Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Purple asparagus


A late summer surprise...
Each family member gets one spear, the 5th is fought over.

10 comments:

  1. Wendy,

    Didn't I comment already to thank you for the Meme award?!? I looked for it but didn't see it.
    Maybe on Blotanical??
    Well, My me me meme has posted... all about me!

    Loved reading about your hair. A most creative reply.

    btw....Perfectly gorgeous asparagus, my dear :~D

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  2. Only one... ooopss... I think I can have more he he... I love asparagus :-D

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  3. purple asparagus. not much common here. does its taste differ from the others?.

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  4. well purple is new to me. white and green are common here. does it taste like the other two?

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  5. I would've eaten them fresh right out of the garden~sharing...what's that..haha! I'm impressed that you grew these Wendy! I don't have the patience to wait how ever many years asparagus take to mature! Nice job!

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  6. Purple asparagus? I'd like to have some too.

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  7. So I'm assuming purple asparagus is a much later variety? I always considered asparagus strictly an early spring vegetable.

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  8. Thanks!

    Muhammad - I'm going to reveal something big here. I really love to grow vegetables, but don't really like to EAT vegetables. I was traumatized at an early age when my mom forced me to eat greens when the taste made me almost vomit. I've acquired a taste for more veggies in the past 10 years or so. My daughter pushed me to try the asparagus the other night - it was my first time. I always thought asparagus smelled bad, but I was really surprised at how nice the taste was - it had almost a nutty taste, but unfortunately, I cannot compare to green! This purple asparagus does turn green upon cooking though.

    Lynn - I'm pretty pleased with this asparagus (well, reletively speaking of course, I tend to grow miniature vegetables). This is the fourth year I believe. I left it totally alone for the first 2. I think about half died leaving me only about 3 crowns. The past 2 years, I harvested just a bit (like everyone gets one spear!). This year, I'm happy with how fat the spears are!

    Kristin - The past 2 years, this asparagus has come up in the spring (as usual) and again in the fall - always a nice surprise b/c I'm always convinced everything has died around this time!

    Alice - looking forward to reading your post!

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  9. Wendy, The asparagus looks delicious. Quality not quantity is what is really important in these matters. Thanks for the meme. I am still working on it. I appreciate you including me. Have a great holiday!

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  10. My mouth is watering. I only planted my asparagus patch this year, so I have a couple of years to wait until I can harvest properly.

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