On Fri, 15 Apr 2016 01:16:42 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>This is what I heard Jacques Pepin say.

Jacques Pepin needs help if he thinks leeks are in any way similar to
asparagus.

>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 love asparagus but don't see the similarities.