Sprouts on Sticks

Noozan

voodoozoe wrote:

If its any help, Sainsburys did em on sticks last Xmas and come to think of it Morrisons did too!!!

I saw them in Sainsburys last week and they were £1.99 for a stick! :eek: At the farm shop, they're 50p and out of my garden (when they're ready!) they're free!

Don'tskipit

I fully agree with the other replies that say sprouts on thier stalks stay fresher for longer (if kept cool - not difficult in present weather!) and taste better than supermarket stuff. Get mine from farm shop or street markets. QUOTE=Alison_B]A farm shop has just opened up near to me and I visited at weekend. The produce was all lovely. I love sprouts and they had some in bags and some on sticks. The bags were 60p per bag and the sticks were 70p per stick. You looked to get slightly more in the bag. What is the difference in them, as the sprouts in the bag would have come off the stick anyway?[/QUOTE]

Ted_Hutchinson

Noozan wrote:

I saw them in Sainsburys last week and they were £1.99

Do you think they might have been organic at that price?

Becles

We got some in our organic box a couple of weeks ago. They were really tasty and even my boys loved them!

We ate the leaves on the tops and they were nice too. Is that what Spring Greens are?

Noozan

Ted_Hutchinson wrote:

Do you think they might have been organic at that price?

I don't think so as they have a separate area for their organic produce. I don't shop in Sainsburys very often though as I find them to be more expensive than the other supermarkets.

Bibendum

Sorry to come in with a very ... down to earth comment but I remember once OH saying that it is a very cold job to pick sprouts in winter and *sometimes* there is a nice way to combine warming up your hands and calls of nature....
Therefore always wash your sprouts very thoroughly...but the ones on a stick should be safe on that technicality....:D

Debt_Free_Chick

Becles wrote:

We ate the leaves on the tops and they were nice too. Is that what Spring Greens are?

No - they're Brussels tops - honest

Spring greens are a kind of a loose leafed cabbage i.e. you don't get the usual tight heart.

Brussels tops should taste faintly, or even strongly, of sprouts. Spring greens should be distinctly cabbagey.

Now, there's a nice clear accurate explanation, eh?

bluenose1

You live and learn - I didn't realise sprouts came on sticks!!!!!!!!!! Must look out for them.

There again it was only when I went to Spain I realised that prawns had shells on with horrible big black eyes. I couldn't bring myself to eat them. I had only ever had the peeled ones minus eyes. I thought thats how they all were.:o
Regards
Anne

Becles

Debt_Free_Chick wrote:

Spring greens are a kind of a loose leafed cabbage i.e. you don't get the usual tight heart.

Brussels tops should taste faintly, or even strongly, of sprouts. Spring greens should be distinctly cabbagey.

That's interesting! My b/f said they were spring greens and cleared his plate. However, he hates sprouts and I thought the leaves tasted sprouty, so I was surprised to see him enjoying them so much :rotfl:

catford

ted_ I love sprouts, so I read the blurb on the nutritional value-then I got my 2 sons ,6+&5yrs to read it---guess what?? Looks like i'm still going to eat theirs. Why do we have to grow up a bit to like the good things??