1 post tagged “brussel sprout mystery”
L and I eat quite a lot of brussels sprouts. At least, every time we stop by Veggie Shack (okay, Sigona's in Palo Alto) to pick up groceries for the week, we end up with a little bag of brussels sprouts. A splash of olive oil, a sprinkling of salt and thirty minutes in the oven are all it takes to turn a hated vegetable into crunchy goodness. We almost always end up with leftovers, which is consumed the next day at lunch by one of us.
A while ago, after we had packed our dinner leftovers into a little bento box for L to bring to work the next day, the strangest thing happened. L discovered that whenever he waved his hand in front of his bento box, a little brussels sprout leaf would bob up and down. This went on for quite a while -- long enough for me to locate my camera and take a little video. Neither of us can explain why this is happening. Was it heat or light that was causing this phenomenon? Were our brussels sprouts possessed by a demon? How do you even perform a Google search for this?
Take a look for yourself. There are no camera tricks, I promise you. I took the video remember? The most I can do with my camera is turn off the automatic flash and turn on the macro setting.
If anyone can tell us just what on earth is going on here, I would appreciate it muchly. Perhaps we can rule out demon possession -- none of us had a stomach upset or vomited ectoplasm from our dinner.
