Asparagus

[schmism]

well everyone is invited to come to the property in IL and harvest asparagus sometime in march.... sounds as if ill have quite a bit....

still looking for info on the salt thing....

perhaps im going at this wrong... what would bags of salt be used for? something to do with livestock? (this doestn seem to be the stuff you dump in the spreader and put down on the driveway if thats what your thinking)

 

[ronjhall]

Do you have a fish pond. I use about 50 lbs a year in our little 2000 gallon pond.

 

[schmism]

Do you have a fish pond. I use about 50 lbs a year in our little 2000 gallon pond.

nope no pond...

unless you count the flooded basement... (but lets not go there)

 

[Bird]

N80, the tenderness of the thin vs. thick spears, I think, has more to do with when they were harvested than anything else. We generally used a knife to cut them off just below the surface of the ground. It a spear was more than 3 or 4 inches long, we'd hold the base in one hand, bend it and slide the fingers of the other hand toward the tip. A tough spear will bend while a tender one will snap in two. The part that bent, nearest the base, was usually thrown away and the tender part that snapped off was kept to eat regardless of whether it was a thin or thick spear.

Ron, I hadn't heard, or read, that about the Germans, but I could sure do just fine with that German food.

And Egon, that sounds about right to me.

 

[MossRoad]

You may want to watch that city mulch, as you do not know what is in it. I will use city mulch on my flower beds, but not my edibles.

Anyone every try lightly steamed asparagus with Heinz 57 sauce or just plain ketchup? It aint bad!

 

[MossRoad]

perhaps im going at this wrong... what would bags of salt be used for? something to do with livestock? (this doestn seem to be the stuff you dump in the spreader and put down on the driveway if thats what your thinking)

What kind of bags of salt? Water softener, ice melter, weed killer? What's on the labels?

 

[RobertN]

Lightly steamed asparagus drizzled with garlic flavored olive oil may be heaven!

Have a deli cut you very thin slices of the ham of your choice. Lightly spread cream cheese on the ham. Using either lightly steamed aspargus, or the German white asparagus(in a jar), place a stalk of the asparagus on the ham slice. Now, roll it up, using a toothpick to hold it together. A stack of those make mighty good appetizers I have tried using proscuitto(sp?) instead of ham too.

 

[schmism]

You may want to watch that city mulch, as you do not know what is in it. I will use city mulch on my flower beds, but not my edibles.

ya the leaves they pick up and all the tree debris they collect is stock pilled then then tub ground with the leaves.

seaons for roughly a year before they start over in the fall....


as for the salt ill snap a pic of the pile of stuff i have....

 

[LMTC]

I have never done this, but---several old farmers have told me at times that they sprinkle salt or spray salt water wround their asparagus as it kills most plants but not the asparagus. Enough salt will kill anything, so I was always reluctant to use it.

I think it was Egon who posted re: steamed asparagus drizzled with garlic flavored olive oil...my, oh my. My favorite is sauteed (and sometimes I use a loose lid for a few minutes, so perhaps some steaming) in olive oil with a small amount of minced garlic.

 

[goaliedad]

My bil has some asparagus in his garden- I know he sprinkles water softner salt on the ground around his plants- I guess they like it. All I know is if it is fixed right, it is very good stuff!