Is it true or is it just an old wives tale?
2007-12-19 21:45:54 · 11 answers · asked by Tango 7 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
I didn't see the programme on GMTV about sprouts. I wished I had seen it then I would not be asking this question. Thanks.
2007-12-19 21:58:20 · update #1
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and for all of those that poo pooed the idea didn't bother to check out the true answer.
I myself didn't know this so BELOW
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This is what I put into my search bar:
picking brussel sprouts after the frost
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I was amazed. I did not know but now we both know!
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GROWING TIPS
Brussel Sprouts prefer cooler temperatures and tolerate frost, which
actually makes them tastier.
http://streambankgardens.com/brusselsprouts.html
You'll start picking the small, firm heads of this popular Brussel Sprouts after the first fall frost.
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2007-12-20 00:35:47 · answer #1 · answered by LucySD 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
It's an old wives tale. There was a guy on GMTV yesterday morning telling you all about sprouts.
2007-12-19 21:54:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
My Dad always grows them and would never pick them until after the first frost, maybe an old gardeners tale!
2007-12-19 22:32:59 · answer #3 · answered by poodle 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Perfectly true,frost gives the sprouts a "nutty" taste.
2007-12-19 23:16:04 · answer #4 · answered by Woody 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I was always told they were better after a frost, but since I've been growing my own I've not found much difference.
2007-12-19 23:02:04 · answer #5 · answered by selractrad 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Don't know, but one thing I can tell you is that they taste much better fresh. By the time they reach the supermarket shelves their flavour has changed, and not for the better. On Christmas day ours will be picked just before they're cooked.
2007-12-19 22:00:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
best way to have sprouts is to fry them as for frost old wives tale
2007-12-19 21:51:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
That's bunk. I have had them from my garden before frost, and after and, they taste the same. My mother in law won't eat an apple until after a frost.
2007-12-19 22:46:18 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I think so, so do parsnips as the starch starts to turn to sugar which caramelises when you cook them.
2007-12-20 03:47:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i prefer them with gravy on lol
2007-12-19 21:51:19 · answer #10 · answered by PIRANHA 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋