Question of the Day - Tuesday, August 12th, 2025

[R2elk]

How's it freeze?

I wouldn't know. Freezing ruins most vegetables. It pickles very well.

 

[R2elk]

I just cut a half inch off the ends where it's dry, but mine gets roasted so that may make a difference

With fresh picked that is a foot or two tall you need to remove a lot more than a half inch.

Sounds like you are dealing with store bought and not fresh picked.

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

I didn’t go to culinary school but every professional kitchen I’ve worked in breaks it because that’s where it naturally becomes tough. Then you can use the stems for cream of asparagus soup

 

[nuthatched]

With fresh picked that is a foot or two tall you need to remove a lot more than a half inch.

Sounds like you are dealing with store bought and not fresh picked.

I think the preparation once you had was the question, not so much the source. I have a black thumb, I'll kill it if I tried to grow it. I could kill a plastic plant.
We did have it wild around here when I was young, if you got to it in before something else did, it was a treat.

 

[muddy75]

Break or cut

 

[notabitail]

Mom makes it. IDK. Too bad @Fluffy Lambs isn't here. She'd have something to say about asparagus I'm sure.

 

[azurbanclucker]

I wouldn't know. Freezing ruins most vegetables. It pickles very well.

The internet says if you blanch it for a few minutes, then dry and put it in a vacuum sealer bag, it's good for 6 mos frozen.

Sounds like a lot more work than it's worth for fat grass.

 

[fowltemptress]

I wouldn't know. Freezing ruins most vegetables. It pickles very well.

I hate canned vegetables and nearly all pickled vegetables, so I blanch and freeze whatever I can't eat immediately out of my garden because it's nearly as good as fresh that way.

 

[FrostRanger]

If you break it where it wants to break there is very little if any waste. I can see that some people still need to cut it to please themselves with how the cut looks vs the break.

I care because asparagus is expensive compared to other vegetables and I want as much of what I buy as possible even if it means I get a bit of the woody bit, if nothing else it's extra fiber

 

[FrostRanger]

I just cut a half inch off the ends where it's dry, but mine gets roasted so that may make a difference

Same, that's all it really needs