I like fresh and canned I use canned in salads or for snacks. Good
way to fill up when hungry and need low carb. I buy the expensive canned
stuff though not the pale, tough, stringy cheap stuff which is vile.

"Tiger Lily" > wrote in message
...
> On 5/16/2011 7:09 AM, Janet wrote:
>> KROM wrote:
>>> hah too funny!
>>>
>>> tho that's one vegg I haven't learned to like..blech..lol
>>>
>>> KROM
>>>
>>>
>>> "Cheri" wrote
>>> Once when I was working at a small restaurant, the new girl was
>>> cleaning the aparagus, throwing the tip parts in the garbage, and
>>> keeping the bottom part of the stalks. She got a good razzing for
>>> that. :-)
>>> Cheri
>>
>> Probably because you've only had it overcooked. Lots of people have
>> an
>> aversion to asparagus because they were subjected to the canned stuff
>> at an
>> early age.
>>
>> You might want to try buying a small bunch, snapping and discarding
>> the
>> ends, and rolling the stalks in olive oil, coarse salt, and fresh
>> black
>> pepper. Then grill them on high heat until just slightly blackened
>> here and
>> there but still a bit crisp. Eat hot or at room temp.
>>
>> If you don't like that, then there really is no hope for you and
>> asparagus!
>>
>>
>>
> raw asparagus tastes like peas, i love it
>
> and yes, that canned stuff was beyond HORRID
> and the asparagus ran thru the fork with strands of fibre holding this
> pale green 'thing' in place
> gack!
>
> kate