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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Mar 13, 2017 - 09:48pm PT
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Hey Ghost!
Our first 2017 asparagus pick, lightly buttered with a sprinkle of Parmesan
We picked it at 5:30 PM & enjoyed it at 7:00 PM. It is soooooo-much better than store bought Asparagus.
I remember picking asparagus here last year in mid-Feb, but I can't produce a photo. This Feb. 19, 2015 harvest, is the most early pick photo I can find. So-----we have lost 3 weeks of Aspragus enjoyment due to our big winter. Damn!
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Dinner rolls made from scratch using a formula from the Bread Baker's Apprentice:
Apple pie made with Envy apples and an experimental lard and butter crust:
Smoked spatchcocked chicken from the Weber Smoky Mountain bullet smoker:
The rolls are spectacular.The apple pie was very tasty, still not happy with the crust, but the Envy apples worked out well, with just a bit of lemon juice and fresh ground nutmeg. The chicken is my favorite from the smoker: tender, juicy, full of flavor. sed just a bit of apple wood.
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Apr 14, 2017 - 05:40pm PT
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OK! We've been picking & enjoying our own asparagus for a month & a day this spring. Steamed, grilled, sauteed with garlic, steamed & chilled on salads, & roasted.
So far roasted is the fav for this spring. Maybe sauteeded with garlic & bacon tonight, since Heidi is out of town.
Roasted. Toss in olive oil, salt, pepper, & garlic to taste. About 15 minutes at 400 degrees in a greased baking dish.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Apr 14, 2017 - 10:31pm PT
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You're just posting that to make me jealous, right Fritz?
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Apr 15, 2017 - 07:31am PT
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Ghost? Would I be that small a person?
Just because we know you are somewhat sensitive about your choice not to grow your own asparagus, & Heidi & I have more than we can consume?
Sauteed with garlic, almond slivers, & bacon. I won't be doing this one again. The bacon overwhelmed everything else.
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Apr 15, 2017 - 10:09am PT
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The bacon overwhelmed everything else.
Did you saute it with the bacon? Try just sprinkling some crispy bits on top after you have cooked the dish. It looks like you might have a bit too much bacon if that is even possible.
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Apr 15, 2017 - 05:06pm PT
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Wayno: I did sautee the bacon with everything else, for about 5 minutes, but it is the pre-cooked frozen type that is less greasy than normal bacon. It still definately added some bacon-grease to the dish;)
Everything is better with bacon, the dish just tasted like bacon, not asparagus.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Apr 15, 2017 - 08:08pm PT
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Everything is better with bacon,
In my world, almost nothing is better with bacon.
American (and Canadian) bacon is disgusting.
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Apr 15, 2017 - 08:16pm PT
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Oh My!
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Apr 15, 2017 - 08:40pm PT
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Oh My!
Seriously. Next time, mash up an anchovy fillet and add that to the pan when you cook the sparrowguts.
You'll never go back to bacon.
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Apr 16, 2017 - 06:49pm PT
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our garden's 'sparagus is piddly and I am trying to boost the yield. it was here before us. we have four stalks, two short and thick, each paired to a spindly leggy chute. I have been topping the spindly ones...any other suggestions?
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Apr 16, 2017 - 08:23pm PT
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Brave Cowboy! Re your asparagus question:
I have been topping the spindly ones...any other suggestions?
Since asparagus is nearly a weed in South Idaho, I'm likely clueless & we have planned to top our spindly asparagus, but didn't get around to it.
I have figured out that asparagus mostly enjoys soils that are basaltic eroded soils, aka sandy loam. Those soils need to be dry & well drained, but saturated with moisture in the spring, then dry later. I have killed old asparagus plants by giving them too much water in late summer.
The last few years our old asparagus plants have produced 8 new volunteer asparagus colonies from accidental seeds, without any special watering or care.
Out best asparagus beds are in dry soil, but the spring creek water table is only a couple feet below.
Sigh.
Too much asparagus, a cross I will bear on Easter.
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Apr 16, 2017 - 10:12pm PT
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thanks Fritz. Wish I could grow those fatties like you folks get!
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Jun 14, 2017 - 06:23pm PT
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Since spring is about to give way to summer, I feel okay about moving on from asparagus (yeah Fritz, I'm jealous) and posting about something else...
...like this:
Okay, I'm not a big fan of chicken. Not that I have anything against real chickens, just that most of the "chicken" for sale in the US might just as well be labeled "vat-grown protein," so I have always made this with rabbit. But I was able to buy some real-bird chicken so I switched. Still prefer rabbit, but this was pretty good (and about a fifth the price).
Except for a few tomatoes, and the rabbit/chicken, it's orange everything. Orange bell peppers, orange hot peppers, orange zest, orange juice...
Okay, and a few red onions and a couple of boatloads of garlic.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 19, 2017 - 02:45pm PT
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Gloucester Old Spot sausages and mash! Mmmmmm!
Extra good in The Feathers...
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Jun 19, 2017 - 02:52pm PT
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Ah ha! A test for you, Reilly, based on the chalkboard in your last photo:
Can you, without looking it up, tell us who Dick Turpin was? And the name of his horse?
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Jun 23, 2017 - 11:56am PT
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This only qualifies as Food Porn if you have a special place in your heart for cucumbers.
But they do make excellent crackers. A slice of cold cucumber, a piece of fresh Roma tomato, and a bit of sharp cheese make a nice refreshing afternoon bite on a hot day.
There would be a nice glass of Sauvignon Blanc there too, but it's not even noon yet so...
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 23, 2017 - 12:23pm PT
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Ghost, I am doubtful that Olde Dicky's 'orse's name is known as much of what is 'known'
about him is apocryphal, ain't it? I will tip a pint to one fact and that is the speedy serving
of 'is sentence. Less than two weeks after judgement IIRC.
I trust you share my delight in the street name: 'Petty France'?
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
Cali
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Jun 23, 2017 - 01:30pm PT
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Kris, that would be even better with my home grown tomatoes and japanese cucumbers!
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