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Default It's spargel season, bring the rice

On Tue, 22 May 2012 07:04:26 -0700 (PDT), spamtrap1888
> wrote:

> On May 22, 6:25*am, "ViLco" > wrote:
> > sf wrote:
> > > The asparagus in Europe is amazingly thick - a good inch thick, maybe
> > > more. *I don't know if it's a different type or what. *I just know
> > > that they prefer white (due to the way it's grown) asparagus for some
> > > odd reason

> >
> > Never heard of that. Even people in white-asparagi growing areas buy the
> > green ones, as even people from green-asparagi growing areas buy white ones.

>
> Not when I was in Munich. All I saw (street vendors, produce stands,
> supermarkets) was white asparagus.


Thank you for the back up.

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