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Default It's spargel season, bring the rice

Il 17/05/2012 17:47, Sqwertz ha scritto:

> Note that Vilco is probably referring to white asparagus. Only
> Westerners eat that yucky green stuff.


In my area, Emilia, white asparagus is less common than in areas like
Bologna and southern Veneto, where they also grow many premium white
varietes. Here asparagi are almost all green, as the ones I used: green
pencil sized asparagi from Modena county, probably grown in a greenhouse.
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