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The modern cultivars literally taste different, it's not just cooking method. The bitter compounds were identified and bred out.

• cpard 6mo ago
  How long ago did this happen?
  • 0_____0 6mo ago
    1990s research at Novartis, not sure how quickly the new cultivars were adopted,.maybe someone else can chime in
    • pfdietz 6mo ago
      https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/10/30/773457637/from-culinary-dud-to-stud-how-dutch-plant-breeders-built-our-brussels-sprouts-bo https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/10/30/773457637/fr...
    • jdougan 6mo ago
      Did they get the sulfurous compounds out as well?
• flir 6mo ago
  I wish I could find "authentic" sprouts in supermarkets. I'm sure there's a niche for it.