It's asparagus time!

[wiseheart]

The season came a little later than usual, but finally it's there. Mum and I both love asparagus, and fortunately, so do the Germans in general. I think they relate to asparagus the same way Hobbits relate to mushrooms. Which is a good thing, because it means that you can find literally hundreds of fantastic recipes for asparagus dishes on the Net. If you're an asparagus lover, google for "Spargelrezepte". Google offers you the instant translation from German, so if you're not that fluent in the language you'll still be able to manage.

So far, we've had asparagus with ham, cheese sauce and baked potatoes three times and asparagus with melted butter and roast bread crumbs and scrambled eggs (also added ham and baked potatoes) once. I'm going to try the Asparagus Milanese next, or the Polnish art. Or the version with poultry stripes. Or the one with mozzarella. I'm not sure which one to try first.

Asparagus is not unreasonably expensive, it has valuable minerals in it and very few calories, aside from being the tastiest vegetable on this planet. It's also a good thing that there are so many ways to prepare it. The only bad thing is: you get a tennis arm in every asparagus season, from all the peeling. But we manage. *g*

Also, I had the weirdest plotcritters about Hobbits cooking asparagus and calling it "the Elf root", for obvious reasons. I think I'm a hopeless case where the mind-in-the-gutter aspect of life is considered. Still, I'm sure the Hobbits would forget all about mushrooms, should they get the chance to know asparagus.

Okay, shutting up now...

Comments

[ajmckay.livejournal.com]

Yummy,asparagus. I don't cook my own, but Noodles and Company makes a mean asparagus dish that is their seasonal special right now. I think I know where I'm heading to before going into work. *grins*

[lissas-elves.livejournal.com]

Elf root! ROFL. My-my, I think you'd better write that story. :-))

Yes, asparagus taste just yummy! *starts thinking of what to make for supper tomorrow* And strawberries are in season, too!

[missyvortexdv.livejournal.com]

Mmmm, I wish I'd been able to plant some, it's so expensive in the shops. Always next year though.

[jilba.livejournal.com]

You want to try picking asparagus...it's a killer. Crawling across wind swept icy fields, up to one's knees in mud armed with a knife...please really enjoy your asparagus. Some one has suffered for your pleasure!

[mistry89.livejournal.com]

It's winter here, so it is Brussels Sprouts (yum!) time. I've never "got into" asparagus, possibly because I was forced to eat them as a child (over-boiled and soggy - cauliflower is also on my "ruined in childhood" list, even with cheese sauce!).
Perhaps I should revisit asparagus next season .....
Cheers!

[disthrainsdotte.livejournal.com]

It sounds like a good idea for a fic, if you get the time to write it.

[ithilwen.livejournal.com]

Asparagus is doubly delicious because its season is so short. Enjoy it while you can!

(I've thought about planting some asparagus here at Himring, but can't decide where I would put it. As a perennial, it just won't work in my current vegetable beds, which get a new layout every spring.)