Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for December 04, 2012

Sprouts are disgusting. True story.

I think Pastis made a challenge: what does ‘BROCCOLI’ stand for?

Yes, Rat, I do!

Hey, lay off broccoli……I love broccoli….wrote a song about it…“I got the blues but what I need is green…”

AVOCADO? People actually eat that stuff???

I’m guessing that by “sprouts” we are talking about bean sprouts as opposed to Brussels sprouts. I like them both, but nobody would put Brussels sprouts in a sandwich, would they?

If Pastis can’t even make an acronym for s.p.r.o.u.t without adding a w, broccoli is going to be next to impossible.

I am not fond of Brussels sprouts anywhere, and I don’t much care for any other kinds of sprouts in sandwiches, though I’ve had more or less high-end burgers slathered with them. Rat’s acronym explanation (aside from the necessary “w[ith]” at the end) works, but I don’t see an easy read for BROCCOLI….

The problem is that the search for ever-greater profits has lead to using cheap suppliers from places like Egypt, where the growing, harvesting and storage of the seeds are not done in a clean environment. Raw sewage is used for water, and field workers have no sanitary facilities available. Storage facilities are infested with rats and bugs.The same problem cropped up a few years ago with making “sun tea” with tea from India. The tea leaves were grown, harvested and stored in unclean conditions, and without the boiling water the contaminated tea leaves were making people sick.

Yes, yes, I want to know!

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ie – How do you keep a turkey in suspense?(I’ll tell you tomorrow)

Just add more onions.

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Rat needs to be reminded that vegetarians are sprouting up all over! Like fur and leather, meat looks better on the original owner!

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(oleracea is from Broccoli’s species name “Brassica oleracea”)

Sprouts go bad to easily – Jimmy Johns gave up on them after an E Coli episode

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Best I could come up with…..

I like broccoli and bean sprouts…having said that, I’ll return to my home planet now (but not before stocking up on bacon; it goes with everything!).

Some neat acronyms above. As soon as I saw the strip in the paper, I knew that there’d be some “broccoli sprouts” in the comments, and made this up on te spot:

B etterR elyO nC oncertedC hewingO fL izardI nnards

Won’t mention my favorite of preceding efforts because don’t want to hurt the feelings of the other authors.

(1) Please change “te” to “the” in line three, above. (2) Actually, I like broccoli ok, but won’t go out of my way to get it.(3) The four grandkids are big-time picky eaters, but all of them love cooked broccoli. Go figure.

“Cooked”? You’re doing it wrong. Grab some ranch dip and throw the stove away.

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Broccoli, and whatever those white things are, if covered with sufficient tangy melted cheese sauce, are just barely palletable. There is no sufficient amount of cheese to accomplish this with Brussels Sprouts.

I’m afraid to ask!

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I also try to figure out what the letters on other people’s license plates stand for. Keeps me alert while driving.

Sprouts are OK. Broccoli will never pass my lips – can’t even stand the smell of them.

I could never figure out how people’s mothers fixed vegetables that they learned to hate them. I made all the vegetables for my kids, and they love all of them, but you gotta know how to fix them. @ Brussels sprouts guy: try this: core the sprouts like they’re cabbages, slice them into shreds, put the shreds into a frying pan with a little olive oi or butter if you prefer, dried cranberries, salt, pepper, and cinnamon. Fry them just til they’re warm. Stir in some crunchy toasted pecans if you like. How do you know you don’t like it until you’ve tried it?

And they say rats will eat anything!

Yes!!!! Jimmy John’s would be heavenly if it weren’t for the sprouts.

There’s only one way to eat sprouts. Cook them with bacon. And then throw away the sprouts.

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or

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I love Brussells sprouts.

Put enough cheese on the broccoli and it’s almost edible.

Yes… Tell us, Rat!

LOL xxx

I have a client that owns a sprout factory and he’s getting sued all the time for illnesses at restaurants

Broccoli sprouts are the best. Tender and crunchy. If you don’t like them then you haven’t tried them!

As one of the largest Sprouter in the country, i find this comic Hilarious. I also have been in business for decades with no health related issues. Yes there are some sprout producers out in the market that are not following appropriate Good Manufacturing Practices, but more regulation is not necessarily the answer. We need to retailers to stop always looking for the best deal and truly put food safety as their TOP Priority.

I’ll eat anything home-grown.. I found out early that most mid-east people wipe their butt with their left hand and handle food with both hands, not a good recipe for bag-lunching out in the desert.

I just can’t eat vegetarian; they’re hard to catch, and they scream like you wouldn’t believe.

As a maker of backronyms, Rat is about on the same level as Calvin (GROSS = Get Rid Of Slimy girlS).

No can do alfalfa sprouts here – to me they just smell like hay and taste bitter. Good with Brussels and bean, though – broccoli, cauliflower and the other cruciforms, too.

Sprouts probably can’t be made safe from bacterial contamination except by radiation—cooking or chemicals to kill the bacteria kills the sprouts and their crunch. I avoid them whenever possible.

Avocados used to be called alligator pears. True!

Sprouts are gross….sooo curious to see if Stephan can come up with broccoli!

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Never did like the acronym approach to meanings.

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Rat=Jacksfilms

Big, Random, Objects that Collectively Crush Our Living Independence? (I tried my best…)

i do

Alright, challenge accepted: “best removed, otherwise can create obnoxious lunch impediments”