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It is fast approaching that time of year again. Our towns and cities streets are filled with the wives, mothers and girlfriends purchasing that special gift. Our towns and city pubs are filled with the husbands, fathers and boyfriends avoiding buying that special gift. And our supermarkets are awash with that beautiful, magically green brussel sprout.

My Director asked me to write 'an opinion on something you are passionate about related to food'... I chose the sprout!

For years the pantomime villain of food in so many households including my own; Christmas is the one time of the year where the good old sprout gets a fair chance alongside the more everyday, boring vegetable. And why does the sprout divide opinion so much? There seems to be a legacy of negativity towards the sprout that begins on the playground and continues to the dinner table. It is as unpopular and unwelcome for 11 months of the year as Kerry Katona is in the village of Alderley Edge (rightfully so) but for Christmas it sits hand in hand with the turkey and the roast potato and I for one am privileged to say I will be welcoming the sprout to my plate as much as I will be welcoming Santa to my stocking.

So this Christmas do something good and give a sprout a home!