Cut our first asparagus of 2010 this morning. Lightly steamed, placed
on a slice of toasted homemade whole grain bread and topped with a
poached egg. When cut, the egg yolk serves as the sauce.
Over the next few weeks we'll be eating our fill along with blanching,
vac-packing and freezing the bounty.
Asparagus from the freezer in the middle of winter is pretty good but,
nothing beats cutting and enjoying the first asparagus of spring. It's
one of the few joys of having winter.

Ross.
Southern Ontario, Canada.
43º 17' 26.75" North
80º 13' 29.46" West

On 4/21/2010 11:11 AM, wrote:
> Cut our first asparagus of 2010 this morning. Lightly steamed, placed
> on a slice of toasted homemade whole grain bread and topped with a
> poached egg. When cut, the egg yolk serves as the sauce.
> Over the next few weeks we'll be eating our fill along with blanching,
> vac-packing and freezing the bounty.
> Asparagus from the freezer in the middle of winter is pretty good but,
> nothing beats cutting and enjoying the first asparagus of spring. It's
> one of the few joys of having winter.
>
> Ross.
> Southern Ontario, Canada.
> 43º 17' 26.75" North
> 80º 13' 29.46" West

I'm envious Ross, I have no more room to plant asparagus, even though it
does grow in our climate. Guess I will have to be content with citrus
fruit, and green beans at two crops a year.

"George Shirley" > wrote in message
news
> On 4/21/2010 11:11 AM, wrote:
>> Cut our first asparagus of 2010 this morning. Lightly steamed, placed
>> on a slice of toasted homemade whole grain bread and topped with a
>> poached egg. When cut, the egg yolk serves as the sauce.
>> Over the next few weeks we'll be eating our fill along with blanching,
>> vac-packing and freezing the bounty.
>> Asparagus from the freezer in the middle of winter is pretty good but,
>> nothing beats cutting and enjoying the first asparagus of spring. It's
>> one of the few joys of having winter.
>>
>> Ross.
>> Southern Ontario, Canada.
>> 43º 17' 26.75" North
>> 80º 13' 29.46" West
>
> I'm envious Ross, I have no more room to plant asparagus, even though it
> does grow in our climate. Guess I will have to be content with citrus
> fruit, and green beans at two crops a year.

I envy you both, but right now, I'm remembering the days of visiting my Dad
in Picton, Ontario, and the asparagus farm - and buying 10 pounds of #1's
(the skinny ones, nothing bigger that your pinky) and eating a good bunch of
it as is, right out of the bag, on the way home...and again later instead of
popcorn!

yummo with an egg...I'm drooling at the thought!

Kathi

In article >,
George Shirley > wrote:

> does grow in our climate. Guess I will have to be content with citrus
> fruit, and green beans at two crops a year.


How's your leaf celery doing?

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Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.me.com/barbschaller
Updated 4-17-2010

On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:43:55 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>In article >,
> George Shirley > wrote:
>
>> does grow in our climate. Guess I will have to be content with citrus
>> fruit, and green beans at two crops a year.
>
>
>How's your leaf celery doing?
And is the leaf celery (afina) an annual or perennial? Mine seems to
be coming back with, so far, no signs of flowering.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)

On 4/22/2010 10:00 AM, The Cook wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:43:55 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> > wrote:
>
>> In article<DOidndu05rTnyFLWnZ2dnUVZ_uaknZ2d@giganews. com>,
>> George > wrote:
>>
>>> does grow in our climate. Guess I will have to be content with citrus
>>> fruit, and green beans at two crops a year.
>>
>>
>> How's your leaf celery doing?
> And is the leaf celery (afina) an annual or perennial? Mine seems to
> be coming back with, so far, no signs of flowering.

In my climate it comes back annually but from seed dropped by the
flowering plants, not from the roots. Like parsley it appears to be a
biannual, grows for two years, then dies after flowering and producing
seeds. Seeds are fairly cheap from many seed companies. Mine has been
growing for more than ten years so a good start works out well.

In article >,
The Cook > wrote:

> On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:43:55 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> > wrote:
>
> >In article >,
> > George Shirley > wrote:
> >
> >> does grow in our climate. Guess I will have to be content with citrus
> >> fruit, and green beans at two crops a year.
> >
> >
> >How's your leaf celery doing?
> And is the leaf celery (afina) an annual or perennial? Mine seems to
> be coming back with, so far, no signs of flowering.

Jorge's grows like a danged shrub!!


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http://web.me.com/barbschaller
Updated 4-17-2010

On 4/24/2010 8:06 AM, Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In >,
> The > wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:43:55 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> In article<DOidndu05rTnyFLWnZ2dnUVZ_uaknZ2d@giganews. com>,
>>> George > wrote:
>>>
>>>> does grow in our climate. Guess I will have to be content with citrus
>>>> fruit, and green beans at two crops a year.
>>>
>>>
>>> How's your leaf celery doing?
>> And is the leaf celery (afina) an annual or perennial? Mine seems to
>> be coming back with, so far, no signs of flowering.
>
> Jorge's grows like a danged shrub!!
>
>
Jorge's what grows like a danged shrub? <G>

This year you would be right, last year sucked for the leaf celery,
that's why no care package last year. This year you will probably get lucky.

I'm waiting to see if we get a NZ spinach crop this year, I ran plum out
of the stuff this past winter. I planted the seeds about fifteen years
ago and the stuff has just been coming up on its own since. I dehydrate
the leaves and use them in stews and soups all winter. They're okay
steamed and eaten like spinach but I like them better in soups and stews.

Don't ever plant epazote, aka "Mexican bean herb," damn stuff puts seeds
on at every leaf joint and spreads worse than an oil spill on the
Mississippi. I've rooted most of it out but can still pick some along
the fence line where it's hard to get to.

I planted jicama, aka "Mexican turnip," and the things got as big as a
football really quick. Got to be to tough to eat or cook so rooted them
out and tossed them in the compost. The other invasive plant I tried was
Chinese yam, tasteless, made seeds at every joint and was a PITA to get
rid of. Hell, chiles get dropped on the ground and then the whole thing
germinates. One way to get chiles without having to plant all the time I
guess but adds to the problems of a warm climate.

On 4/22/2010 8:43 AM, Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article<DOidndu05rTnyFLWnZ2dnUVZ_uaknZ2d@giganews. com>,
> George > wrote:
>
>> does grow in our climate. Guess I will have to be content with citrus
>> fruit, and green beans at two crops a year.
>
>
> How's your leaf celery doing?
>
I'm going to dehydrate a fairly large batch tomorrow. Your name and
address are around here someplace. Let's see, now where did I hide that?

The cold winter we just passed has done wonders for the leaf celery, at
least four batches of it growing here and there in the herb garden. It
is shoosting up to the sky.

In article >,
wrote:

> Cut our first asparagus of 2010 this morning.


Hissss-s-s-s-s-s.



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Updated 4-17-2010

That sounds great-i take and put a little ollve oil on cookie sheet-roll
the asparagrass in it sprinkle paremesan cheese and bake-

"Mary~~ Smokey" > wrote in message
...
> That sounds great-i take and put a little ollve oil on cookie sheet-roll
> the asparagrass in it sprinkle paremesan cheese and bake-

yum! we toss it with olive oil, balsamic vinegar, garlic, salt and pepper
then grill to tender crisp!

Kathi


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