"Bruce" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 15 Apr 2016 01:59:41 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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>>"Bruce" > wrote in message
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>>> On Fri, 15 Apr 2016 01:16:42 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>> > wrote:
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>>>>This is what I heard Jacques Pepin say. He said that asparagus was
>>>>expensive in France so the poor buy leeks and serve them as they would
>>>>asparagus. Granted my forays with leeks have been few but I do like
>>>>them.
>>>>I can't stand asparagus and can't see the similarities.
>>>
>>> I don't think he meant to say they taste the same, although I like
>>> both a lot.
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>>He mentioned a mustard sauce that he said you would use on both. I have
>>made Hollandaise for asparagus. But that was a lot time ago. Might have
>>had mustard in it but I don't think so.
>
> I guess he was talking about green asparagus, not white. White
> asparagus is one of the few food items I can't find in Australia, by
> the way.

Aside from color, how are they different? I don't think I've seen white for
sale but I've also never looked. I do remember a restaurant having it. My
mom raved about how good it was. But then... She loved canned asparagus.
Blech.