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Leeks. The poor man's asparagus?
"Bruce" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 15 Apr 2016 03:27:57 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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>>"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.
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>>>>> 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.
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>>> 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.
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>>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.
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> Green tastes... greener and is firmer. White tastes creamier and it's
> softer. You wouldn't stir fry it, whereas green is great stir fried.
> You need to have the right sandy soil to grow white asparagus.
Okay. Thanks.
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