To think that asparagus is the most gorgeous, sexy, sensual, delicious, wonderful...

[SaggyCeratops]

Orgasmic vegetable EVER!

Depends on what you're doing with it

I don't care about the wee, that's tomorrow. Today, I'm enjoying making love to a large plate of the stuff, lightly steamed, and drizzled in olive oil!

Love it, - I had asparagus risotto for my tea tonight (asparagus is £1 a pack in tesco at the moment).

I have the wee thing too though.

Ugh. don't get the asparagus love. It's just ick.

Ooh yes, I'm with you there.

My dad came to stay yesterday, bearing three large bundles of Vale of Evesham's finest. For tea today I had a big pile of asparagus with some hollandaise sauce I whipped up from some leftover egg yolks. Mmmmm......

ooh yes asparagus omlette for tea here tonight. The wee thing is weird - I never had it until after having babies now it's stinky but I just don't care.

Asparagus with fresh hollandaise

Yy to serving with egg. And bits of crispy bacon.

But, but, but it just tastes of....nothing...a bit bitter, but generally nothing. What am I missing, a special tasting gene or something??

yes yes to asparagus and hollandaise, just yum. Sent Dh to the asparagus farm yesterday, but foolishly he went on his bike so only came back with 4lbs , will send him in car this weekend.

Sorrreeee!

Fresh young asparagus lightly steamed, and then quick fried in peppered butter is the work of the gods.

TheHon, it's not bitter! It's delicate, and sweet, and bloody delicious! Are you eating young, slender English asparagus, in season, or the imported foreign woody stuff?

We had it barbecued with loads of garlic and prawns last night. And tonight I made a quiche with the trimmings and leftovers. More yum than I can say.

Proper in season farm shop locally grown stuff! Still tastes of nothing to me.

Had loads with my meal last night and had a serving left over which went in the fridge. So I had asparagus for breakfast this morning! It was a lovely start to the day, I think I will do it again!!

YANBU. Except about the olive oil; it has to be butter!

Had some for tea tonight roasted in the oven with olive oil black pepper and salt delicious

Nah, you can't beat the spud

A SPUD??? ...
How can you make love to a spud??? It has all the phallic symbolism of... Well...a potato!

noo, not butter or olive oil, must be hollandaise, or if desperate mayo or french dressing

The only dressing for asparagus is a poached egg and a few Parmesan crumbs.

Poached duck egg [drool]

Mmmm, home grown, picked and straight in the pan. Unfortunately all 5 of us get asparagus wee, so the aftermath is somewhat fragrant...

LOL at OP. Familiarity breeds contempt. Not that we don't like it, we all do, but we are surrounded by farms which grow it so, in season, it is "default vegetable". We are completely spoilt and won't eat it more than 24 hours after it is picked, though - supermarket stuff tastes "old".