# I just had  Brussel Sprouts at a restaurant - how did they make them taste great?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 25, 2018, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-brussel-sprouts-at-a-restaurant-how-did-they-make-them-taste-great/825034 "2018-11-25T00:41:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2018, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-brussel-sprouts-at-a-restaurant-how-did-they-make-them-taste-great/825034/41 "2018-11-28T13:39:39Z")

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> [@DCnDC](#):
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> Their secret is the same as every other restaurant: butter. It’s the first and last thing to go into every single item of every single dish.

Bacon fat is an awesome butter substitute for Brussels sprouts.

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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2018, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-brussel-sprouts-at-a-restaurant-how-did-they-make-them-taste-great/825034/42 "2018-11-28T14:21:50Z")

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> [@Gatopescado](#):
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> Garlic.
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> Fixes everything.

Correct - providing you brown the sprouts first in a bit of olive oil, _then_ add the garlic. Burnt garlic is a crime against humanity.

Regards,  
Shodan

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**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2018, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-brussel-sprouts-at-a-restaurant-how-did-they-make-them-taste-great/825034/43 "2018-11-28T19:14:33Z")

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a few years ago alex guranscheli (im not spelling her last name right but if you watch food network or chopped ya know who she is ) said she deep fries them like french-fries and sometimes in duck fat and everyone wanted the directions so ya might wanna try that ……

my moms friend had a dog that hed bring over and id eat the outside but feed the dog inside and the poor guy never figured out why his dog would drive him out of the house with stink after he came over …………

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