"Bob Terwilliger" > ha scritto nel messaggio
> Pete C. replied to Giusi:
>
>>> I have actually been eating asparagus with poached egg often during this
>>> season. I am poaching the egg on top of the asparagus which is cooking
>>> lying down.
>>
>> You're boiling the asparagus?! I only ever steam or roast asparagus.
>> I'd>> think boiled asparagus would be rather like the sad canned
>> asparagus>> mush.

Well, it isn't. AAMOF, thgey even have asparagus boilers, do you not
recall? It could be if you overcooked it, but I like it very crisp, so
boiling is the easiest way to do it. I don't like it roasted as it looks
shriveled and abused and tastes funky to me.

> My favorite way to cook asparagus is flat in a skillet filled with
> boiling> salted water. You only cook the asparagus until it turns bright
> green and> softens slightly; you don't cook it to mush. I don't think I'd
> have success
> following Giusi's technique because when I cook asparagus the water is
> boiling a bit too vigorously for poaching eggs.

But that's just how I am cooking it, albeit in a smaller pan than if the
spears were whole. Boiling is boiling, so it doesn't have to be jumping out
of the pan. Just add the egg(s) at the right second and cover. Remove when
the white is white and the yolk is runny.