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(42,553 posts)MagickMuffin
(15,937 posts)I certainly hope Mehmet sees all of them. East coast Elite that Oz!
peppertree
(21,630 posts)niyad
(113,302 posts)IcyPeas
(21,866 posts)good tweets going to waste.
AND Thank You to all the migrants who come here and do this back breaking work in all kinds of weather!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
niyad
(113,302 posts)does not) belong on a crudites platter.
Other than that, great tweets. And, of course, they got the name of the store correct.
IronLionZion
(45,438 posts)raw asparagus can be difficult for a crudite platter
wnylib
(21,447 posts)it is good when lightly cooked and still very crisp.
LisaM
(27,810 posts)I don't refer to it as crudites, which I take to mean raw vegetables.
I also don't dip it in salsa or guacamole.
wnylib
(21,447 posts)in salsa for sure, and probably not in guacamole.
Maybe sour cream or ranch dip, though.
LisaM
(27,810 posts)It's good with asparagus.
wnylib
(21,447 posts)I use plain yogurt as a sour cream substitute and season it with just a little salt.
niyad
(113,302 posts)Trailrider1951
(3,414 posts)Sauté it in butter until just tender.
geardaddy
(24,926 posts)Trailrider1951
(3,414 posts)Asparagus is such a gift from Spring! Thank you, farm workers, for your efforts!
niyad
(113,302 posts)geardaddy
(24,926 posts)niyad
(113,302 posts)NullTuples
(6,017 posts)(cut into chunks first)
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)still mostly raw, slightly tender but doesn't droop suggestively when a group of people on their second drinks are waving it around as they talk. Our single favorite way to eat it -- as a crudite, 3 syllables. No endorsement of this creep.
ProfessorGAC
(65,013 posts)In a strainer over boiling water. I like it best at 3 minutes. My wife likes it that t3xture, too.
Cooked through, but still crispy/crunchy.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)steamed or sauteed but keep that flavor!
Bev54
(10,052 posts)Absolutely the best. I love to can pickled asparagus.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)What flavorings do you put in your pickling mix? The only thing I've done is added some spears to the space opening up in a jar of salt-fermented mustard greens. I recall we enjoyed them, but maybe a Caesar would have made them a must-have.
Bev54
(10,052 posts)Can you buy clamato juice where you live? Try it instead of tomato juice and lime wedge, spice as usual. You will never go back.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Bev54
(10,052 posts)in Canada that grows asparagus and pickers would lay down on a moving platform and harvest by using the knife to cut and pick as they pass over.
world wide wally
(21,742 posts)So I took a job picking beans. It was the longest, most boring, and back-breaking thing I can ever remember doing. I lasted one day.
Rebl2
(13,501 posts)Oz say that prompted this response.
FelineOverlord
(3,578 posts)He mispronounced the name of the supermarket in his efforts to sound like a true Pennsylvanian (he lives in New Jersey)
Link to tweet
geardaddy
(24,926 posts)And you know he doesn't do his own shopping, let alone know how much groceries cost.
Rebl2
(13,501 posts)bag of carrots 5lb bag? My husband buys large bags of carrots at the store for $2. $2 for broccoli sounds about right. Would never use asparagus on crudité plate. Guacamole-make it yourself. Its cheaper.
jmowreader
(50,557 posts)BradBo
(530 posts)I want their children to get a good education in our public schools and for them to be paid a decent wage. Ill work harder if I have to pay a little more for our amazing veggies in this country.
I went to China once and their veggies suck!
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)the older women at gatherings would talk about their years in the fields. They all had their own bathrooms by then, that problem living on only as memories, but ruined knees and backs were permanent.
Native
(5,942 posts)Thank God for unions. IMO, anyone working in the fields these days should receive hazard pay.
Bobstandard
(1,305 posts)That tomato harvester is working so fast because part of his compensation is piece work. One he fills those baskets he will literally run to the truck where his tomatoes are assessed and packed, then hell run back to his row
I live in strawberry country and watch this high speed field work going on all the time.
Oh, and you know why they wear hoodies and scarves even on sweltering days? Pesticides and fertilizers sprayed on the crops.
Brutal and backbreaking doesnt begin to describe it.