How do you check brussel sprouts?

Platinum Member Joined: May 06 2007 Posts: 8521

Dh saw a recipe he wanted. I hate brussel sprouts so have never made them. Do you do just like cabbage, and peel the outer layers, quarter it and check the quarters? Is there a way to keep it whole?

Unfortunately, I have this feeling that a bunch of people are going to write back and say that they're assur to eat.
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I don't think they are assur to eat if you take them apart and check them. My mother does that! She gets an organic box of fruit and veg every week and if they send brussles sprouts she takes them apart, checks them, and then cooks them.

Platinum Member Joined: Jul 27 2007 Posts: 14835

I'll pm you to tell you what I do.

I want to know how to check them also!!

what do you mean by taking them apart?

Diamond Member Joined: Jan 19 2006 Posts: 4428

Quick! Ask your Rav! Mine says its assur to eat anything that tastes like brussel sprouts.... Laughing

Diamond Member Joined: Apr 16 2007 Posts: 2952

I can't even eat anything that is spelled with any of the letters of brussel sprouts.

I LOVE brussel sprouts, and havent had any in ages, since I realized it would be impossible to check them adequately

If anyone out there has suggestions otherwise, please let me know!!

Platinum Member Joined: Jan 01 2006 Posts: 48159

they're little cabbages.

Platinum Member Joined: Mar 07 2007 Posts: 10429

Oh. I thought they were Belgian preschoolers.

I always thought they were very very cute...I used to pretend to be a giant, biting bad people's heads (I stopped doing that by college...) now I wish I knew how to check them, if poss, because I miss them.

Gold Member Joined: Nov 23 2004 Posts: 1045

I read in the blumenkrantz guide that it is impossible to check and shouldnt be eaten.
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okay...those Jolly Green Giant meals are just a childhood memory...

Senior Member Joined: Sep 11 2006 Posts: 194

the star-k's website's guide to bug checking that I saw also said they're pretty much impossible to check

my mothers rebbetzin (and I guess mine, since I grew up eating my moms food, lol!) says its like cabbage- take off 3 leaves if no visible bugs, ess gezunt!

Active Poster Joined: Nov 01 2009 Posts: 34

DH is in kashrus (major agency) and says "not possible to check" brussel sprouts, however cauliflower isn't a problem. You just need to break up the head and soak it for a while, aggatate a bit, and check for any black bugs. The "flowers" of the cauliflower are too tight for bugs to live in and any infestation will be seen. Unfortunately the same can't be said for broccoli. Sad

HTH

Silver Member Joined: Jul 26 2011 Posts: 805

I posted in another thread that I found them frozen with a "1K" hechsher at Trader Joes.

I called the CRC and they said that the "1K" is a reliable hechsher from Belgium.

This is their website. http://www.1kosher.org/Welcome.html

Otherwise you can google the OU/StarK/CRC's vegetable checking guides. I recall all of them saying that fresh is impossible to check, but frozen is ok if there's a reliable hashgacha. Bodek has them in little frozen bags but it's super expensive, IMO, esp compared to my Trader Joe's find - which seemed to give me even more for just $1.19!

They are delish cooked up with some olive oil, lemon juice, salt, pepper, garlic cloves/powder - stove top, 10-15mins.

Senior Member Joined: May 18 2010 Posts: 212

[quote="medola"

Otherwise you can google the OU/StarK/CRC's vegetable checking guides. I recall all of them saying that fresh is impossible to check, but frozen is ok if there's a reliable hashgacha. [/quote]

star- K says, "only when certified insect-free" which is not the same as having a regular hechsher.