"Zootal" wrote in message
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We picked a couple of dozen. Ate some, and the rest sat in a bowl untill
we tossed them. We still have a hundred or so on the plants outside. I
planted them late last summer, and they have been sitting, dormant, all
winter long, providing us with b.sprouts when ever we feel like braving
the elements to pick them

I grow Brussels and find that they keep extremely well outdoors on the
stalk - which can be cut off at the roots. I do cut the tops to have as a
different vegetable.

Mary

Do you actually eat the top? One of my plants formed a ball about 2 inches
across when we pulled the plant. This is the first time I've grown
Brussels, and didn't really know what to expect. I'm guessing it would
have blossomed into a flower in the spring.

Yes, Brussels tops are sold as a separate item in my city at least :-)

The flavour is lovely, not at all like the sprouts. I love the sprouts too
though.

I've never let one mature so don't know what it would do. I think the
sprouts themselves would flower if left to themselves - much like sprouting
broccoli. I'd eat the flower buds too.

Next time that ball forms cut it off, steam it lightly or boil it in a
minimum of water and eat it hot.

Mary