprouts?

[Help!I'maRock!]

because i think i went over it tonight. by a lot.

green vegetables like brussel sprouts, broccoli, and cabbage can't be fully broken down by your digestive system. instead, they ferment in your intestines and lead to the smelliest farts you've ever had. i just spent an hour on the toilet, in an unventilated bathroom, with some of the worst gas pains in the history of western civilization.

i'm sure you all wanted to know that.

 

[matou]

Try some chickpea chili.

 

[Tiltsta]

In my house the suggested serving size is zero

 

[Kerouac]

Brussel Sprouts are the only vegetable I REFUSE to eat. I thought the smell was bad on the outside...

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

In my house the suggested serving size is zero

they're really good when you grill them. i like em crunchy.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

I thought the smell was bad on the outside...

 

[Phil513]

I vote zero. Even crunchy.

 

[matou]

I love 'em! Cabbage and broccoli, too. Don't care for kraut or slaw, though.

 

[John Watt]

Crunchy sounds good. I can see adding spices that way.
I went through a hungry single man's stir fry stage,
slicing them thin and stir frying with fermented mushroom soy sauce.
They really taste good and cook up in stir fry time.

as always, John Watt

 

[mosiddiqi]

I don't get that problem with sprouts or broccoli ..I think I read somewhere that the main culprit is overcooking..

 

[matou]

I was once married to a woman who never farted, but that was because she never shut her GODDAMNED MOUTH long enough to build up any back pressure.

 

[JoeFender]

I was once married to a woman who never farted, but that was because she never shut her GODDAMNED MOUTH long enough to build up any back pressure.

Thanks for making me wipe coffee off of my monitor this AM!!

And I agree, zero is the recommended serving as far as I'm concerned. I went to my sister-in-laws recently, she stated she "has a recipe that you'll love, even if you don't like brussel sprouts." She lied...

 

[paulskirocks]

Brussel sprouts rule, as do all vegetables... I had a couple last night... lightly steamed with hot sauce... Yum... You Oscar Meyer, Miracle Whip, Wonder Bread junk food junkies are just a bunch of honkies...

 

[baimun]

The proper serving size is.... ZERO.


:chow2:

 

[JoeFender]

I eat veggies. Just not THOSE veggies! (And turnips, parsnips, and some squashes)

 

[platypus]

Try some chickpea chili.

I love that...I make a 4 bean chili!

and brussel sprouts are not food and shouldn't be eaten

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

I don't get that problem with sprouts or broccoli ..I think I read somewhere that the main culprit is overcooking..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raffinose

Humans and other monogastric animals (pigs and poultry) do not possess the α-GAL enzyme to break down RFOs and these oligosaccharides pass undigested through the stomach and upper intestine. In the lower intestine, they are fermented by gas-producing bacteria which do possess the α-GAL enzyme and make carbon dioxide, methane, and/or hydrogen -- leading to the flatulence commonly associated with eating beans and other vegetables.

 

[Jake S.]

I hate 95% of cooked veggies. I like a lot of stuff raw though.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

I hate 95% of cooked veggies. I like a lot of stuff raw though.

the problem with cooked veggies is that most people cook them into mush. i don't like that either.

 

[Jake S.]

the problem with cooked veggies is that most people cook them into mush. i don't like that either.

Si. Even crunchy is not prefable though. I looove veggies in ranch though.