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		| Originally posted by Garry Shipton When I was a teenager & you mentioned the above to my dad,you'd make sure you were a half a block away from him when you's say the words.Same went for corned beef.Oh another horror for  him was brussels sprouts.He despised them after having  lived off them for three years in England during the war.
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 I think I can totally understand your Dad's revulsion on a number of levels 

 personally ... I LOVE Brussels Sprouts ...  
I hear interesting tidbits of WW2 (etc) about soldiers sort of scooping someones chickens for din-dins etc... raiding gardens and such too I presume? Still ... when on "the front lines" etc, hunger must have been a constant issue. Eating itself ... hmmmm ... where and when do you have the time and safety to do that sometimes? I'll bet many dream of home cooked meals!