Instead of suggesting to the store manager that asparagus does better if it standing in some water ( though even in California I have never seen asparagus displayed that way....it is usually just in the veggie case near the greens and celery with occasional sprayers going off), this yob decides that HE is on a mission.
Save us all from these types of do gooders
I can pick asparagus, put them immediately into the fridge and they stay good for at least a few days. If I use one of those produce bags lined w/Zeolite, they stay firm and fresh for nearly a week before being steamed. I do this every year, as there are only two of us and I will just steam enough asparagus for one meal at a time, even though I have cut several dozen.
The cut end scars over after cutting, so I don’t understand why standing them in water would accomplish anything.
( though even in California I have never seen asparagus displayed that way....it is usually just in the veggie case near the greens and celery with occasional sprayers going off)
Interesting. I’ve never seen bundles of it _not_ in a water bath. Even the local farmstands put ‘em in water.
To be honest, though, I did see a farmstand in MI that just had a tub full of loose asparagus with a scale nearby — kind of a bundle your own operation and a LOT cheaper. I don’t see it loose around here; ever.
Was the stuff you saw in the veggie case loose or bundled?