Brussel sprouts craze!

Was suddenly hooked to this brussel sprouts craze!! haha.. silly me! Who have ever heard of brussel sprouts craze??! duh! Anyway, I like to eat brussel sprouts, so crunchy, tasty, small and cute! As I was buying these little fellow, I was wondering: how does one grow these?? Does it grow in the soil as a single little thingy by itself? Or that, when that grow up, they actually become the cabbage that we eat? Pardon my ignorance, but I'm a city boy! And, it's really suprising and amazing to see it acutally grows on a plant, like a bud! Cool... wish someday I can visit the brussel sprouts farm or something.. Wonder if Australia has such a farm? Anyway, some pic of the brussel sprouts farms for those who are equally ignorant.

Wow.. didn't know that the sprouts actually twist and turn like a double helix DNA!! Amazing!

Oh.. now I know that the sprouts actually grows on the stem!! Really never seems to stop amazing me. Can the leaves be eaten?

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Farmers harvesting the sprouts.. Hmm.. do they just pluck off the sprouts or what? what happen to the plant? Can the sprouts grow back on the plant, if they left the plant alone on the ground?

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Wow.. never knew the brussel sprouts plant can be used in deco! hahaha..

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Oh well, if you're a brussel sprout expert, pls help me out with my burning questions!! Really interesting.. but meanwhile, a pic of my dinner for today, for the folks back home. The herbal chicken is couteasy of JM, my housemate. It's delicious, and thanks JM!