Thursday, May 10, 2018

Asparagus, Bowling, Tired

Horrors, I discovered this afternoon that asparagus is for sale and I didn't know about it. I will have to try and go early in the morning.

Went bowling today, had 2 fairly good games, we only play 2 games these days unless it is a league day. Cheaper and not so tiring.

Talking of tiring, for some reason I am having trouble staying awake this evening, so not much of a blog this time.

Here's a nice simple asparagus salad. One thing I am determine to try this year is making my own pickled asparagus.

Asian Asparagus Salad

1 1/2 lb young fresh asparagus
4 tsp soy sauce
1 tsp Sugar
2 tsp sesame oil

1. Cut asparagus into 1 1/2 inch lengths of the tender portions only. Should be 3 cups. The recipe book suggests a method of cutting the stalks on a slant, then rolling the spear a quarter turn and slice it again on a slant and therefore you get interesting shapes of the cut ends. Have a large pot of water boiling and blanch boil the asparagus for 1 minute. Then either run them under cold water of plunge into ice bath. This will set the color. Then place them on a towel and dry them.

2. In a small bowl mix the dressing ingredients until the sugar is all dissolved. Then mix the asparagus with the dressing and chill in a refrigerator for 2 hours and serve as a vegetable part of a meal.

Servings: 4

Source: WW Recipes

Have a great day
 

12 comments:

  1. I suppose you will now be in an asparagus coma, lol.

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    1. Asparagus, asparagus, asparagus!

      What coma Denise?

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    1. Me too Maggie. Your season is probably different from ours. Right now I would think it would be too hot???

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  3. Lucky you about the asparagus. All we have here at the moment is imported and so not very nice. I enlarged my bed last year and want to put in some more so at least when it's in season next year I can harvest a decent amount fresh. We used to be able to get fresh local supplies from a nearby store but they've closed so it means a round trip of 2 ½ - 3 hours and for some reason my husband isn't that enthused by that especially as he's not all that found of asparagus. Weird, hey.

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    1. You are going into winter though are you not Helen? I used to have an asparagus bed in England. I do miss it. Even I wouldn't be happy with a round trip that long.

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    2. We are going into winter, Jo, not that you’d have known today when the temperature reached an unseasonal 32.7 C.

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    3. I would find that too hot in the middle of summer Helen.

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  4. I could totally make that asparagus recipe! YUM! I'm surprised it's regular sugar and not brown sugar.

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    1. You're right, I hadn't thought of that JoJo.

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  5. My mom loved asparagus...as you know, I did not inherit that:)

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    1. My mom loved eels, I did not inherit that Birgit!!

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