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From: Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid>
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On Fri, 30 May 2025 17:53:28 -0500, Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid>
wrote:

>Graham wrote on 5/30/2025 5:34 PM:
>> On 2025-05-30 2:52 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> On 2025-05-29, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 29 May 2025 17:42:44 -0400, Jill McQuown
>>>> <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 5/29/2025 10:35 AM, flood of sins wrote:
>>>>>> On 2025-05-27, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Steamed asparagus.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> from that caterer i am certain it would be nasty. at home, if not
>>>>>> grilling it we steam it. if it doesn't snap when bent 90 degrees
>>>>>> it's overcooked.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> come to think of it, asparagus kept warm on a steam table on in
>>>>>> sterno trays is quite likely to be gross. eew.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> you're welcome for me making your point for you. :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Bruce seems to have something against asparagus in general, as well as
>>>>> any form of corn.  I'm not sure what Bruce actually eats since all he
>>>>> does is disparage any mention of food on a cooking ng.  I do think
>>>>> vegetables kept warm on a steam table over sterno would probably be 
>>>>> nasty.
>>>>
>>>> I don't disparagus anything except steamed asparagus. That's such a
>>>> boring way to cook a great vegetable. Oh, and I disparagus bad
>>>> additives, but who doesn't?
>>>
>>> Steamed isn't horrible.  But it does make one realize why there
>>> are so many ways to dress up steamed asparagus.  The French are
>>> particularly adept at that.
>>>
>> On one of my biking trips to France, the restaurant next to the hotel
>> had a special of steamed white asparagus topped with foie gras poêlé.
>> It was delicious.
>
>It would have been unpalatable if they used GREEN asparagus.

The Biddy says they taste the same.

-- 
Bruce
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