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Went out this morning and pi
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I don't recall ever seeing wild asparagus... in the wild.
We used to find it in the summer when the stalks had gone to seed and looked like small boney Christmas trees then file the location away in our memory banks and go back in the spring.
...I was told that all the 'miniature' veggies that are oh so cute now and so popular don't have as much flavor as the regular kinds. (Not just the young/small ones, but ones that never get big, thanks to plant geneticists.)
I prefer the fat ones too----- because they have more flavor. I used to pick wild asparagus all the time and they 'are' good but not as much..........
I was told that all the 'miniature' veggies that are oh so cute now and so popular don't have as much flavor as the regular kinds. (Not just the young/small ones, but ones that never get big, thanks to plant geneticists.)
Yep. That's the way to do it. Urban gleaning is a bit more of a challenge ever since I read that one shouldn't pick plants on park land property.
I don't think there is any actually wild asparagus in North America. It isn't native. I think the "wild asparagus" is actually feral.
Yep. That's the way to do it. Urban gleaning is a bit more of a challenge ever since I read that one shouldn't pick plants on park land property.
Actually, the other way around. Farmed asparagus is simply "feral" asparagus that's been cultivated. The stuff people pick and call wild asparagus in this country is the same variety you buy in the grocery store. And "white asparagus" is simply green asparagus that's covered over with dirt or plastic tunnels to keep the sunlight out, which in turn prevents it from creating chlorophyll.I don't think there is any actually wild asparagus in North America. It isn't native. I think the "wild asparagus" is actually feral.
I'm confused. I call it feral because it escaped from cultivation. It's not native to North America. It was brought here in the 1700s, presumably to cultivate it. I agree it's the same species as the cultivated asparagus.Actually, the other way around. Farmed asparagus is simply "feral" asparagus that's been cultivated. The stuff people pick and call wild asparagus in this country is the same variety you buy in the grocery store. And "white asparagus" is simply green asparagus that's covered over with dirt or plastic tunnels to keep the sunlight out, which in turn prevents it from creating chlorophyll.
Actually, the other way around. Farmed asparagus is simply "feral" asparagus that's been cultivated. The stuff people pick and call wild asparagus in this country is the same variety you buy in the grocery store.
I agree. When on vacation in Aruba, we buy huge fat carrots at the supermarket that are sweeter and more flavorful than the bagged mini carrots we see at home.
They don't. Give me a big hunk of a carrot, potato or any veggie. Sure some of the big ones have more seeds, but that problem is easily solved. Scrape them out if they bother you. Grape tomatoes are totally flavorless to me. I want flavor, not cuteness.