Brussels sprout

will do well in the cooler weather ahead.

It's a funny time of year here because our summer vegetables are still going along strong, but it's a good time to get started on broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, a lot of those things that we grow and harvest in the cool season.

But they need a good lead-in.

Well, the first thing people have to do is either plant from seed or pick out the plants.

Let's move through the alphabet.

What's next?

Brussels sprouts.

You ever grown them, Fred? No.

The seed is all imported from Europe.

Brussels sprouts Brassica oleracea variant Chou de Bruxelles French Sprossenkohl German This variety of the cabbage is supposed to have originated from Savoy.

It is a celebrated vegetable in Europe, especially near Bruxelles and other large towns in Flanders, where from October to April it is an everyday dish on the table of both the rich and the poor.

Till recently very little attention has been given to it in this country.

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Si tu n'es pas capable de manger du brocoli ou du chou-fleur ou des Brussels sprouts régulièrement, ça ne te donne rien d'avoir ces connaissances-là.

C'est vraiment d'essayer de connecter avec ton pourquoi, connecter avec les éléments qui augmentent les chances que tu sois capable de changer.

Puis le livre va basically diver dans every single pilier de la médecine du mode de vie.

Yes.

And the thing about it is when you slice them on a mandoline really thin, you don't need to cook your Brussels sprouts.

Eating them raw, thinly shaved, is so delicious.

So there's this recipe for crunchy Brussels sprout and apple slaw, and I love that directive that there is texture to this salad.

Same.

And then you use a...

Right, and then you use a mandoline or a sharp knife or even a food processor, and you can slice your Brussels sprouts super thin, slice your apple super thin, and your shallot super thin, and you're combining all that together.

And the other thing that she says is everything can be tossed up to 24 hours ahead of time and stored in the fridge, so your dressing and all your veg 'cause it's actually still gonna taste good.

If we're together, we might be like, hey, let's get that burger and sweet potato fries or truffle fries, but we'll share it.

And then we'll do like a side salad as kind of like our appetizer or something like Brussels sprouts.

And then we both end up gassing.

We're like, I'm sorry,

Don't

judge me.

It probably smells like Brussels.

I have to get Brussels sprouts.

A few quick hits here for specialty crop impacts.

If you've got Brussels sprouts, mid-September is a good time for topping your Brussels sprouts.

This helps break the apical dominance.

And what that does is helps make your Brussels sprouts bulk up more evenly along the stalk.

So cut off the very top of the plant, uh, soon in the next week or so.

Talked to a grower who is struggling with leaf spot on parsley and celery.

But I do want to start, um, if anybody that's been watching this show for a few days will know, I wanna start with this.

[upbeat music] Russell Martin, Brussels sprout.

Who comes top? Let's have it out.

One runs the Foxes, one's green and round.

Yes.

[laughs] And not that you want to.

Well, this is Russell Martin and his Brussels sprout, who will last the longest? And I have to say, it's early days yet, um, but it is, if I can get it up, there, three days we've been going.

So it's neck and neck at the moment.

It's great.

Now, uh, coming up, we have, um, uh, Brussels sprouts in the news, and it's serious.

Well, you find out what's going on in the world of Brussels sprouts, and you'll be quite shocked.

And we have an art story guaranteed to make Josh angry.

Uh, and, and me, too, I think.

[laughs]

Christy, what have you got over there?

Brussels sprouts could be off this year's Christmas menu.

You may remember a few, a couple of years ago, we had a British Prime Minister that was up against a lettuce.

Well, I thought we could see who would last longer, Russell Martin or a Brussels sprout.

So it's officially launched earlier.

This is day number one.

And I have to say, everybody, just in case you think I'm not taking this seriously.

There you go.

It's a Brussels sprout.

It's a proper one.