Cheese and bacon sounds roxx0r - I admit I usually just fry in BUERRE with lots of black pepper. Asparagus and scrambled eggz0r = th33 shi1zn1tz.
― Sarah (starry), Monday, 10 May 2004 10:09 (twenty years ago) link
― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Monday, 10 May 2004 10:16 (twenty years ago) link
Hellooooo dinner!
― Liz :x (Liz :x), Monday, 10 May 2004 10:45 (twenty years ago) link
― Liz :x (Liz :x), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 15:04 (twenty years ago) link
― mark p (Mark P), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 15:06 (twenty years ago) link
― Liz :x (Liz :x), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 15:06 (twenty years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 15:07 (twenty years ago) link
― Liz :x (Liz :x), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 15:09 (twenty years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 15:10 (twenty years ago) link
― Liz :x (Liz :x), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 15:10 (twenty years ago) link
― Aimless (Aimless), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 16:52 (twenty years ago) link
― toby (tsg20), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 21:14 (twenty years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 11:19 (twenty years ago) link
― Liz :x (Liz :x), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 11:21 (twenty years ago) link
So, today, for breakfast I roasted them in olive oil again, only this time I grated posh-ass Greek red-chilli-and-olive Feta on them, and also some mild cheddar to neutralise it a bit, and OH MY GOD THE NUMNESS OH MY GOD. The rest of today has been one big comedown.
― Gregory Henry (Gregory Henry), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 13:44 (twenty years ago) link
Tonight I am eating asparagus Liz-style with bacon and stilton.
― Anna (Anna), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 13:57 (twenty years ago) link
I must try this recipe of Anna's--usually I have them as a side, steamed with a sauce of balsamic/melted butter drizzled over.
― sgs (sgs), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 14:03 (twenty years ago) link
― toby (tsg20), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 15:27 (twenty years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 16:01 (twenty years ago) link
― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 16:07 (twenty years ago) link
i think we've derailed this thread somewhat.
― toby (tsg20), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 20:53 (twenty years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 20:55 (twenty years ago) link
― Barima (Barima), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 20:59 (twenty years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 21:39 (twenty years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 21:42 (twenty years ago) link
I don't know why I am sticking up for their stupid quials' eggs.
― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 21:49 (twenty years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 22:06 (twenty years ago) link
― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 22:08 (twenty years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 22:15 (twenty years ago) link
― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Thursday, 13 May 2004 01:11 (twenty years ago) link
― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 13 May 2004 01:18 (twenty years ago) link
Olive oil + salt + lemon juice: good. Make sure the lemon juice goes on after it's cooked, unlike what I did the first time, or it will reduce down into an almost supernatural bitterness. Lime juice, for whatever reason, doesn't work as well.
Olive oil + zatar (sumac, salt, thyme, sesame seeds): my favorite combination, especially for breakfast with a biscuit alongside. Sometimes I add a little chipotle Tabasco sauce after it's cooked, or a tiny bit of balsamic, but the balsamic I have is very strong and tends to overwhelm other ingredients, so I usually reserve it for condiment usage.
Sesame oil + soy sauce before cooking, with sriracha after it cooks: also very good; the sesame flavor seems to disappear, disappointingly.
Chopped hot-smoked bacon, no oil, ground chipotle or Tabasco chile: really brings out the smokiness, nice and spicy.
White asparagus -- never gets the same texture as the green; disappointing.
I'm making a chicken thing for lunch today that involves the roasted asparagus, so if it comes out anything like what I want it to, I'll mention it again.
― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 14 May 2004 14:33 (twenty years ago) link
― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 14 May 2004 14:38 (twenty years ago) link
― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 14 May 2004 14:44 (twenty years ago) link
This sounds really good, I should try this tonight.
― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Friday, 14 May 2004 15:01 (twenty years ago) link
― spittle (spittle), Friday, 14 May 2004 15:08 (twenty years ago) link
Nicole, I haven't tried the bacon asparagus with regular bacon -- I was using this Hungarian very very smoky stuff I got at Jungle Jim's -- but I'll bet it'd be just as good (just less smoky). I like the combination of bacon & asparagus enough that I'm keeping it in today's lunch, anyway.
― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 14 May 2004 15:12 (twenty years ago) link
drizzle a bit on after. sesame oil doesn't stand up to heat, i've found. you need to add it once things are done to get full flavor benefit.
― lauren (laurenp), Friday, 14 May 2004 15:20 (twenty years ago) link
― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 14 May 2004 15:41 (twenty years ago) link
yup. the otherwise wonderful tapas bar that i used to frequent would serve white asparagus cold, obviously straight from the can, with a giant blob of mayonnaise on top.
― lauren (laurenp), Friday, 14 May 2004 16:00 (twenty years ago) link
― luna (luna.c), Friday, 14 May 2004 17:19 (twenty years ago) link
I am now out of asparagus, but the farmer's market is tomorrow morning so maybe I'll find some nice fresh spears there.
― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 14 May 2004 17:26 (twenty years ago) link
― luna (luna.c), Friday, 14 May 2004 17:27 (twenty years ago) link
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