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Thread Author: henry k	Replies: 27

New Fri 4 Mar 22 23:50   English Asparagus is now available - henry k

Some good news. www.thegrocer.co.uk/fruit-and-veg/waitrose-announces-start-of-early-british-asparagus-season/664959.article Two months early!! Time to send the staff ? Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 5 Mar 22 09:40   English Asparagus is now available - sherlock47

Roll on global warming. On our Waitrose delivery list for next week. However Country of origin on product information seems to be confused, -Italy, United, Kingdom, Peru, Mexico, maybe some one has global ambitions, Make Britain Great (again?). Last edited by: sherlock47 on Sat 5 Mar 22 at 09:42 Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 5 Mar 22 11:43   English Asparagus is now available - Rudedog

The one I complained about were the packets of Waitrose shallots that being imported from b***** Australia! I could believe it considering their 'green' mutterings. I know it was to fill a gap in the growing season but to fly them half way around the world when I could buy the same shallots at the same time from Lidls which came from France was just crazy. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 5 Mar 22 16:04   English Asparagus is now available - Rudedog

Just got back from doing the weekly shop.... Waitrose asparagus is being shipped from Mexico... still seems very early for the UK stuff..one hard frost and they'll be toast. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 5 Mar 22 16:22   English Asparagus is now available - Bromptonaut

>> Just got back from doing the weekly shop.... Waitrose asparagus is being shipped from Mexico... >> still seems very early for the UK stuff..one hard frost and they'll be toast. Heard something about English Asparagus being grown under some sort of cloches. Cannot stand the stuff myself. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 5 Mar 22 16:41   English Asparagus is now available - CGNorwich

Season starts in Norfolk ( where the best Asparagus comes from of course) in the first week of April. www.portwoodasparagus.co.uk/our-asparagus/how-to-buy/ Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 5 Mar 22 17:00   English Asparagus is now available - henry k

I quote The start and end of the season shifts from year-to-year depending on weather conditions. Traditionally, the British asparagus season runs from St George’s day on the 23rd April through to Summer Solstice on the 21st June. Until a few years ago one of the joys I had was to get to the local PYO at opening time and gather an excess of asparagus, rush home steam it and just gorge on it. They stopped the PYO but it was still the best crop available to me. If I can get out soon I will enquire about Waitrose supplies. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 5 Mar 22 18:41   English Asparagus is now available - Manatee

We like to have a run up towards Evesham and buy some fresh when the season starts. I didn't realise there were growers in Norfolk. We actually have a sparrowgrass cooker to boast about, bought from Aldi on clearance for about £10 a few years ago. Quite handy because the vegetable can be stood up with the stalks in the water and the spears in the steam and it cooks proportionately. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 5 Mar 22 18:49   English Asparagus is now available - CGNorwich

It’s quite a nig thing here in Norfolk. You get stalls by the side of the road selling the stuff. Little known fact. Asparagus is the only type of lilly cultivated for food. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 5 Mar 22 18:59   English Asparagus is now available - Manatee

I've been to Norfolk a lot, and never noticed. Probably not spent much time there in May and June Good quiz question about the lily. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 5 Mar 22 19:02   English Asparagus is now available - tyrednemotional

...in May 2019, whilst touring along the Elbe in the old East Germany (coming again soon to a continent near you), it was high season for Spargel (German white asparagus). Every (no exaggeration) b***** eating establishment had a Spargel special. I can take or leave asparagus, but SWMBO gave it a try. (I stuck with the Schweinshaxe). Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 5 Mar 22 19:05   English Asparagus is now available - tyrednemotional

>> >> Little known fact. Asparagus is the only type of lily cultivated for food. >> ....you try telling millions of people in Asia that. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 5 Mar 22 19:41   English Asparagus is now available - CGNorwich

I guess I shouldn’t have believed the bloke down the allotment although perhaps he meant in the UK Funnily enough I have a lot of Hemerocalis in the garden. I might give them a try come the summer! Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 6 Mar 22 09:25   English Asparagus is now available - Zero

>> Quite handy because the vegetable can be stood up >> with the stalks in the water and the spears in the steam and it cooks >> proportionately. One only eats the tips here in Surrey. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 6 Mar 22 10:38   English Asparagus is now available - Clk Sec

>> One only eats the tips here in Surrey. Such a waste... Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 6 Mar 22 11:40   English Asparagus is now available - Zero

>> >> One only eats the tips here in Surrey. >> >> Such a waste... Not really, I have a a couple of well bred dogs who appreciate the thicker stems, tho the elder one insists on them being sautéed in butter. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 6 Mar 22 11:49   English Asparagus is now available - CGNorwich

Does Asparagus have the same effect on dog wee as it does humans? Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 6 Mar 22 12:44   English Asparagus is now available - Zero

>> Does Asparagus have the same effect on dog wee as it does humans? I tend not to get near enough to notice. edit, dog wee that is, unlike my wee where i have to get near enough to test every couple of days or so. Last edited by: Zero on Sun 6 Mar 22 at 12:45 Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 6 Mar 22 13:26   English Asparagus is now available - henry k

>> Does Asparagus have the same effect on dog wee as it does humans? >> IIRC about 20% of humans generate no pong. Has anyone tested dogs? Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 6 Mar 22 13:49   English Asparagus is now available - CGNorwich

An ideal research project for Zero Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 6 Mar 22 16:29   English Asparagus is now available - Zero

>> An ideal research project for Zero I think ignorance, or more suitably indifference, is probably best outcome required for this project. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 5 Mar 22 20:36   English Asparagus is now available - slowdown avenue

i bought some from lidl shipped in from peru, real poor compared to my home grown. wife was cross with me , buying shipped in food. roll on st georges day. love a fresh asparagus sandwich Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 6 Mar 22 00:30   English Asparagus is now available - henry k

>> i bought some from Lidl shipped in from Peru, real poor compared to my home grown. It is all real poor compared with UK grown. >>.... love a fresh asparagus sandwich >>I hope to give that a try. Must dig out my asparagus steamer ready for the off. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 6 Mar 22 00:44   English Asparagus is now available - Stuartli

Some of the finest asparagus you can buy hails from the Formby sand dunes area here in the North West. it's been grown by local farmers since the 1800s. Around 200 acres were levelled by hand to create the fields and 10 acres of the site are still used to grow asparagus today. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 6 Mar 22 06:38   English Asparagus is now available - Clk Sec

Mrs CS bought a pack from Waitrose yesterday morning, which we had later with a fish pie and a few slices of their delicious Olive bread. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 6 Mar 22 07:44   English Asparagus is now available - Manatee

>> Some of the finest asparagus you can buy hails from the Formby sand dunes area >> here in the North West. The stuff from the roadside stalls by the sparrowgrass fields near Evesham is often noticeably sandy/gritty and best rinsed carefully. Perhaps the sandiness is a good thing for growing it. I don't think I'll bother trying to grow any in my soggy clay. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 6 Mar 22 08:21   English Asparagus is now available - legacylad

I picked some wild asparagus a few days ago whilst walking in Spain....pointed out to me by a fellow walker. It was thin reedy stuff...chomped on it as we walked along. Not unpleasant...now I know the reason why I’d seen locals out picking something on previous walks in that area Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 6 Mar 22 19:26   English Asparagus is now available - legacylad

The wild and eaten uncooked asparagus has had no effects on my urine colour. Probably neutralised by Gin, cerveza y vino before and during dining. Lamb lumbini. Hot. Reply to this message | Report message