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1. Login wrote: Ahh! Good stuff. |
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2. indigo wrote: Absolutely, had some just the other night! Nice pic. |
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3. marg wrote: Huh.. you can see indigo had some - she's taken the tips ! |
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4. sheftali52 wrote: ah yes, no tips! has anyone had any white asparagus? so yummy! I hear it's white because it's picked before it breaks through the top of the soil, and thus it has no green color. |
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5. marg wrote: nah.. I think they grow it like rhubarb - cover it up until it's nearly ready to pick - but I could be wrong ! |
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6. Login wrote: I have seen it grown commercially in Germany, and they build the soil up around it as it grows, to blanche the stems. It's delicious. |
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7. sheftali52 wrote: Germany is where I first discovered white asparagus. It was weird to see the hilly rows of sandy soil, and the asparagus was covered up, as Login said. The Spargel Suppe (asparagus soup) made from white asparagus was out of this world! |
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8. Login wrote: Spargel Suppe! You've brought culinary memories flooding back to me. Mmmmm ... |
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