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[The Jewel of the Nile]

Is there a good guide on how to prepare asparagus?

I just pan seared them with some butter added at the end, salt and pepper. They came out delicious

 

[Helvítis Túristi]

I don't feel comfortable with sous vide, microplastics and all that. Would a boil, then pan, be a reasonable method?
The last time I think I simply tried to roast it in an oven.

Blanch them and transfer to cold water like the French do, then you can proceed to panfry them if you like. Good with hollandaise sauce. Or if you have white asparagus, you can make a chicken and asparagus soup with them. The stems are cooked and pureed with only the tops saved to finish the soup.

 

[Zeftax]

I just pan seared them with some butter added at the end, salt and pepper. They came out delicious

I think I must have had a bad batch, then. I'll buy some, steam them, then fry them in butter. Seems like a good compromise between the methods. I'm excited!
That is, if I can find them, as I said, they're kinda rare here.

if you have white asparagus

That actually seems to be more available than the normal one. I've made a "normal"† chicken soup a few days ago, because I've caught a bit of a cold, but I'll definitely try this, thanks!
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†Here, a normal chicken soup is chicken bones, celery (bulbous root, not celery sticks, I dislike those, and most of my nation seems to agree), carrots, parsley root, parsley leaves, onions, and garlic. Also leeks, pasta, or whatever else you feel like. Liver dumplings are especially good, but I had no frozen chicken bones, so I just cooked a whole chicken, and used the meat from that, instead of the dumplings.

 

[The Jewel of the Nile]

I'm excited!

Good luck and let us know how it goes! They should be nicely browned/seared, I think this particular texture fits the taste profile very well

 

[souschef]

Certain people will never understand the power of the veggies

They'll never understand the power of vitamins

They'll never be part of the ELITE

 

[The Lurky 1]

Certain people will never understand the power of the veggies

They'll never understand the power of vitamins

They'll never be part of the ELITE

Mound is a true aumist so obviously he has his VIteImIns intake solved

 

[Nickel Silver]

Then you leave me no choice but to launch my very own offensive

BOMBS AWAY

 

[AMHOLIO]

BOMBS AWAY

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They actually can be delicious, just cook them properly. Sadly they're usually expensive.

@Mound Dweller are veggies too expensive or is your palette just limited? I have had friends who hated vegetables until they ate some that didn't have the shit boiled or burnt out of them, or didn't come from a can.

 

[souschef]

BOMBS AWAY

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[Nickel Silver]

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Ratatouille is fine too

 

[Zeftax]

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I don't like zucchini, but otherwise it's fine. It looks great, but the taste is just fine,

 

[Mound Dweller]

@Mound Dweller are veggies too expensive or is your palette just limited?

I know what I and I v*getables in 9/10 situations, simple as

 

[souschef]

I know what I and I v*getables in 9/10 situations, simple as

Ze posted back? Good



Drop ze eggplant (aubergine for ze english zavages) antipasto

 

[JambledUpWords]

@Mound Dweller, have you tried making homemade cream cheese before?

Spoiler: Superior measurements

 

[The Jewel of the Nile]

have you tried making homemade cream cheese before?

Labneh is so much easier and usually has a more pleasant texture

 

[Mound Dweller]

have you tried making homemade cream cheese before?

I am not much a of a maker of things, the most complicated thing I usually "make" is an annual 4 hour turkey roast, and that consists of puling it's guts out slathering it in juices and shoving it in the oven. Things like "measurements" and "teaspoons of" are alien concepts to me. My more feeemaaale relations might give it a go though

 

[Shadowmän]

I know what I and I v*getables in 9/10 situations, simple as

What if we give you salsa verde or salsa de ají in a taco with a yummy ribeye? Would you eat it even THOUGH the salsa verde and salsa ají has zuccini and parsley on it? although for your british taste the salsa de ají is like a spicy mayo.

 

[Mound Dweller]

What if we give you salsa verde or salsa de ají in a taco with a yummy ribeye? Would you eat it even THOUGH the salsa verde and salsa ají has zuccini and parsley on it? although for your british taste the salsa de ají is like a spicy mayo.

Maybe, possibly, perhaps? It sounds nice but whether or not it triggers my gag reflex I wouldn't know till I tried it, sauces are usually fine, it's the chunky stuff with nasty bits of pepper in it that are TRIGGERING

 

[The Jewel of the Nile]

Things like "measurements" and teaspoons of" are alien concepts to me. My more feeemaaale relations might give it a go though

We DESERVE to know if there's a Ms Dweller

 

[Me•cha•ni•cal]

Probably sous vide + finished on pan

triggers my gag reflex

@Mound Dweller I dare you to sous vide and panfry the shit out of that asparagussy and truly put them gag reflexes to the test. They’re actually really nice wrapped in bacon and BBQ’d though.