Yes—just not always in the way people imagine from childhood memories of overboiled green bitterness.
Brussels sprouts are actually pretty popular now, especially when they’re:
- Roasted until crispy with olive oil and salt
- Shredded raw into salads or slaws
- Tossed with bacon, garlic, or balsamic glaze
The “nobody eats them” reputation mostly comes from how they were traditionally cooked (soft, sulfurous, and a bit sad). Modern cooking methods fixed that.
So the real answer is: plenty of people do eat them—just usually when they’re caramelized and crunchy, not mushy and grey.
If you’re curious, I can give you a simple way to roast them so they don’t taste like the childhood version everyone hated.
