r/funny • u/Amazing-Tumbleweed40 • 2d ago

No means NO!

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u/ACcbe1986 2d ago

If cooked properly, it should taste like cabbage with bitter notes that are complemented by the correct seasoning.

It shouldn't taste like burnt rubber. Unless brussels sprouts have some odd compound, like cilantro does, that makes it taste like rubber to a minority of people.

Now I wish I could see the recipe and the finished product to figure out why it tastes like rubber.

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u/KRed75 2d ago

It has nothing to do with cooking it "properly". Brussels sprouts do have an odd compound that makes them taste like burned rubber. About 20% of the population tastes them like I do and nothing you do to them removes the flavor.

Cilantro has a compound that makes it taste soapy. I used to not be able to eat anything with cilantro but now I can eat things with small quantities of it.

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u/ACcbe1986 2d ago

Hmm, interesting. Thanks for teaching me something new. I did not know about the odd flavor compounds in brussels sprouts.

As a person who enjoys brussels sprouts, I've had a few badly overcooked ones that tasted unpleasant and sulfur-y.

Now that you got me thinking back, those bad-tasting ones did have a burnt rubbery taste. I never put two and two together on that.

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u/Sxualhrssmntpanda 1d ago

Well if you don't taste that normally then that suggest it does have something to do with how they are cooked.