On Sat, 19 May 2012 13:36:51 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> I have been in Europe a couple times during Spargel season and most of
> the stuff I saw (in early May) was big, but not that big. I don't
> remember seeing pencil asparagus.

Were you in Germany? I was in quite a few open air markets and all
the asparagus was HUGE. That picture reflects exactly what I saw,
except they were long stalks. I don't know why those were so short
compared to the green.

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