Asparagus appointment

I boil/steam them in an asparagus pot (tall and skinny, only a little bit of water so the lower stalk gets boiled and the rest steamed) and put a little bit of salt, sugar, butter and lemon or grapefruit juice in the water. Serve 'em with smoked salmon and hollandaise. Yum yum!

*i.e. 'some'

I'll try the bacon thing, maybe even tonight if I get back in time to go to the italian shop and get some really thin sliced pancetta, sounds delicious.

asparagus, my arse. it's a glorified leaf.

and the rest of you should not encourage him.

As Ed says, Angela - salt them too.

Full (overly exact) method here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,3605,942502,00.html

nick dastoor in "overly exact" recognition shocker.

I think it's about time I started buying more now the season's starting to get going.

(N yours was nice too though.)

Hurrah!

PS NO wine goes with asparagus. Let me know if you find one.

This makes them bright green, still with a bit of crispiness, but not raw and not soggy and limp.

add a little lemon pepper for zing

It's that time again!!!

Yay 99cents per lb at the market!

do you live in australia?

Is Asparagus Spicy

no, LOL Los Angeles!

It's usually just about this time that it comes WAY down in cost.

Purple Haze asparagus!i have some. the tag on them is all trippy.

first asparagus a la dastoor of the season last night, still as good as ever!

(yes this is the only reason i've logged in for the first time in about a year, hullo everyone)

i had my first appointment last night too. pan fried in olive oil with a rocket, black pudding and poached egg salad topped with parmesan. num.

We had a big bundle each last night. nom nom nom. Still keeping it real: 5 minutes in boiling salted water with the tips steaming just out of the water, and plenty of butter on top.

this may seem ridiculous (in fact, i've asked the gaffer and he agreed that it was), but i saw some english asparagus tips in tesco yesterday, £1.50 for half a dozen from worcestershire somewhere, they were quite thick as well...

...they must be grown hydroponically or something...

I am, as usual, stupidly excited for asparagus season.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/12/dining/12minirex.html?ref=dining

I gotta try this toot sweet

i always slather in olive oil kosher salt and pepper and put em on the grill till they get all burnty on the outside

is asparagus, in fact, the king of all vegetables?

i think so although broccoli

you guys, asparagus pesto is A++++; had generous dollops on sauteed tilapia

Asparagus is one of those things that I love because it's expensive or unavailable for a lot of the year, then you get a small window where it's cheap and you get sick of eating it that you need 10 months off until you really want it again. I might have to make pesto with it this weekend.

I think broccoli and asparagus are probably co-kings of the vegetable world. I actually felt kind of sick from eating too much broccoli last week.

tonight
is so right
for un rendez-vous d'asperge

Yasssparagus

fuck broccoli

shameful lack of revive this year

guys

COLD CREAM OF ASPARAGUS SOUP IS THE MOST DELICIOUS THING IN CREATION

I am eating asparagus RIGHT NOW

I went to Germany about two months ago and have had the word SPARGELZEIT! stuck in my head ever since.

My hotel had an all-asparagus menu.

and it was Meades that said Germany was all about potatoes.

I had asparagus last night and again today! I made hollandaise for the first time and felt so fancy.

I went to Germany about two months ago and have had the word SPARGELZEIT! stuck in my head ever since.

My hotel had an all-asparagus menu.

― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Thursday, June 22, 2017 5:21 PM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

just did about a week in innsbruck and munich, they really love that fat white asparagus over there.

Every time I see asparagus in a shop the words "asparagus appointment" come into my mind.

I’m going to bite… I’ve never got what the "asparagus appointment" title here is referring to.

Bought my first asparargus of the year today though.

Also, saw this today too:

My mind is BLOWN!!

How are we still eating burgers and chips in the U.K. after raving and clubbing when our age mates in Amsterdam have food spots inside of the club serving grilled ASPARAGUS & BROCCOLI over BULGUR WHEAT with a GINGER shot at 5am!?!?!

I am embaressed hahah

— Vanessa Maria (@nessamariaw) April 16, 2023

Wow. I can't believe UKers call asparagus 'asparagus'. You'd think with calling eggplants 'aubergines' and zucchini 'courgette', you must have a French sounding name for asparagus, too.

i think the thread title = i've got a date with some asparagus i.e. plan to eat it.

The thread title was really familiar to me when I saw it again just now, and I now realise that every time I've cooked asparagus or talked about cooking asparagus in the last 20 years I've been going back to this thread without realising it. Simply in the oven with oil is more or less the recipe every time.

My partner's mother was an amazing cook. She'd come visit, all the way from Sweden, and turn a spring onion and a bit of ham in the fridge into something that would blow your mind. Last time she came, in 2019, she boiled asparagus for an hour and a half and looked puzzled when we laughed at its floppiness. That was the first sign. I say last visit though she is still alive, but it is the last one for sure.

I ordered an asparagus sandwich in Sydney once, at a small deli type thing

I had high hopes, but it was boiled-to-mush asparagus & margarine on white bread... pretty disappointing

Veggies and grains in the club is like sushi at the ballpark. Nah man, gimme a funnel cake and a shitty hot dog with some beer.

Kinda wonder how much broccoli & bulgur is actually being eaten at 3am in NL, compared to oily pommes frites and sausages