It's not just power to asparagus, it's even worse. It's white power to asparagus, those evil asparagosupremacists. The SPLC will be on them shortly, lol.
But seriously, though, asparagus is one of those love-hate vegetables. What most people typically encounter is disgusting, it's bitter and makes your bodily fluids smell like asparagus. Baby asparagus lightly steamed with bearnaise is nice, though, and I've had it grilled that was good, too. The key seems to be to not let it grow too large, like cucumbers or even wild greens like poke salad. Of course poke is poisonous when mature, so you can't even eat that unless it's picked when young shoots.
[poke salad]
Is that Polk Salad? I never had it.
I remember Steve Landesburg doing an asparagus joke on “The Tonight Show” back in the ‘70’s.
Ah for the days of Tony Jo White. I think I saw him on “The John Byner” show - whatever it was, I seemed to remember it seemed filmed. Maybe that was just parts of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCSsVvlj6YA
We do asparagus on a baking sheet in the oven,coated in a good olive oil.
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Homegrown asparagus is another matter.
My daughter had some of mine, which I had just picked moments before she cooked and ate it and she told me that it set the bar REALLY, REALLY high.
Find an asparagus farm and pick your own fresh, or grow it yourself.
What a treat!