About asparagus

Sheldon spewed:

: Anyone can do that at home... asparagus continues to grow after
: harvesting... in fact asparagus farmers have developed packaging for
: shipping with about 4" head room because that's about how much more
: they grow on the way to your stupidmarket. Asparagus for shipment are
: harvested prematurely, which is primarily why they don't taste nearly
: as good as those harvested from ones own patch... plus anyone who buys
: asparagus from the stupidmarket has never tasted fresh, those at the
: market are a minimum of a week since harvested and even thouhg they
: look attractive they are actually very poor quality.

Excuse me? Asparagus is harvested by cutting the spear, after which
it has been cut off from its' root system. It cannot and does not
grow after that because it is no longer receiving any moisture or
nutrients. You must have magic asparagus!!! It's that little
asparagus between your legs that grows to 4" head, moron.

Quoted message said:

Sheldon spewed:

: Anyone can do that at home... asparagus continues to grow after
: harvesting... in fact asparagus farmers have developed packaging for
: shipping with about 4" head room because that's about how much more
: they grow on the way to your stupidmarket. Asparagus for shipment are
: harvested prematurely, which is primarily why they don't taste nearly
: as good as those harvested from ones own patch... plus anyone who buys
: asparagus from the stupidmarket has never tasted fresh, those at the
: market are a minimum of a week since harvested and even thouhg they
: look attractive they are actually very poor quality.

Excuse me? Asparagus is harvested by cutting the spear, after which
it has been cut off from its' root system. It cannot and does not
grow after that because it is no longer receiving any moisture or
nutrients. You must have magic asparagus!!! It's that little
asparagus between your legs that grows to 4" head, moron.

Give Sheldon a break. Let him live these fantasies of his. It's
probably all he has left.

-sw

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden]

Quoted message said:

Sheldon spewed:

: Anyone can do that at home... asparagus continues to grow after
: harvesting... in fact asparagus farmers have developed packaging for
: shipping with about 4" head room because that's about how much more
: they grow on the way to your stupidmarket. Asparagus for shipment are
: harvested prematurely, which is primarily why they don't taste nearly
: as good as those harvested from ones own patch... plus anyone who buys
: asparagus from the stupidmarket has never tasted fresh, those at the
: market are a minimum of a week since harvested and even thouhg they
: look attractive they are actually very poor quality.

Excuse me? Asparagus is harvested by cutting the spear, after which
it has been cut off from its' root system. It cannot and does not
grow after that because it is no longer receiving any moisture or
nutrients. You must have magic asparagus!!! It's that little
asparagus between your legs that grows to 4" head, moron.

Wrong.

All plants grow from the tip, the terminal bud.
If the asparagus has light and water, it can indeed continue to lengthen.

I suggest you trim the base of an asparagus spear and place the base in
water, and watch it fern out.

I have grown many an Ivy from cuttings, with no soil, just placed in
water...

I have grown pineapple tops, just placed in water with plenty of light.
I do stick them in soil after a week or so, but they do grow in the mean
time.
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Steve Wertz said:

Quoted message said:

Sheldon spewed:

: Anyone can do that at home... asparagus continues to grow after
: harvesting... in fact asparagus farmers have developed packaging for
: shipping with about 4" head room because that's about how much more
: they grow on the way to your stupidmarket. Asparagus for shipment are
: harvested prematurely, which is primarily why they don't taste nearly
: as good as those harvested from ones own patch... plus anyone who buys
: asparagus from the stupidmarket has never tasted fresh, those at the
: market are a minimum of a week since harvested and even thouhg they
: look attractive they are actually very poor quality.

Excuse me? Asparagus is harvested by cutting the spear, after which
it has been cut off from its' root system. It cannot and does not
grow after that because it is no longer receiving any moisture or
nutrients. You must have magic asparagus!!! It's that little
asparagus between your legs that grows to 4" head, moron.

Give Sheldon a break. Let him live these fantasies of his. It's
probably all he has left.

-sw

Sorry babe, but Sheldon is right.

Try it sometime and see...
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On Wed, 9 May 2007 19:04:55 +0000 (UTC), [email hidden] magnanimously
proffered:

Quoted message said:

Sheldon spewed:

: Anyone can do that at home... asparagus continues to grow after
: harvesting... in fact asparagus farmers have developed packaging for
: shipping with about 4" head room because that's about how much more
: they grow on the way to your stupidmarket. Asparagus for shipment are
: harvested prematurely, which is primarily why they don't taste nearly
: as good as those harvested from ones own patch... plus anyone who buys
: asparagus from the stupidmarket has never tasted fresh, those at the
: market are a minimum of a week since harvested and even thouhg they
: look attractive they are actually very poor quality.

Excuse me? Asparagus is harvested by cutting the spear, after which
it has been cut off from its' root system. It cannot and does not
grow after that because it is no longer receiving any moisture or
nutrients. You must have magic asparagus!!! It's that little
asparagus between your legs that grows to 4" head, moron.

Absolutely wrong! We've spent quite a bit of time in England's premier
asparagus growing area (the Severn Valley) and have learned about
asparagus (and other things like French cheeses and wild Scottish
smoked salmon) from my wife's late aunt, who was a Cordon Blue trained
cook.

There is "first cut" or thinnings known as "sprue," the "second cut"
and, if I'm not mistaken, even third cuts of asparagus.

http://www.gardenline.usask.ca/veg/perennia.html

http://www.inberry.com/asparagus.html

While we were staying at my wife's aunt's house in the little village
of Kempsey (near Worcester), we'd go out to the asparagus farms and
get that day's cuttings and sometimes talk asparagus with the farmer.
I don't think I could ever tire of eating sparrowgrass.

Omelet said:

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden]

Quoted message said:

Sheldon spewed:

Quoted message said:

: Anyone can do that at home... asparagus continues to grow after
: harvesting... in fact asparagus farmers have developed packaging for
: shipping with about 4" head room because that's about how much more
: they grow on the way to your stupidmarket.  Asparagus for shipment are
: harvested prematurely, which is primarily why they don't taste nearly
: as good as those harvested from ones own patch... plus anyone who buys
: asparagus from the stupidmarket has never tasted fresh, those at the
: market are a minimum of a week since harvested and even thouhg they
: look attractive they are actually very poor quality.

Quoted message said:

Excuse me?  Asparagus is harvested by cutting the spear, after which
it has been cut off from its' root system.  It cannot and does not
grow after that because it is no longer receiving any moisture or
nutrients.  You must have magic asparagus!!!   It's that little
asparagus between your legs that grows to 4" head, moron.

Wrong.

All plants grow from the tip, the terminal bud.
If the asparagus has light and water, it can indeed continue to lengthen.

I suggest you trim the base of an asparagus spear and place the base in
water, and watch it fern out.

I have grown many an Ivy from cuttings, with no soil, just placed in
water...

I have grown pineapple tops, just placed in water with plenty of light.
I do stick them in soil after a week or so, but they do grow in the mean
time.

Who hasn't had sprouted potatoes and onions, and by doing nothing.
And asparagus grow really fast, spears can grow 6-8 inches in a day...
a gal can faint! 😉

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Sheldon said:

Omelet omp said:

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden]

Quoted message said:

Sheldon spewed:

Quoted message said:

: Anyone can do that at home... asparagus continues to grow after
: harvesting... in fact asparagus farmers have developed packaging for
: shipping with about 4" head room because that's about how much more
: they grow on the way to your stupidmarket.  Asparagus for shipment are
: harvested prematurely, which is primarily why they don't taste nearly
: as good as those harvested from ones own patch... plus anyone who buys
: asparagus from the stupidmarket has never tasted fresh, those at the
: market are a minimum of a week since harvested and even thouhg they
: look attractive they are actually very poor quality.

Quoted message said:

Excuse me?  Asparagus is harvested by cutting the spear, after which
it has been cut off from its' root system.  It cannot and does not
grow after that because it is no longer receiving any moisture or
nutrients.  You must have magic asparagus!!!   It's that little
asparagus between your legs that grows to 4" head, moron.

Wrong.

All plants grow from the tip, the terminal bud.
If the asparagus has light and water, it can indeed continue to lengthen.

I suggest you trim the base of an asparagus spear and place the base in
water, and watch it fern out.

I have grown many an Ivy from cuttings, with no soil, just placed in
water...

I have grown pineapple tops, just placed in water with plenty of light.
I do stick them in soil after a week or so, but they do grow in the mean
time.

Who hasn't had sprouted potatoes and onions, and by doing nothing.

And garlic.
If Garlic sprouts, I generally plant it. Onions too.

Quoted message said:

And asparagus grow really fast, spears can grow 6-8 inches in a day...
a gal can faint! 😉

<shmack>

Naughty boy!
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: On Wed, 9 May 2007 19:04:55 +0000 (UTC), [email hidden] magnanimously
: proffered:

: >Sheldon spewed:
: >
: >: Anyone can do that at home... asparagus continues to grow after
: >: harvesting... in fact asparagus farmers have developed packaging for
: >: shipping with about 4" head room because that's about how much more
: >: they grow on the way to your stupidmarket. Asparagus for shipment are
: >: harvested prematurely, which is primarily why they don't taste nearly
: >: as good as those harvested from ones own patch... plus anyone who buys
: >: asparagus from the stupidmarket has never tasted fresh, those at the
: >: market are a minimum of a week since harvested and even thouhg they
: >: look attractive they are actually very poor quality.
: >
: >Excuse me? Asparagus is harvested by cutting the spear, after which
: >it has been cut off from its' root system. It cannot and does not
: >grow after that because it is no longer receiving any moisture or
: >nutrients. You must have magic asparagus!!! It's that little
: >asparagus between your legs that grows to 4" head, moron.

: Absolutely wrong! We've spent quite a bit of time in England's premier
: asparagus growing area (the Severn Valley) and have learned about
: asparagus (and other things like French cheeses and wild Scottish
: smoked salmon) from my wife's late aunt, who was a Cordon Blue trained
: cook.

: There is "first cut" or thinnings known as "sprue," the "second cut"
: and, if I'm not mistaken, even third cuts of asparagus.

You completely misunderstand. Sheldon stated that the HARVESTED spears
continue growing. Of course the crowns keep growing new spears. Read
things again...

Omelet so bravely stated:

Quoted message said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Steve Wertz said:

Quoted message said:

Sheldon spewed:

: Anyone can do that at home... asparagus continues to grow after
: harvesting... in fact asparagus farmers have developed packaging for
: shipping with about 4" head room because that's about how much more
: they grow on the way to your stupidmarket. Asparagus for shipment are
: harvested prematurely, which is primarily why they don't taste nearly
: as good as those harvested from ones own patch... plus anyone who buys
: asparagus from the stupidmarket has never tasted fresh, those at the
: market are a minimum of a week since harvested and even thouhg they
: look attractive they are actually very poor quality.

Excuse me? Asparagus is harvested by cutting the spear, after which
it has been cut off from its' root system. It cannot and does not
grow after that because it is no longer receiving any moisture or
nutrients. You must have magic asparagus!!! It's that little
asparagus between your legs that grows to 4" head, moron.

Give Sheldon a break. Let him live these fantasies of his. It's
probably all he has left.

-sw

Sorry babe, but Sheldon is right.

Try it sometime and see...

Right or wrong, he's an odd duck to align ones self with, not to mention
predictably caustic.

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the bubbles stop.
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<<XX>:> Buddy

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John Kane said:

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<http://www.dole5aday.com/ReferenceCenter/Encyclopedia/Asparagus/asparagu
s_transported.jsp>

Still had to play with the link, but it finally did work.

Thanks. :-)

Knowing what I know about plants, and personal experience, I knew that
Sheldon was right tho'.

I never knew that. Of course it just may be that the 5 minutes from
picking to boiling water is not enough time for it to grow much.
John Kane, Kingston ON Canada

That's the best way to eat it... :-)

I really need to totally re-do my asparagus patch!
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Buddy why.wood.yew@bother said:

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Sorry babe, but Sheldon is right.

Try it sometime and see...

Right or wrong, he's an odd duck to align ones self with, not to mention
predictably caustic.

I'll align myself with whomever is right! :-)

It'd be silly not to.
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On Thu, 10 May 2007 17:39:34 +0000 (UTC), [email hidden]
magnanimously proffered:

Quoted message said:

: On Wed, 9 May 2007 19:04:55 +0000 (UTC), [email hidden] magnanimously
: proffered:

: >Sheldon spewed:
: >
: >: Anyone can do that at home... asparagus continues to grow after
: >: harvesting... in fact asparagus farmers have developed packaging for
: >: shipping with about 4" head room because that's about how much more
: >: they grow on the way to your stupidmarket. Asparagus for shipment are
: >: harvested prematurely, which is primarily why they don't taste nearly
: >: as good as those harvested from ones own patch... plus anyone who buys
: >: asparagus from the stupidmarket has never tasted fresh, those at the
: >: market are a minimum of a week since harvested and even thouhg they
: >: look attractive they are actually very poor quality.
: >
: >Excuse me? Asparagus is harvested by cutting the spear, after which
: >it has been cut off from its' root system. It cannot and does not
: >grow after that because it is no longer receiving any moisture or
: >nutrients. You must have magic asparagus!!! It's that little
: >asparagus between your legs that grows to 4" head, moron.

: Absolutely wrong! We've spent quite a bit of time in England's premier
: asparagus growing area (the Severn Valley) and have learned about
: asparagus (and other things like French cheeses and wild Scottish
: smoked salmon) from my wife's late aunt, who was a Cordon Blue trained
: cook.

: There is "first cut" or thinnings known as "sprue," the "second cut"
: and, if I'm not mistaken, even third cuts of asparagus.

You completely misunderstand. Sheldon stated that the HARVESTED spears
continue growing. Of course the crowns keep growing new spears. Read
things again...

My apologies. I did misunderstand your post.

I wonder how long it will be before someone tries to develop a variety
of asparagus that does continue growing after harvesting? Or when the
EU dictates a uniform size for every spear?

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Omelet said:

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden]

Quoted message said:

Sheldon spewed:

Quoted message said:

: Anyone can do that at home... asparagus continues to grow after
: harvesting... in fact asparagus farmers have developed packaging for
: shipping with about 4" head room because that's about how much more
: they grow on the way to your stupidmarket.  Asparagus for shipment are
: harvested prematurely, which is primarily why they don't taste nearly
: as good as those harvested from ones own patch... plus anyone who buys
: asparagus from the stupidmarket has never tasted fresh, those at the
: market are a minimum of a week since harvested and even thouhg they
: look attractive they are actually very poor quality.

Quoted message said:

Excuse me?  Asparagus is harvested by cutting the spear, after which
it has been cut off from its' root system.  It cannot and does not
grow after that because it is no longer receiving any moisture or
nutrients.  You must have magic asparagus!!!   It's that little
asparagus between your legs that grows to 4" head, moron.

Wrong.

All plants grow from the tip, the terminal bud.
If the asparagus has light and water, it can indeed continue to lengthen.

Asparagus grows during the day and at night too... and many plants are
nocturnal, plants of the nightshade family; tomatoes, potatoes,
peppers, eggplant, etc. only grow at night... they store up energy
during daylight but don't actually grow until it's dark.

In article <[email hidden]>,

Sheldon said:

Omelet omp said:

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden]

Quoted message said:

Sheldon spewed:

Quoted message said:

: Anyone can do that at home... asparagus continues to grow after
: harvesting... in fact asparagus farmers have developed packaging for
: shipping with about 4" head room because that's about how much more
: they grow on the way to your stupidmarket.  Asparagus for shipment are
: harvested prematurely, which is primarily why they don't taste nearly
: as good as those harvested from ones own patch... plus anyone who buys
: asparagus from the stupidmarket has never tasted fresh, those at the
: market are a minimum of a week since harvested and even thouhg they
: look attractive they are actually very poor quality.

Quoted message said:

Excuse me?  Asparagus is harvested by cutting the spear, after which
it has been cut off from its' root system.  It cannot and does not
grow after that because it is no longer receiving any moisture or
nutrients.  You must have magic asparagus!!!   It's that little
asparagus between your legs that grows to 4" head, moron.

Wrong.

All plants grow from the tip, the terminal bud.
If the asparagus has light and water, it can indeed continue to lengthen.

Asparagus grows during the day and at night too... and many plants are
nocturnal, plants of the nightshade family; tomatoes, potatoes,
peppers, eggplant, etc. only grow at night... they store up energy
during daylight but don't actually grow until it's dark.

Cool. :-)
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<snip>

Asparagus grows during the day and at night too... and many plants are
nocturnal, plants of the nightshade family; tomatoes, potatoes,
peppers, eggplant, etc. only grow at night... they store up energy
during daylight but don't actually grow until it's dark.

While not an asparagus lover, I recently saw in a supermarket, purple
asparagas. Is there a specific 'season' for them? Green seems to be nearly
all year long in the past couple of years, and white asparagus are out now.

Kswck wrote on Fri, 11 May 2007 12:59:06 -0400:

K> Asparagus grows during the day and at night too... and many
K> plants are nocturnal, plants of the nightshade family;
K> tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, eggplant, etc. only grow at
K> night... they store up energy during daylight but don't
K> actually grow until it's dark.

I like purple asparagus since it's a spectacular vegetable but
I've never detected any difference in taste from green. Since it
almost always costs more I don't eat it often. Now white
(blanched) asparagus is the best but it's price is usually a
deterrent!

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not