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18 December 2025

S is for sprouts - of course!

 

The love/hate vegetable to end all love/hate vegetables.

Sprouts aren't among my favourites but Christmas dinner wouldn't be the same without them.  When I was a little girl they were straight from the garden: these days they are Christmas loss-leaders in every supermarket.  I was going to order just six loose sprouts but that would cost more than a 500g net so I've ordered the net and found a recipe for sprout soup.   

The posh chaps are huddled around a campfire doing a meal plan for their travels.  They sorted a route (sort of) but none of them is much good at map reading so they might just follow a star.  They've decided to include sprouts as the camels quite like them as an occasional treat.  They wanted chocolate but I'm not letting them have any.  I remove the chocolate from the cupboard each morning and dispose of it Carefully.  That's my job as a responsible adult.

Sorry this is so late in the day.  I've had problems with uploading photographs.  

2 comments:

  1. We love Brussels sprouts and I always steam them. Then I might toss in oil and stir fry/air fry/chop up with butter and a little cream. Another favourite is bubble and squeak so I always make too many and too much mash so that we can have b and s the next day. I remember as a child being sent to pick some from the garden when they were frozen and so were my fingers. Catriona

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