I am sitting here eating a plate of asparagus.
I eat asparagus every day at this time of year...
and then not again until the following spring.
There is nothing quite as delicious as fresh asparagus...
and the secret is in the preparation.
(Although, I have to admit... I love it raw as well.)
No water ever touches my asparagus.
I sauté it on top of the stove in a little EVOO, or I roast it in the oven...
that way it always has a little crunch to it and tastes heavenly fresh!
We even eat asparagus in our omelets.
If you like asparagus, consider planting some roots in your garden,
and you, too, can enjoy this once-a-year delicacy.
I never buy asparagus in the grocery store.
By the time it reaches the store, it has traveled so many miles and spent so many days
out of the soil that it looses most all of its nutritional value
as well as its sublime taste.
So.... if you can... grow your own... or at least buy local.
Your taste buds will thank you!
I have been spending every spare moment gardening lately.
It's wonderful!
There is nothing that I find quite as rewarding as growing and then harvesting my own produce.
To watch life emerge from the ground out of a tiny seed...
and then grow into a huge bio-mass capable of sustaining life...
absolutely miraculous!
I took a pre-view video yesterday for you.
Unfortunately a storm was rolling in and the wind drowned out my voice...
which is not very loud right now as I am getting over laryngitis
(hence my absence yesterday...
my pink fairy decided to share her upper respiratory infection with me.
Fairies are like that!)
I also finished my larger fairy garden...
I'll take you for a preview tour of the vegetable garden on a sunny day.
Sound good? OK! It's a date!
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Love your fairy garden. I abandoned mine last year, perhaps time to dig it out and refurbish. The little gargoyle!... hobbit?... elf? ... adorable.
Hope you're feeling stronger today. The asparagus can only help, right?
Looking forward to your veggie video. Enjoy your gardening "chores". ;0D
Had never tasted it until our move from Wisconsin to Michigan in '75.
Lo and behold . . . we moved next door to a family whose grandparents introduced
asparagus to western Michigan. We enjoyed asparagus daily back then . . .
We had our first 2017 asparagus on Sunday . . . just coming up in our area.
We can find "freshly picked daily" asparagus at road side stands near our home.
And I agree . . . FRESH is the way to go . . . and a bit crunchy too.
We cook it many ways . . . love it grilled.
Deep fried asparagus in restaurants is very popular here . . .
Thanks in advance Margy in KY