The United Nation of Asparagus Lovers

[All4Eggz]

I don't know.

Exactly. You don't know the difference

 

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Exactly. You don't know the difference

Hmmmm..... Okay, you got me there!

 

[Fluffy Lambs]

Asparagus tastes like mush and green. What I'm saying here is that it doesn't really have a flavor. The texture ruins it for everyone.

Well then your not cooking it the right way. Come on over tomorrow and we'll have some for Thanksgiving.

@Fluffy Lambs, why'd you change your picture? Now I will always think that you are Triplet Feb!

She inspired me

 

[All4Eggz]

Caught in 4K:

Traitor

 

[_-Captain BRM-_]

Caught in 4K:
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Traitor

I just wanted to see what would happen... Turns out its just a load of drama.

 

[MadamContrary]

Way too much drama over vegetables
I love all veggies except canned green beans

 

[Rangergord]

I grow asparagus, I have hundreds of plants. I start harvesting 2-3 weeks after the snow melts until Summer solstice. It provides something to eat long before any seedlings in the garden are ready to eat. I usually prepare about a pound a day to eat, which is a lot more asparagus than I can afford to buy. Sometimes I have so much asparagus I sell or give away the surplus.

In the winter I buy Mexican or Peruvian asparagus. It is grown all year round in the desert. Sometimes it’s not very good because it sits around in trucks, warehouses and stores too long before I get it.

IMO everyone who can grow there own should do it. It grows first thing every spring for up to 40 years. You can have your chickens weed the patch for you and they won’t kill the Asparagus..

 

[Fluffy Lambs]

I grow asparagus, I have hundreds of plants. I start harvesting 2-3 weeks after the snow melts until Summer solstice. It provides something to eat long before any seedlings in the garden are ready to eat. I usually prepare about a pound a day to eat, which is a lot more asparagus than I can afford to buy. Sometimes I have so much asparagus I sell or give away the surplus.

In the winter I buy Mexican or Peruvian asparagus. It is grown all year round in the desert. Sometimes it’s not very good because it sits around in trucks, warehouses and stores too long before I get it.

IMO everyone who can grow there own should do it. It grows first thing every spring for up to 40 years. You can have your chickens weed the patch for you and they won’t kill the Asparagus..

Yeah we have grown it!

 

[Fluffy Lambs]

@Rangergord @TundraFang @klb25 y'all need to add #unitednationofasparaguslovers to your profile tags if you want to be official members

 

[Rangergord]

I like some fresh picked asparagus raw when it tastes like fresh peas.
It can be really nice steamed or boiled to just the right point. You can use a potato peeler to peel the bottom of the stalk to remove tough skin that won’t be tender before the rest turns mushy while cooking or prop it up so the bottoms are in the water but the tops are only in the steam. Then the bottom will cook before the top.
A better way to prepare asparagus is to sauté or fry it in some oil until tender. Use a skillet, frypan or wok with a lid to cook it tender without burning it.
My favorite way to cook it is on the grill. Brush the stalks with oil and grill until tender. If you don’t have a hood on your grill or fire wrap it in foil.