UO Thursday 1/19

lulu1180

What do you have today ladies?

kiwi2628

I hate new-built homes. I never really saw a lot of them since I was living in the northeast- most of the homes where are I live are from the 50s at the newest, and a large portion of homes are colonials or victorian homes from 100-150 years ago and I love them. I think new homes (especially the new McMansions) are hideous and poorly built. Give me a 150 year old colonial over a McMansion any day.

lulu1180

@kiwi2628 I completely agree!  Our house is 99 years old and my parents house is 104 years old.  I love the quality, the character and the amazing woodwork!  I fell in love with our home from the first moment I walked in during the open house.

lulu1180

My UO is that I  brussel sprouts.  I don't know why or what it is about them.  When I buy them, I end up eating the entire bag because DH doesn't like them

kiwi2628

@lulu1180 I LOOOOVE brussel sprouts! Baked with balsamic, or cooked with pancetta or steamed with just the right amount of salt and pepper..soooo good!

lulu1180

@kiwi2628 I usually buy the frozen ones that steam directly in the bag so I've never tried it with balsamic (or pancetta for that matter).  I'll have to look into that now though!

kiwi2628

omg brussels with a pancetta cream sauce (not healthy but delish) is amazing. Brussels with pancetta (or bacon) without the cream sauce- still amazing and healthier than with the cream

lulu1180

Now I feel a strong desire to try this recipe thanks to @kiwi2628

JulesDP

@lulu1180 This is also a winner! It's been a big hit when I've made it for potlucks.  People who usually "hate" brussel sprouts say that they really like it.

wannabeamongoose

@kiwi2628 @lulu1180 try adding some apple to the bacon/pancetta. Some salty from the meat, some sweet from the apples, some bitter from the brussel sprouts. Om nom nom

lulu1180

Thank you @JulesDP I'll have to try these with DH!

kiwi2628

OMG I am loving all these new recipes to try! @JulesDP and @Lizlann

kmac09

@lulu1180 my favorite is to quarter them, drizzle with olive oil and put on salt and pepper, roast at 450 for like 12-14 min, and then put Parmesan cheese and lemon juice on them.  Sometimes I put an over easy egg on top too but yes, so amazing!

And I also love them with balsamic and pancetta @kiwi2628! 

NYTino24

I'm not the hugest fan of bacon.

Pinky917

@NYTino24 Same here. I'm looking at all these recipes thinking "Is it weird I am more excited about the brussel sprouts rather than the bacon??"

Tennis11785

oh I love brussel sprouts.  I agree that @Lizlann that cooking with apples makes it really yummy.  I sauté mine sometimes and then add some apple cider to the pan to deglaze/add some flavor.  It makes it really yummy. 

doula-mama

Ugh. I guess my UO is that none of those recipes sound even remotely appealing hahaha.... I HATE brussell sprouts - the only time that I had them that was even okay was when they were fried (tasted more like kale chips)

feeislove

My UO is I strongly dislike sappy love movies. I especially can't stomach movies based on Nicholas Spark books. It just seems like it's the same story over and over again just with different circumstances. DH on the other hand loves them. 

kmac09

My UO is that I really love YA fantasy novels.  I'm obsessed.  It's my dirty little secret (basically my sister and I just exchange books and discuss).  Whenever anyone asks for a book recommendation, I give them one of the normal novels I've read so they won't know, but secretly I want to recommend all of the YA to them.

eggplantface

@NYTino24 No bacon love makes me sad. This is me:



UO: This warm weather in January needs to go away. Summer has its time! I like my winters cold.

haylsbayls-2

@sailing_mama I'm with you! I hate brussel sprouts.

 @kiwi2628 I agree with you about new homes. However, because Denver is still growing, you can only find new homes if you want a young neighborhood. Our house was built in 2016 but it's a new neighborhood where everyone is KU or have young kids. Even though we found an amazing house built 60 years ago, we knew the new neighborhood would be a better social choice.

jsnakehole

Super fitting that this just came up on my Instagram feed



I make Brussels sprouts cooked in bacon fat with chunks of bacon, Parmesan, and black pepper every Thanksgiving. Always a huge (yuuuuge) hit. 

heatherdubrow

@kmac09 I'm gonna need some recommendations...I also love YA!

kmac09

@heatherdubrow ok amazing I will PM you!

lund

@kmac09what is "YA"?

@feeislove I hate sappy movies too. And pretty much hate anything on the Hallmark or Oxygen channels. I just don't get how anyone can take them seriously with SUCH bad acting and story lines.

kmac09

oh sorry--young adult!

lulu1180

@LuND I don't care for most of the stuff on there (especially Hallmark and Lifetime movies).  However, I find the show Snapped on Oxygen kind of fascinating!  I used to end up watching it for hours when they would have a marathon playing.  

jenotontx

@kiwi2628 I hate new build homes but mostly because there aren't any trees!! My DH and I are house hunting right now and I like the appeal of moving into a home that was just recently built and has modern finishes but not having any greenery outside just kills it for me. I also agree that the charm of older homes is nice but sadly the area we are planning to move just isn't old enough to have those type of houses. So we are stuck between homes built in the 90's (that typically need remodeling) or the new builds. 

Add me to the brussle sprout lovers club! I'll have to try some of these recipes!! 

hartmich

@kiwi2628 said:

I hate new-built homes. I never really saw a lot of them since I was living in the northeast- most of the homes where are I live are from the 50s at the newest, and a large portion of homes are colonials or victorian homes from 100-150 years ago and I love them. I think new homes (especially the new McMansions) are hideous and poorly built. Give me a 150 year old colonial over a McMansion any day.

I'm the opposite! Maybe it's because of the types of older homes around here (so many ranchers and split levels from the 50s, with some extremely traditional colonials with many small rooms rather than open spaces) that we're saving up to avoid buying one of those. And there are so many of them because they're all hideous and outdated. 

kmac09

@hartmich I'm with you! DH and I are actually building a house in KY to move into next year when my job ends, and we really did it because all the houses we were looking at had something we really didn't like (or were just plain hideous).  
@JJMNO1616 I am sad about the lack of trees, but we're going to plant a few so hopefully we can remedy that quickly!

lund

@lulu1180 isn't that a semi-reality based series? I could see myself liking that 100x more than their fictional stuff. 

lulu1180

@LuND It is a series that profiles women accused of murder.  It's completely real and not just "based" on reality or even a "reality show" like what you would see on the major networks.  They do interviews with friends and family of both the victim as well as the accused.  In most cases, the accused is the SO of the victim but there's been a few cases that are the exception.  It's in the same realm as Unsolved Mysteries.

kmac09

@lulu1180 do you watch 48 hours on CBS or Dateline on NBC?  They are similar to Snapped (though not just about women) and have me equally hooked!

lulu1180

@kmac09 I think I may have seen one or two episodes in the past but never watched it regularly.  I might have to check it out.

haylsbayls-2

@kmac09 I LOVE Dateline! I could binge watch that shit all day

MTgirlCOworld

kiwi2628 said:

omg brussels with a pancetta cream sauce (not healthy but delish) is amazing. Brussels with pancetta (or bacon) without the cream sauce- still amazing and healthier than with the cream

With bacon then top with a little maple syrup (the real stuff). YUM!

@haylsbayls I didn't realize you were a fellow Denverite! Hey girl hey!

@kmac09 I read YA more than anything else. I am pretty sure the library people think I am crazy.

I can't think of a UO right now. I'll come back.

aggo

I've been trying so hard to figure out what UO is and it's not in the list of Bump acronyms! Is it Unpopular Opinion? That's my best guess 

lund

@ag90 You got it! UO = Unpopular Opinion  

aggo

In that case my UO is that I hate steak. It's chewy, so meaty tasting, game-y, hard to swallow, I could go on. Can't stand it!

lund

Not sure if this is an UO or not, but DH and I have watched the first two episodes of Taboo on FX (the one with Tom Hardy), and I'm pretty disappointed so far. It's just hard to understand and very slow moving. 

Has anyone else been watching it? 

adirat

@LuND We recorded it but haven't watched it yet. We really only recorded it because (a) Tom Hardy and (b) FX has had some great shows recently. I don't even know what it's about.