Use for questions about asparagus, a vegetable made from the shoot of the Asparagus officinalis plant.
Questions tagged [asparagus]
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What is the proper way to trim green asparagus?
I've heard of several approaches to cutting green asparagus to remove the woody ends from the bottom which are no good to eat. In general, none seem to take account of the thickness, or the age or freshness. For instance:
Alton Brown recommends…
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What is the difference between white and green asparagus?
Is there any difference between white and green asparagus in terms of taste, texture, etc?
I've had green asparagus lots of times but never white asparagus.
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What to put in the water when cooking white asparagus?
The recipes for cooking white asparagus (the kind popular in Germany, not the green one) add a few things to the water for cooking that seem a bit odd to me. Typical recipes use some or all of the following ingredients
salt
sugar
lemon…
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Cooked white asparagus is stringy
Everytime I cook white asparagus it has these strings in it, which are not really pleasant. Is it normal thing? Or I am doing something wrong? I peel asparagus and cook it in boiling water for 15 minutes in boiling water.
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Why does my asparagus turn out too chewy?
When I make asparagus, I cut off the ends and boil them in water for about 5 minutes. I discard the ends, and add the other half of the (uncooked) asparagus into the pan with the same water for 8-10 minutes (medium high heat). Afterwards, I place…
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Why cut and discard the base of asparagus, before dipping in water?
Please see this City Super video clip. Why do they recommend truncating the base in step #3 (將蘆筍末端切掉) before standing them in water?
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