― Ed (dali), Monday, 19 May 2003 10:27 (twenty years ago) link
Hurrah!
― Anna (Anna), Monday, 19 May 2003 18:22 (twenty years ago) link
― sand.y, Monday, 19 May 2003 18:34 (twenty years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 21:43 (twenty years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 22:03 (twenty years ago) link
― sand.y, Thursday, 29 May 2003 03:11 (twenty years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Thursday, 17 July 2003 23:48 (twenty years ago) link
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
add a little lemon pepper for zing
― jess (dubplatestyle), Friday, 18 July 2003 05:00 (twenty years ago) link
― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Friday, 18 July 2003 06:25 (twenty years ago) link
― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Friday, 18 July 2003 07:38 (twenty years ago) link
― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 18 July 2003 07:41 (twenty years ago) link
― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 18 July 2003 07:44 (twenty years ago) link
― chris (chris), Friday, 18 July 2003 07:45 (twenty years ago) link
― NA. (Nick A.), Friday, 18 July 2003 12:26 (twenty years ago) link
― Chris V. (Chris V), Friday, 18 July 2003 12:36 (twenty years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Friday, 18 July 2003 12:44 (twenty years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Wednesday, 27 August 2003 23:09 (twenty years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 27 August 2003 23:13 (twenty years ago) link
― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 8 December 2003 17:22 (twenty years ago) link
Otherwise it was great again.
― teeny (teeny), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 22:03 (twenty years ago) link
― Ian Johnson (orion), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 22:10 (twenty years ago) link
― NA (Nick A.), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 23:48 (twenty years ago) link
― Ian Johnson (orion), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 23:50 (twenty years ago) link
― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 23:52 (twenty years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 23:54 (twenty years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 23:55 (twenty years ago) link
― NA (Nick A.), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 23:56 (twenty years ago) link
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'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
― Clarke B. (Clarke B.), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 03:42 (twenty years ago) link
― Dave B (daveb), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 09:53 (twenty years ago) link
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
― chris (chris), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 11:07 (twenty years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 15:38 (twenty years ago) link
― chris (chris), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 16:13 (twenty years ago) link
― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 16:21 (twenty years ago) link
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
― chris (chris), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 19:27 (twenty years ago) link
― Tep (ktepi), Saturday, 6 March 2004 16:04 (twenty years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Saturday, 6 March 2004 16:08 (twenty years ago) link
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
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
― teeny (teeny), Monday, 3 May 2004 23:07 (nineteen years ago) link
It's really, really good with zatar. Let me scroll up to see if I've said that already. Nope, I didn't.
Also, it doesn't seem to work as well with white asparagus, at least the two times I tried it.
― Tep (ktepi), Monday, 3 May 2004 23:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 19:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― mark p (Mark P), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 20:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 20:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 20:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― mark p (Mark P), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 20:15 (nineteen years 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