Asparagus

Asparagus is a thin green vegetable that has a tip that looks slightly leafy and darker. It can be found growing in many parts of Europe, and in Africa and Asia. It is a flowering plant that grows straight up out of the ground which is then picked. It has a lovely taste that is unique and not over powering. Asparagus is very healthy for you, containing almost no calories and is a good source of minerals such as iron. It can be cooked in many ways - steamed, boiled, roasted or made into a soup etc, and it doesn't take long to cook. There are so many possibilities, although avoid eating it raw. There are many varieties of asparagus that vary in size ...  Read the complete review

Asparagus is a vegetable which is normally eaten cooked but can be eaten raw, it's quite a popular vegetable. Instead of giving you a recipe for it I'm going to give you some simple facts about it as that's probably a lot more interesting. * Asparagus is fat-free, saturated fat-free, sodium-free, cholesterol-free, low in calories, a good source of folic acid ~ It is actually a member of the lily family * In plant terms it is cousin to the onion even though it tastes nothing like it ~ It is a perennial plant * It contains a lot of vitamins A, B, C and E as well as potassium and zinc ~ One plant can produce spears for up to 25 ...  Read the complete review

``Asparagus is an aphrodisiac'' I confidently told my man. Feeling a little threatened by this claim, he declared it was at the top of the list of aphrodisiacs because it started with the letter A. Now, it really was a serious situation he found himself in. Every day for eight years he'd picked up his lunch box and headed out the door to carry out the aching, back-breaking job of picking asparagus. Little did he realise he was putting himself at risk of being covertly stimulated, 'aphrodisiacally' speaking (is there such a word I wonder?)''! I am an expert on re-telling the tales from the fields of the asparagus pickers in our province: ...  Read the complete review

Not being sure if asparagus was a well known vegetable in the UK I asked some of my online friends and got some interesting answers. All participants of the mini survey (five people) knew it, two loved it, three out of four had never eaten it and one friend wrote about the difficulty of growing it in one´s garden. Growing this vegetable at home is an idea which would never have come to my mind. It is possible to do so provided your garden is very sunny and has got loose and slightly sandy soil rich in organic material which drains well, asparagus doesn´t like to get wet feet. It´s a perennial plant which multiplies readily ...  Read the complete review