On Fri, 18 May 2012 15:20:42 -0700, Bob Terwilliger
> wrote:

>Clueless AOL newbie Sheldon "Pussy" Katz wrote:
>
>> My complaint regarding thin asparagus is that typically they are cut
>> much closer to the ground when harvested (the rip off plan starts way
>> early, in the field) and since asparagus are sold by weight it's been
>> my experience that more than half the thin asparagus I purchase (by
>> weight) are inedible.
>
>Sure must suck to live in a place where grocers and farmers are so
>dishonest.

Most of NY's asparagus ship from CA, and Mexico... I have a huge
rubberband ball from asparagus, all are printed grown in CA/Mex. Our
local asparagus are mostly shipped to the big cities where they fetch
higher prices. Most people here have their own asparagus patch. I
never bothered, I'm not so fond of asparagus that I'm willing to do
the labor of hand weeding. And I'm one of those very rare people who
actually enjoys canned asparagus and admits it.