Brussel sprouts, the vegetable that I often forget

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postaday2012

Strolling through the produce section at Stop n Shop, I was stuck on which vegetable to make with the chicken cutlets that I was planning to feed the family this evening. I passed the Brussel sprouts and asked myself, would the baby girl like these? I know that she used to love them but it has been a while. For some reason it is simply not a vegetable that screams out in the produce section “Pick me, Pick me!” I decided that I was going to live dangerously and brave the potential complaints of the baby girl. The sprouts are so cute, packaged in their little cup with cellophane keeping them from escaping. I decided that bacon was going to be key in making this dinner a hit. Everything tastes better with bacon. So within half hour this evening I had several chicken cutlets breaded and sautéed with lemon and Brussel sprouts; blanched, halved and sautéed in a pan with chopped bacon until the sprouts were nice and caramelized alongside the bacon. The baby girl was duly impressed and it was a quick light dinner. Hooray!

Generational differences

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politics, society

Name three advantages that kids born these days have over older generations.

March 28, 2012 by Laurieanichols

Kids Today

future

We have medical advances happening everyday.
Access to information is broader and can take you however far you need to go
Smoking cigarettes has completely lost its glamour

Disadvantages
I would argue too much reliance on technology
War is become something less well-defined
Education and health care are outrageously expensive

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