Do you know what this is?
By solxee
@sol_cee (38219)
Philippines
October 12, 2019 3:19am CST
Coz I honestly didn’t. (Now I know, of course.) Please don’t laugh at me. It just shows how seldom I go to the veggie section. Lol It was on the on-sale display at the supermarket. I got curious so I picked it up and put it in my cart (after looking at it for a loooong time and still being clueless as to what it was). Lol Now thinking about it, I must have looked silly scrutinizing a harmless looking vegetable. Haha I’m not sure if it is sold in the palengkes or in big supermarkets in my home country. Care to tell me, kabayans? But seriously it was my first time to see (or notice) it uncooked.
How about you? Do you like it? What dish can you make of it?
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32 responses
@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
12 Oct 19
Asparagus! It is also grown in some farms here and sold at supermarkets. It is costly here. You can just cut it and steam it or put in some stir fried dishes.
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@LadyDuck (472024)
• Switzerland
12 Oct 19
Yes of course I know those are asparagus, they sell them by a Kilo here, I suppose they are expensive in your country. Here they are very common in mid Spring. We use them to make risotto, or simply steamed and served with melted butter and grated Parmesan cheese.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
12 Oct 19
i 'dore asparagus, though such's no longer friends with my gut. i used to bake't with lemon juice, olive oil 'n garlic. sprinkle with some freshly grated parm the last 5 minutes. jest yummy!
'tis purty versatile. ya can pickle't, add to stir fries, soups, salads, eat the tender shoots raw. put such'n a casserole, many ways to prepare't fer side dishes.
i'd a patch 'f such (comes back e'ery year) many years, 'til the severe drought came. loved pickin' such'n the early morn, munchin' the tender new shoots 's my breakfast, lol.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
13 Oct 19
@sol_cee no worries, happens all 'cross the southwestern 'n western states't seems. more prevalent the past 10 yrs. 'tis not worth plantin' 'n waterin' 'em with our weather bein' so unpredictable. this last batch 'f rain we got would'a drown 'em. yepperz, loads 'f ways! hope ya find a recipe that tickles yer taste buds.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
13 Oct 19
@crazyhorseladycx that’s sad. But you do have other crops, right?
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
12 Oct 19
That is asparagus. You can include in a dish that has broccoli.
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@moffittjc (121663)
• Gainesville, Florida
12 Oct 19
I love asparagus, and eat it often when I cook salmon. I also like eating it when I have steak. Come over and have dinner with me and I'll make some asparagus for you!
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@moffittjc (121663)
• Gainesville, Florida
12 Oct 19
@sol_cee I would make sure you have a very wonderful evening!
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
13 Oct 19
@moffittjc I’d go there for asparagus! :))
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
12 Oct 19
i usually see asparagus in the supermarket, not in the wet market, and it's expensive. you can add it to soup.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
12 Oct 19
@hereandthere yeah! Quite simple though.
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
12 Oct 19
I guess we also don't have it here.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
12 Oct 19
@amitkokiladitya yeah! It was on sale. :))
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
12 Oct 19
@sol_cee yes....not here..did you buy it?
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@Denver1 (24)
• Denver, Colorado
12 Oct 19
Asparagus used to grow 'Volunteer' alongside the steps to our front door in North Dakota, every year..! My mom would harvest them multiple times during the summer months... We also had a Raspberry bush in the backyard that produced great fruit every year...
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@Denver1 (24)
• Denver, Colorado
13 Oct 19
@sol_cee Hello, Thanks for the response... Yeah this a VERY long time ago when I was barely in grade school. The house has since been remodeled and all that was removed. I myself have not been back there since my mother passed 20 years ago... M
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