Storing Brussels sprouts?

[Dexter]

Are there any tricks to storing Brussels sprouts for a few weeks?
Our Thanksgiving will be on Oct 10 this year and some are ready now- I don't want them to over mature.
Fridge, freezer, blanch or? Thanks!

[katy]

What are your temperatures up there and are they finished producing ? Had your first frost yet ?

In other words, if they will be producing for another 2-3 weeks, start eating and or blanching and freezing now. I have heard that frost improves their flavor. I might experiment with canning a few, but I have never seen them in grocery stores that way

So freezing or pickling would be the only sure ways, that I know of. Enjoy

[Jan Sears]

Hi we live in Onrario & grow brussel sprouts. For them to taste good you need to let them have a good frost before harvesting. We learned this the hard way & they tasted terrible. Good luck.

[motdaugrnds]

After a good freeze, just blanch and freeze them. Will taste fresh when you go to use them.

[MullersLaneFarm]

Agree with the others, brussel sprouts tastes the best after the first frost.

If you're afraid of losing them to a heavy frost, take the stalk off at the ground and store the sprouts on the stalks.

If you haven't done it already, remove all but the upper most leaves of the plant.

[motdaugrnds]

Mullers, I have never heard about the need to remove all but the upper most leaves of the brussel sprout plant. Will you explain the reasoning behind that please?

[MullersLaneFarm]

The plant only needs a bit of shade the upper leaves provide. By removing the lower leaves (creating an umbrella from the upper leaves) more energy is given to the sprouts and less to producing leaves.

Less leaves = bigger sprouts!

The important thing about growing brussel sprouts is leaving them until after the first frost. It greatly improves the flavor. Don't know why, it just does.

[Vickie44]

I have been removing lower leaves for a couple years now and I get a much higher yield per stalk. After frost I have pulled them up and stored hanging upside down in cool dark place and they have lasted a week or two

[motdaugrnds]

Vickie, how do you keep the mice off those hanging?

[JuliaAnn]

You can store them at my house....