[EQAndyBuzz]

“Would the veggie part work with asparagus instead of broccoli?”

No reason why it won’t. Just make sure to cut off about a half inch of the stem before cooking.

[Calvin Locke]

That Canadian chick, Laura Calder, demonstrated tapping up the stem with a chef's knife to find the transition to the non-woody, edible part.

I found rolling the spear with the CK angled away from the cut end is easier, faster, and saves more edible spear.