Posted on 12/02/2016 5:00:10 PM PST by Lorianne
For some, it threatens to ruin Christmas; for others, perhaps of younger generations, it is the promise of joyous relief.
Brussels sprouts could be off the menu this year as the crop could be ruined by a plague of immigrant moths invading the UK.
Supplies of the vegetable are already running low after several farmers' festive crops were decimated by armies of the cabbage-loving diamondback insects.
And now there are fears the insect – also known as a cabbage moth – could wipe the traditional trimming off the festive menu for families across the UK.
The invasion is said to have already begun to hit British growers – with fears more could be on the way.
Originating from the Mediterranean, when in their caterpillar state, the insects can devastate crops and target green leafy vegetables.
They have arrived on UK shores in their tens of millions earlier this year – hundreds of times more than ever before.
Charlie Gallichan, of Woodside Farms in Jersey, supplies fresh local veg to all the supermarket chains in Jersey and Guernsey and said the impact on his Brussels sprouts was devastating.
After the outbreak he said he had no choice but to plough the crop back into the ground and cut his losses.
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lol!
Boiled in water and then smothered in butter and salt. Or oven roasted in balsamic vinegar and salted.
It may be my favorite vegetable.
That looks great. I’ll have to try that.
We have Brussel sprouts a couple of times a week but I won’t even stay in a house with the smell of boiling cabbage.
My kids loved them; we called them something else
The sprouts were: "Monster heads"
and the cheese/hollandaise sauce was :"blood"
They were eaten pretty quickly by the kids - I think it might have just been the sauce (?)..
As an adult, I enjoy split Brussel Sprouts sauteed with cooking small cut bacon pieces, and small slices of onion, with 'Mrs Dash' seasoning, or a little garlic powder.
Brussel Sprouts, cabbage, kale, and other members of the cruciferous family are natural food sources for calcium in the diet; they are especially good for bone density loss/aging.
I did not say I liked the smell but we all loved my mom’s fried cabbage and I love stuffed cabbage leaves. I grew up on a farm and learned to like everything we grew. I never could stand the smell/taste of liver and onions, though. Yucky!
Obviously, the Brits don't use Bacillis Thuringiensus , an naturally ocuring bacterial disease that gives the cabbage looper and moth a terminal bout of the flu.
They are awesome when fried in butter. They are horrific when boiled.
We always call them Texas cabbage. Would eat them every day.
Me either ! Worse than yucky !
I would actually start dry wretching while it was cooking !
My grandma would tell me to go next door and see what my aunt and great-garandma were having: mostly it was pork and saurerkraut (AKA: fermented cabbages).
IT taste better, and smelled better, especially when served with applesauce.
I like them too.
Love them too and I’m not weird
Shouldn’t that be “illegal alien moths” ???
#20 ROFL
I planted four stalks in my garden for the first time this summer. They led to Trumps election in Wisconsin. They were delicious.
I planted four stalks in my garden for the first time this summer. They led to Trumps election in Wisconsin. They were delicious.
My whole family loves them. I indoctrinated the younger ones by calling them tender juicy baby cabbages.
Not me. All my life my mom tried to get me to like BS. Every time she served them, which, was often, she’d say, “try it. I fixed it differently.” She lied.
Our kids gobble Brussels sprouts with passion. Steamed with cheese sauce.
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