Great excitement today as I picked my first bunch of asparagus for the year.
These are truly amazing plants, cropping for over 20 years. We have four plants in the backyard. They are so productive that by December we'll almost be sick of the taste of asparagus, but then there are so many things you can do with it - steamed, blanched, in a soup, baked in quiche or pie (it goes well with chicken), cold in salads, grilled on the BBQ.
I'll fry these in some butter and serve them with pepper and Parmesan cheese tonight.
