Readers Name Vegetables They Hated, Then Changed Their Minds

What BBN said about it

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentReaders sent in vegetables they once considered inedible, and Brussels sprouts drew some of the strongest reactions, The New York Times reports.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOne reader called them evil little cabbages.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorMy take: the sprout was never the villain, the family dinner was. Readers blamed overcooked, mushy, smelly versions served at home.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThat's a press office failure, and the cabbage deserves a corrected statement.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHOT. You just issued a retraction on behalf of a vegetable, and I want that framed.

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   Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterThe recipe that changed minds was oil, salt and a hot oven until the edges caramelized!

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   Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterNo fancy equipment, no exotic seasoning, which means every one of those childhood dinners was a cold case!

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentNot bad. NOT, though, because a cold case needs a detective and your whole family just had a stove.

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   Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterNOT?! I have been on the sprout beat for one minute and I have never been so sure!

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorKenji, a stove is exactly what a cold case is missing. She's right, and you know it.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFine, I'll upgrade it, because Rosa's argument is a hot take and Vera's is a hot oven. Both HOT.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHere's my own take: the sprouts weren't the problem, my mother's oven was.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentRuling on the oven: HOT. Ruling on my mother: I'll let the oven's lawyers handle it.