Add group to favorites
Back to post list
Send new message to group Search:
Post Subject:
Asparagus cleaning
Asparagus cleaning
Someone posted recently about instructions to soak asparagus in cold
water for a while before preparing. I now know why. To get the dirt
out. Yesterday I put a bunch in a container of water for an hour or
so. Dirt and sand in the bottom of the container when I took the
asparagus out.
I have about 10 pounds that I have to do something with tomorrow. Pick
out some for pickling and anything we are not going to eat immediately
goes into soup. I am putting the soup in the freezer in vacuum sealed
bags. The soup recipe is from Emeril. It used the whole spear so
there is no waste.
--
Susan N.
"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)
Someone posted recently about instructions to soak asparagus in cold
water for a while before preparing. I now know why. To get the dirt
out. Yesterday I put a bunch in a container of water for an hour or
so. Dirt and sand in the bottom of the container when I took the
asparagus out.
I have about 10 pounds that I have to do something with tomorrow. Pick
out some for pickling and anything we are not going to eat immediately
goes into soup. I am putting the soup in the freezer in vacuum sealed
bags. The soup recipe is from Emeril. It used the whole spear so
there is no waste.
--
Susan N.
"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)
Re: Asparagus cleaning
On Tue 22 Apr 2008 02:50:38p, The Cook told us...
> Someone posted recently about instructions to soak asparagus in cold
> water for a while before preparing. I now know why. To get the dirt
> out. Yesterday I put a bunch in a container of water for an hour or
> so. Dirt and sand in the bottom of the container when I took the
> asparagus out.
Yes, often dirt and sand which is held in the spear tips, and sometimes
even little bugs that the soak will drive out of the heads.
> I have about 10 pounds that I have to do something with tomorrow. Pick
> out some for pickling and anything we are not going to eat immediately
> goes into soup. I am putting the soup in the freezer in vacuum sealed
> bags. The soup recipe is from Emeril. It used the whole spear so
> there is no waste.
>
--
Wayne Boatwright
-------------------------------------------
Tuesday, 04(IV)/22(XXII)/08(MMVIII)
-------------------------------------------
Today is: Earth Day
Countdown till Memorial Day
4wks 5dys 9hrs 55mins
-------------------------------------------
When subtlety fails us, we must resort
to cream pies.
-------------------------------------------
On Tue 22 Apr 2008 02:50:38p, The Cook told us...
> Someone posted recently about instructions to soak asparagus in cold
> water for a while before preparing. I now know why. To get the dirt
> out. Yesterday I put a bunch in a container of water for an hour or
> so. Dirt and sand in the bottom of the container when I took the
> asparagus out.
Yes, often dirt and sand which is held in the spear tips, and sometimes
even little bugs that the soak will drive out of the heads.
> I have about 10 pounds that I have to do something with tomorrow. Pick
> out some for pickling and anything we are not going to eat immediately
> goes into soup. I am putting the soup in the freezer in vacuum sealed
> bags. The soup recipe is from Emeril. It used the whole spear so
> there is no waste.
>
--
Wayne Boatwright
-------------------------------------------
Tuesday, 04(IV)/22(XXII)/08(MMVIII)
-------------------------------------------
Today is: Earth Day
Countdown till Memorial Day
4wks 5dys 9hrs 55mins
-------------------------------------------
When subtlety fails us, we must resort
to cream pies.
-------------------------------------------
Re: Asparagus cleaning
Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Tue 22 Apr 2008 02:50:38p, The Cook told us...
>
>> Someone posted recently about instructions to soak asparagus in cold
>> water for a while before preparing. I now know why. To get the dirt
>> out. Yesterday I put a bunch in a container of water for an hour or
>> so. Dirt and sand in the bottom of the container when I took the
>> asparagus out.
>
> Yes, often dirt and sand which is held in the spear tips, and sometimes
> even little bugs that the soak will drive out of the heads.
>
>> I have about 10 pounds that I have to do something with tomorrow. Pick
>> out some for pickling and anything we are not going to eat immediately
>> goes into soup. I am putting the soup in the freezer in vacuum sealed
>> bags. The soup recipe is from Emeril. It used the whole spear so
>> there is no waste.
>>
>
>
>
I generally soak broccoli and cauliflower from our garden in salted
water for a couple of hours for the bug reason. No sand in our gardens,
just loam and clay down to about 2000 feet (used to be the bottom of the
Gulf of Mexico a zillion years ago).
Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Tue 22 Apr 2008 02:50:38p, The Cook told us...
>
>> Someone posted recently about instructions to soak asparagus in cold
>> water for a while before preparing. I now know why. To get the dirt
>> out. Yesterday I put a bunch in a container of water for an hour or
>> so. Dirt and sand in the bottom of the container when I took the
>> asparagus out.
>
> Yes, often dirt and sand which is held in the spear tips, and sometimes
> even little bugs that the soak will drive out of the heads.
>
>> I have about 10 pounds that I have to do something with tomorrow. Pick
>> out some for pickling and anything we are not going to eat immediately
>> goes into soup. I am putting the soup in the freezer in vacuum sealed
>> bags. The soup recipe is from Emeril. It used the whole spear so
>> there is no waste.
>>
>
>
>
I generally soak broccoli and cauliflower from our garden in salted
water for a couple of hours for the bug reason. No sand in our gardens,
just loam and clay down to about 2000 feet (used to be the bottom of the
Gulf of Mexico a zillion years ago).
