Episode 42: The Brussels Sprout Origin Story & the 13-Hour Dinner Table Hostage
Did Brussels sprouts always taste this bad... or were we cooking them wrong?
This week on True Crime Culinary, a shocking child abuse case involving Brussels sprouts leads to an unexpected journey through medieval Belgium, plant evolution, kitchen technology, and modern food science.
Discover how Brussels sprouts evolved chemical defenses against insects, why they're part of the same plant family as broccoli and cabbage, how expensive fuel and changing cooking habits made boiling the norm, and why roasting, sheet pans, and Dutch plant breeding transformed one of the world's most hated…
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