One way in which asparagus is not a metaphor for humans: i would never leave bits of person all over the house! ...Unless you count how my hair sheds everywhere... oh no.
I love Spargelzeit!! When I lived a year in Germany, I loved how excited everyone got. My relatives would invite me over for dinners where Spargel was the main event. Still the best I’ve ever had. I love it best simply roasted, with some seasoned salt and maybe a bit of Parmesan sprinkled over.
I also love seasonal things. My wife has favorite songs and albums that she curates by season, and I’ve picked up the habit - in our house there are certain turns in the weather that always bring out certain music.
In fact today was the first day of the year I let myself dust off this song, because it’s the warmest day of the year so far. There were a couple days in March I thought might be the day for this song, but something in me said to hold out - and I’m glad I did, because today is perfect. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Kebq-i5LKqc
I really had to force myself to read this as you know, I hate asparagus! I however loved your human analogy and will take it one step further, some humans smell weird too!!!
Apr 13, 2022·edited Apr 13, 2022Liked by Mari, the Happy Wanderer
This came out last week when I had the flu with gastrointestinal symptoms, so I saved it. And I’m so glad I did! I LOVE asparagus!
The concept of seasonality really hit home the first time I read Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. I’m grateful for the variety we now have access to (well relatively speaking; I’d never have had bananas if it weren’t for modern food production, but most of us experience far fewer and less superlative varieties of produce exactly because they ship well). But you won’t catch me eating much out of season fruits and veg any more for the simple reason of taste.
We love asparagus in our house cooked every which way but best on the grill. :-) Thank you for the asparagus knowledge, I will be sharing at the next dinner.
One way in which asparagus is not a metaphor for humans: i would never leave bits of person all over the house! ...Unless you count how my hair sheds everywhere... oh no.
I love Spargelzeit!! When I lived a year in Germany, I loved how excited everyone got. My relatives would invite me over for dinners where Spargel was the main event. Still the best I’ve ever had. I love it best simply roasted, with some seasoned salt and maybe a bit of Parmesan sprinkled over.
I also love seasonal things. My wife has favorite songs and albums that she curates by season, and I’ve picked up the habit - in our house there are certain turns in the weather that always bring out certain music.
In fact today was the first day of the year I let myself dust off this song, because it’s the warmest day of the year so far. There were a couple days in March I thought might be the day for this song, but something in me said to hold out - and I’m glad I did, because today is perfect. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Kebq-i5LKqc
I really had to force myself to read this as you know, I hate asparagus! I however loved your human analogy and will take it one step further, some humans smell weird too!!!
This came out last week when I had the flu with gastrointestinal symptoms, so I saved it. And I’m so glad I did! I LOVE asparagus!
The concept of seasonality really hit home the first time I read Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. I’m grateful for the variety we now have access to (well relatively speaking; I’d never have had bananas if it weren’t for modern food production, but most of us experience far fewer and less superlative varieties of produce exactly because they ship well). But you won’t catch me eating much out of season fruits and veg any more for the simple reason of taste.
In conclusion, I have hitchhikers thumb!
It’s one of the few vegetables I don’t like, and the smell just adds to the unpleasantness…
But, I wish all the asparagus fans much enjoyment!
I’m a big fan of asparagus and of seasonal produce. I never buy cherries from away! I wait with eager anticipation cherry season here in Portugal.
As an aside, in our house 100% of our family smells asparagus pee…
Love you articles!
We love asparagus in our house cooked every which way but best on the grill. :-) Thank you for the asparagus knowledge, I will be sharing at the next dinner.
It’s entirely possible that your last recipe has changed my life. Wowza 🥰