mr. mm told me that he didn’t like Brussel sprouts as a kid but the bacon component convinced him to try them.
His opinion was that if he had Brussel sprouts prepared that way when he was a kid, he would have liked them.
I would have liked them that way also. I think however the way I had them WAS at a SMORGY and they were boiled or baked (not sure) and SO BITTER.