{"id":9117,"date":"2023-12-09T03:19:16","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T03:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kitchensinks-reviews.com\/?p=9117"},"modified":"2023-12-09T03:19:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T03:19:16","slug":"im-britains-biggest-brussels-sprouts-fan-and-ive-written-them-a-love-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kitchensinks-reviews.com\/everyday-meals\/im-britains-biggest-brussels-sprouts-fan-and-ive-written-them-a-love-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I’m Britain’s biggest Brussels sprouts fan and I’ve written them a love poem’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Christmas is generally a time for giving, and a time for forgetting, but there is one contentious topic that divides households across the nation – Brussels sprouts.<\/p>\n

Much like the Marmite of the festive season, you either love them or hate them – and new data from food delivery service Deliveroo, who recently launched their very own sprout-infused sandwich, suggests that 35% of Brits identify as \u2018sprout haters.\u2019<\/p>\n

Some people\u2019s hatred of the divisive vegetable goes as far as a genuine fear, with 1.5 million Brits claiming to have a phobia of Brussels sprouts.<\/p>\n

However Zita Wells, a dog-care expert and business owner from East Sussex, is one of the 31% of Brits who loves the controversial Christmas staple – and claims to be Britain’s biggest sprout fan.<\/p>\n

\u201cSimply put, sprouts are incredibly delicious and versatile – there\u2019s a mountain of ways you can cook them,\u201d the 53-year-old sprout-lover told Express.co.uk.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMy family knows I love them so much my husband even buys me a stalk of sprouts once the first frost has hit \u2013 marking the start of sprout season. It\u2019s become our little tradition!\u201d<\/p>\n

But Zita\u2019s relationship with sprouts hasn\u2019t always been plain sailing, she explained: \u201cSprouts have an awful reputation, as people fall into the trap of overboiling them – which is a bad way to cook any vegetable in my opinion.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI, too, was a sprout hater for this very reason – but thankfully, I\u2019ve since learned a myriad of ways to prepare them.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Zita\u2019s favourite way to cook sprouts is to saut\u00e9e them in butter with chestnuts, crushed garlic, and smoked streaky bacon, served in a bowl with black pepper.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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