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This trendy vegetable offers an array of cooking options and delicious flavors, showcased across social media platforms. Learn more about Brussels sprouts, offering cool-season deliciousness throughout winter.
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- Brussels sprouts are members of the Brassica family, which also includes cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower.
- Brussels sprouts grow clustered together on woody stalks, which can grow 45 inches tall.
- A ½ cup serving of Brussels sprouts has only 28 calories and 81% of the daily vitamin C requirement.
- Brussels sprouts are harvested 90 to 180 days after planting.
- Cold weather gives Brussels sprouts a sweeter flavor.
- Brussels sprouts are harvested after frost and, often, all winter long.
- The U.S. produces 70 million pounds of Brussels sprouts annually.
- While Brussels sprouts were first cultivated in ancient Rome, the vegetable as we know it today was first grown in 13th-century Belgium.
- The name derives from Brussels, the capital of Belgium.
- Brussels sprouts contain sulfur, which is why they have an unusual aroma.
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Sources: Ag Hires, Easy Science for Kids, Purdue Extension, Royal Horticultural Society
