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“Since the ‘Beaver Won’t Eat’ episode aired over 60 years ago, similar scenarios have played out countless times in movies and other TV shows, ranging from ‘Desperate Housewives’ to ‘Ernest Scared Stupid.’ The endless anti-Brussels sprouts propaganda cemented the crop’s reputation as the vegetable equivalent of punishment, something you’d wish upon your worst enemy — and made its next chapter wholly confusing.” So how did Brussels Sprouts become popular over the past decade or two? Short answer: They’re not the same sprouts. The real reason this polarizing food made its comeback.

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