jmcquown wrote:
> Nancy Young wrote:
>> "Steve Pope" > wrote
>>
>>> Contrast to people who go to the bin of $30/lb porcini mushrooms,
>>> pull of the stems and leave them there, taking only the caps.
>>> Now that's slimeball.
>>
>> To fan the flames, people on this very newsgroup have mentioned
>> snapping off the ends of asparagus and leaving them there.
>>
>> I say if the price was for asparagus tips, they might have a right.
>> The price is for the whole asparagus.
>>
>> nancy
>>
> Besides, if you snap the ends off at home you can use them when making
> vegetable stock
>
> Jill

Shame on you Soup Lady. .. . they ends make excellent cream of asparagus
soup ;o}
Janet