Monday, September 08, 2003

Knowing the calliber of readers this site attracts and lest all three of them begin to think Up Too Late exists merely for entertainment purposes, (although having read through some of my posts myself I'm unsure as to whether they really qualify as entertaining) I would like to present a question that has been troubling myself and my friend Brittany since our days of homelessness.

First, some contextual information.

Having no kitchen, as it were, to cook in, Brittany and I were forced to dine out for every meal. On one occasion, we decided to eat at Hogi Yogi. Now, I don't really remember any of this next part as my mind was under a haze of stress and denial, but it was something along these lines.

Brittany:"I love the way these brussel sprouts taste on my sandwich."
Me:"What are you talking about?"
B:"You know, the sprouts they put on the sandwiches, I like them."
Me: "Those aren't brussel sprouts. They're bean sprouts."
B:"Oh."

Both of us assumed the issue was closed. That is until Mindyn told Brittany they aren't even bean sprouts. They're something else, with a really wierd scientific name Britt can't remember, but said sounded plausible. We tried to solve this problem by going to Grant...a person we just met.

Me:"What are the sprouts they put on sandwiches?"
Grant: "You mean brussel sprouts?"
Me: "Nope."
G: "Well, what are brussel sprouts? Are they like asparagus?"
Me: "Ummm. They're both...uhhh...green. They look like mini heads of lettuce."

Well, as you can see, this conversation was doomed from the get-go, so I pose this question to you.

What do you call the sprouts on sandwiches?

I will tally the results and whichever response is the most common is right. No cheating and good luck!