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The new fashion is to have a gourmet or stone spit-roater session with the family. I LOVE having gourmet sessions with the family! We did this for Christmas a couple of times, but lately our Christmas dinners have been more buffet-type stuff just put together for a "meal." I also like brussels sprouts, but no one else in my family likes them at all--so I don't get them at any time of year. We never had them for Christmas or anything.
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Darcy, you can cook, can't you? So cook them yourself!
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Well, I love sprouts but instead of boiling them I steam them until they are just barely done. Delicious.
We didn't have any for Christmas dinner, however. I decided a long time ago that Christmas Day should be a holiday for me as well as everyone else. We went out to the Red Lobster on Christmas Eve and I had enough coconut shrimp and shrimp linguini Alfredo to satisfy even me, along with shrimp cocktail, clam chowder, cheese biscuits and all kinds of deliciously fattening foods that I avoid the rest of the year. Then for Christmas Day, we went out to our little local restaurant which is the only one in town open on Christmas and waited an hour and a half to get our dinner (they were crowded).
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I know it will probably have you cook-type persons screaming with the sacrilege, but I just put them in a bowl with a little bit of water, pop them in the microwave for a minute or so and wait for the ding.  LabRat 
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Yeah I definitely thought about bean sprouts. <g> But fascinating, brussel sprouts on Christmas. I've only had them once, and they're just ok. I'm originally from Texas, and our traditional family meal is tamales, salsa, beans, chips and queso, and benuelos for dessert. (And usually we throw a random ham on the table.) Ultimately, it's not Christmas for us til we throw the queso-Rotel dip on the table! JD
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Originally posted by LabRat: I know it will probably have you cook-type persons screaming with the sacrilege, but I just put them in a bowl with a little bit of water, pop them in the microwave for a minute or so and wait for the ding. Sounds like a perfectly reasonable way to steam 'em to me. Probably does an even better job of hanging on to the lovely vitamins than stovetop steaming (which is actually quite a bit healthier than boiling them). I cook lots of vegetables that way.
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Probably does an even better job of hanging on to the lovely vitamins than stovetop steaming (which is actually quite a bit healthier than boiling them). Yeah, I tend to prefer to believe so. I think boiling them just leeches all the goodness out of them. At least...the way I boil things probably does.  With the microwave, I can regulate how well cooked they are much more precisely. LabRat
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Boiling vegetables... no way. I have a steamer inset for my saucepan and cook them that way - also much easier to test how well they're done. Al dente rather than cooked to mush! And then the vegetable water is great flavouring for gravy. Yum!  Wendy
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Eww... That is all I can say.
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Darcy, you can cook, can't you? So cook them yourself! Yeah, Mellie, I can cook--when I have a recipe in front of me (or someone else telling me what to do) and I understand all the technical cooking terms used in the instructions. But the thing is, I've never cooked brussels sprouts myself before--ever. And when I do veggies, it's usually just boiling and after draining, I add a pat of butter to the pot and stir. Steaming makes the veggies too crunchy for my taste--I like my green beans (and brussels sprouts) slightly soft.
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They're gagalicious!!! 
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Yeah, Mellie, I can cook--when I have a recipe in front of me (or someone else telling me what to do) and I understand all the technical cooking terms used in the instructions. Well, Darcy, I know your problem. Though I do manage to get the terms right as long as I read it in German... Still, I can only warn you: Don't believe everything you read in cookbooks. I had one instructing the poor user (meaning me) to add freshly hacked chili to heated oil...
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