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    Posted: 19 December 2017 at 5:00pm
anyone else noticed sprouts have gone up in price?mods feel free to lock this one anytime but this is how I feel the forum is going.
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This passed me by, I must admit. Nigel, very many thanks for alerting me to this.

I’d always associated sprouts with flatulence rather than inflation.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote aber-fan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 December 2017 at 8:06pm
Originally posted by ladram ladram wrote:

anyone else noticed sprouts have gone up in price?mods feel free to lock this one anytime but this is how I feel the forum is going.

Eh? Are you suggesting that sprouts are so controversial that we can't write about them?Shocked

A point - most foodstuffs are going up due to Brexit - the pound is alot lower agaisnt the euro than this time last year.

Now a tip - when cooking, blanch the sprouts for 2 minutes, then discard the water - then boil until cooked in fresh water (up to 10 min depending on size). Blanching gets rid of the bitterness.
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Top tip there, Aber 👏👍😋
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Originally posted by ladram ladram wrote:


anyone else noticed sprouts have gone up in price?mods feel free to lock this one anytime but this is how I feel the forum is going.

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for reheat boxing day chop up and fry in pan with bacon bloody lovely
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I must confess the sprout rises had passed me by... But on the flipside , price has dropped a bit on runny hunny, Tongue The beekeepers struck back against the mites and their hives are booming again
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Originally posted by scarletabroad scarletabroad wrote:

for reheat boxing day chop up and fry in pan with bacon bloody lovely
Tried to persuade Doc Martinov of this great way of enjoying sprouts a year or so ago. Fell on deaf ears, as it were. Not prepared to gamble with his taste buds.

€2.50 a kilo in local market, here in France. Seems good value and will have extra flavour compared to normal supermarket fare.
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Originally posted by roy munster roy munster wrote:

I must confess the sprout rises had passed me by... But on the flipside , price has dropped a bit on runny hunny, Tongue The beekeepers struck back against the mites and their hives are booming again

This is excellent news - I always get my honey from a Cardigan-based beekeeper at Aberystwyth farmers' market. I really like honey, and have always preferred that produced in West Wales from wild flowers than any other you can buy. 
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But these are Brussels sprouts - immigrant sprouts. Under Brexit you will only be able to buy them on the black market at extortionate prices. But it's a small price to pay for regaining our sovereignty and letting the English make our laws, rather than the faceless Brussels bureaucrats. 
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Originally posted by Ffidel Bennett Ffidel Bennett wrote:

But these are Brussels sprouts - immigrant sprouts. Under Brexit you will only be able to buy them on the black market at extortionate prices. But it's a small price to pay for regaining our sovereignty and letting the English make our laws, rather than the faceless Brussels bureaucrats. 


Looks like I'll have to smuggle them back under a blanket in the boot, next time I go to the continent...Unhappy
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Ah it seems the influence of Brussels has never been stronger..... and any fan of those abhorrent evil mini-cabbages should pay dearly for their sins, literally.
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Originally posted by dr_martinov dr_martinov wrote:

Ah it seems the influence of Brussels has never been stronger..... and any fan of those abhorrent evil mini-cabbages should pay dearly for their sins, literally.

Perhaps you wish them a death by self-gassing?Dead
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Originally posted by aber-fan aber-fan wrote:

Originally posted by dr_martinov dr_martinov wrote:

Ah it seems the influence of Brussels has never been stronger..... and any fan of those abhorrent evil mini-cabbages should pay dearly for their sins, literally.

Perhaps you wish them a death by self-gassing?Dead

Ooof, that's dark. I like it: "Now then, Mr Bond, let's see how your love of Brussels sprouts serves you now. Assistant, lower him into the chamber and add the sprouts. Mwaaahahahaaa"


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