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Katra > wrote in
:

> In article >,
> (PENMART01) wrote:
>
>> >Katra wrote:
>> >
>> >Hmmmmmm.... for cream of Asparagus soup, I usually save up a few
>> >lbs. of "woody" asparagus stems in the freezer.
>> >
>> >I run them thru a china cap and then add some chicken stock to the
>> >resulting asparagus moosh, get it simmering and add some fresh
>> >chopped, or even canned asparagus, (one of the very few uses for
>> >canned asparagus!) then thicken with arrowroot rather than flour.
>>
>> >
>> >Making the asparagus extract is quite a bit of work, but it salvages
>> >the tougher stems.
>>
>> I can't be bothered saving the ends... after breaking off the tough
>> ends I make
>> a treat of munching out the pith, tastes great but makes for some
>> mighty smelly
>> pith! hehe
>>
>> Sheldon
>
> <snort> Sure does....... ;-)
> Wierd how it does that.
>
> K.
>

I read somewhere (it might have been here) that it affects some people
that way, but not others. Never knew that.

Wayne