dan wrote on 11 Apr 2007 12:46:54 -0700:


??>> Toss with salt, pepper and Olive Oil - broil.
??>>
d> agreed!
d> I like to pop them in boiling water for 30 seconds first,
d> then reduce the broil time.

Can I use this reply to add another question? Can anyone explain
why the price of a pound of asparagus is most often $0.99,
$1.99, $2.99 etc? I wonder how this custom arose since I don't
seem to remember seeing prices like $1.45/lb and the price seems
to go up *and* down from week to week in whole dollar
increments?

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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