Apparently, the green veggie life is a complicated one.
I, personally, have upped my green veggie intake and like of them over the last couple of years. I like both broccoli and brussel sprouts, although the BS variety is a fairly recent addition to the like list as compared to the broccoli.
It has come to my attention that my mother has no idea what the difference is between the two, other than the fact that she doesn’t like either. (Then again, I’m not sure how she knows this if she hasn’t tried either in about billion years.)
We ordered out the other night and mom didn’t want her side. So, I ordered broccoli, so Parks can have some greens. She actually likes the heads, so who am I to argue if she’s actually going to eat it?
Mom looks at the green stuff in her box, sneers, looks over at Parks, who’s chowing down, and asks, “How are your brussel sprouts, Parker?”
Every single other person in the vicinity looked at my mother like she had lost her mind, including the 2.5 year old child. We gently let my mother know that those were not, in fact, brussel sprouts. And by gently, I mean we laughed uproariously and anything but gently corrected her.
What are you? Team Broccoli, Team Brussel Sprouts, Team Absolutely Neither, or Team Bring on the Greens?
(Photo culled from Silviarita on Pixabay)
(Note: No mother’s feelings were harmed in the making of this post. In fact, she’s explicitly proud of the fact that she doesn’t know her greens. Much less eat them. Caveat: She will eat peas - gross - and green beans.)