Asparagus appointment

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Ooh, another opportunity to mention my favourite greengrocer's apostrophe, seen in Palmers Green or Wood Green (I'm not certain): ASPARAGU'S.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 16 May 2003 20:35 (twenty years ago) link

Aspragus and Mushroom Frittata
Roasted Asparagus in a Light Vinagrette
Asparagus Soup (hot and cold)
Asparagus Quiche
Asparagus Fingers
Asparagus and Toasted Sesame Salad
Asparagus and Ramen Noodles with Toasted Sesame Seeds and Sesame Oil

― I'm Passing Open Windows (Ms Laura), Saturday, 17 May 2003 01:57 (twenty years ago) link

This is the best thread title in yonks.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Saturday, 17 May 2003 17:09 (twenty years ago) link

See, the thing with roasting asparagus is that although you get a stronger flavour, you lose a lot in the quality of texture - they're too dry basically, taking away one of the main reasons they're so god damn enjoyable to eat.

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

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Sunday, 18 May 2003 01:47 (twenty years ago) link

i'm happy to report that baked asparagus is a million times nicer than the only other ile recipe i tried, marmite and blue cheese on toast (warning: do not eat this when hungover).

― angela (angela), Monday, 19 May 2003 08:32 (twenty years ago) link

I tried N's and Anna's treatments in a scientific cooking test at the weekend. Anna wins.

(N yours was nice too though.)

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Monday, 19 May 2003 10:07 (twenty years ago) link

I didn't get round to it due to cravings for saurkraut and bratwurst.

― Ed (dali), Monday, 19 May 2003 10:27 (twenty years ago) link

I tried N's and Anna's treatments in a scientific cooking test at the weekend. Anna wins.

Hurrah!

― Anna (Anna), Monday, 19 May 2003 18:22 (twenty years ago) link

i want to make this. i'm craving it and i've never even had it before!

― sand.y, Monday, 19 May 2003 18:34 (twenty years ago) link

I'm doing this right now. They're in the oven. ILX controls me. I am a puppet and ILX is the puppet-master.

― teeny (teeny), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 21:43 (twenty years ago) link

I WANT TO MAKE SWEET LOVE TO THIS ASPARAGUS.

― teeny (teeny), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 22:03 (twenty years ago) link

my mom bought asaparagus today and i will be making this tomorrow. BUT WILL I BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE EXCITEMENT?

― sand.y, Thursday, 29 May 2003 03:11 (twenty years ago) link

one month passes...

I am still doing this like twice a week. I am a slave to the asparagus.

― teeny (teeny), Thursday, 17 July 2003 23:48 (twenty years ago) link

Asparagus do quite nicely in the microwave.
Arrange in a tray, sprinkly lightly with olive oil and you can throw some proscuitto or pancetta or plain old bacon on the top if you want-- and do them until they are bright green. Then take them out and either:
1. Shave Parmiggiano Reggiano on them or
2. Quickly flash-saute them in the cooking jiuce of whater meat you've just done in your pan and then apply Step 1.
3. Lightly salt
4. Eat

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.

― Orbit (Orbit), Friday, 18 July 2003 04:50 (twenty years ago) link

i want to say that i have made n's asparagus like 900 times now and it just keeps getting better

add a little lemon pepper for zing

― jess (dubplatestyle), Friday, 18 July 2003 05:00 (twenty years ago) link

I'm still waiting for asparagus to be around, sadly.

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Friday, 18 July 2003 06:25 (twenty years ago) link

No more UK asparagus until next year. There's very little point having the imported stuff it just doesn't compare.

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Friday, 18 July 2003 07:38 (twenty years ago) link

Asparagus coated in olive oil baked in the oven & then covered in parmesan shavings rules!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 18 July 2003 07:41 (twenty years ago) link

"tacos"?!

― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 18 July 2003 07:44 (twenty years ago) link

wine with asparagus = a nice crisp Pino Grigio?

― chris (chris), Friday, 18 July 2003 07:45 (twenty years ago) link

Yeah, I've been making N.'s recipe at our house too. Hot stuff.

― NA. (Nick A.), Friday, 18 July 2003 12:26 (twenty years ago) link

Grilled asparagus is wonderful. Coat in olive oil, sprinkle a little kosher salt on it. Grill it up. Tas-tee

― Chris V. (Chris V), Friday, 18 July 2003 12:36 (twenty years ago) link

I use Jane's Crazy Mixed-Up salt, num.

― teeny (teeny), Friday, 18 July 2003 12:44 (twenty years ago) link

one month passes...

ASPARAGUS DEMONS WHY CAN I NOT BE RID OF YE?

― teeny (teeny), Wednesday, 27 August 2003 23:09 (twenty years ago) link

Your wee still smells?

― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 27 August 2003 23:13 (twenty years ago) link

three months pass...

i plan to try this today for lunch.

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 8 December 2003 17:22 (twenty years ago) link

two months pass...

I made this for my parents and the burnt tips had the faint but unmistakeable taste of HASH. My mom kept saying "I love how they're a little bit smokey-tasting" and I was praying she wouldn't recognize the taste so we wouldn't have to have that conversation.

Otherwise it was great again.

― teeny (teeny), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 22:03 (twenty years ago) link

Baked asparagus is ideal.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 22:10 (twenty years ago) link

I make this all the time now (or every few weeks, when I actually buy asparagus). I love it when the tips get burnt. It has kind of a hammy taste to me, not hashy.

― NA (Nick A.), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 23:48 (twenty years ago) link

My aunt makes this, sometimes with TERIYAKI GLAZE.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 23:50 (twenty years ago) link

I never read this thread until now because I had been boycotting it. Hmm.

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 23:52 (twenty years ago) link

this thread is a gift from god

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 23:54 (twenty years ago) link

by the way a little cheap "lemon pepper" fromthe grocery store puts this one over the top

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 23:55 (twenty years ago) link

I just put salt and garlic powder on mine.

― NA (Nick A.), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 23:56 (twenty years ago) link

Dammit I'm hungry. Does anyone stir-fry them? I like them when they're still a tad bit crunchy.

Also, sauvignon blanc can have notable asparagus undertones, making it a good match. It's kind of a classic match in certain areas of France, actually.

― Clarke B. (Clarke B.), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 03:16 (twenty years ago) link

I haven't ever done this N. roasted asparagus thing. I wonder if I just hadn't read this thread before, because it sounds genius, and N. steered me towards sour fizzy cola bottles, so he must know what he's doing.

I'll probably make it with tabasco sauce or chile pepper, just cause I can't remember the last time I had asparagus without hot sauce or cayenne, so it would maybe taste funny if I started now.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 03:31 (twenty years ago) link

Also asparagus with melted real butter is MMMMM!

― Clarke B. (Clarke B.), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 03:42 (twenty years ago) link

I made that a week back - got two types of asparagus, 2 minutes in microwave, butter on top; quick easy and bloody delicious.

― Dave B (daveb), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 09:53 (twenty years ago) link

with PERUVIAN asparagus dave?? i'm shocked...

what is it with peruvian asparagus, JUST WAIT TIL SUMMER YOU ANNOYING PEOPLE (sorry dave).

ALSO why WHY WHYYYY can't i buy a single green bean/pea/runner beans that is grown ON THIS CONTINENT, i refuse to buy stuff that's imported from that far away and is picked by effectively slave labour, but even at the height of pea/bean season there is NONE from here in the shops...

(sorry i'm ruining your lovely thread N, i'll go away and try this when i next buy 'sparagus :))

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 11:05 (twenty years ago) link

I was somewhere this weekend that had fresh peas in the pod, that looked local as they were all dirty and stuff, but I can't for the life of me think of where... Somewhere on Walthamstow market I think

― chris (chris), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 11:07 (twenty years ago) link

Pea season in the UK finished about four months ago.

― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 15:38 (twenty years ago) link

that's what I thought. I wonder where they came from then

― chris (chris), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 16:13 (twenty years ago) link

a greenhouse perhaps?

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 16:21 (twenty years ago) link

The freezer section in Iceland via a puddle?

I love frozen peas.

Rick perhaps you should pick up some asparagus for tonight too.

― Sarah (starry), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 16:26 (twenty years ago) link

oh sarah, they were in pods, and you don't freeze peas in the pod as it ain't cost effective

― chris (chris), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 19:27 (twenty years ago) link

Made this for breakfast (with salt and crushed red pepper, and a biscuit on the side to make it more breakfasty I guess)! Really, really good stuff. Thanks N.

― Tep (ktepi), Saturday, 6 March 2004 16:04 (twenty years ago) link

Sometimes I worry that the thing I'm most appreciated for on ILE is copying out a cooking suggestion from The Guardian. So much for new media.

― N. (nickdastoor), Saturday, 6 March 2004 16:08 (twenty years ago) link

Asparagus for breakfast? That's crazy talk!

But I suppose it would be better than a small cup of rice crispies, so what do I know.

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Saturday, 6 March 2004 16:09 (twenty years ago) link

The girlfriend had already made it clear she'd make fun of me if I had the leftover mashed potatoes from last night's dinner for breakfast, even though I pointed out they were potatoes, like hash browns and home fries. So somehow asparagus seemed fine.

N, roasted asparagus would be like the best thing to be appreciated for.

― Tep (ktepi), Saturday, 6 March 2004 16:21 (twenty years ago) link

one month passes...

I have just eaten a pound of asparagus. At least.

― teeny (teeny), Monday, 3 May 2004 23:07 (nineteen years ago) link

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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, 22 June 2017 21:21 (six years ago) link

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

― calzino, Thursday, 22 June 2017 21:26 (six years ago) link

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

― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Friday, 23 June 2017 01:26 (six years ago) link

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.

― call all destroyer, Friday, 23 June 2017 01:30 (six years ago) link

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

― Heavy Doors (jed_), Friday, 23 June 2017 01:33 (six years ago) link

five years pass...

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

― Chewshabadoo, Monday, 17 April 2023 19:41 (one year ago) link

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.

― hoonja doonja love me anymore (Deflatormouse), Monday, 17 April 2023 22:16 (one year ago) link

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

― hoonja doonja love me anymore (Deflatormouse), Monday, 17 April 2023 22:18 (one year ago) link

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.

― Eyeball Kicks, Monday, 17 April 2023 23:28 (one year ago) link

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

― Andy the Grasshopper, Monday, 17 April 2023 23:39 (one year ago) link

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.

― papal hotwife (milo z), Monday, 17 April 2023 23:45 (one year ago) link

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

― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 18 April 2023 00:00 (one year ago) link

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