Asked at Massachusetts Street on April 18, 2007

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“Grilled with a little olive oil with salt and pepper or steamed with some lemon juice and butter.”

— Jordan Yochim, museum administrator, Lawrence

“I like it steamed with butter, salt and pepper, and I like to eat it with steak.”

— Jolie McKay, bartender, Lawrence

“I don’t. I tried it once, and it wasn’t pleasing to my palate so I’ve never tried it again.”

— Teri Dew, telemarketer, Lawrence

“I just like it steamed with salt and butter.”

— Blake Perkins, Kansas University senior, Lawrence

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RETICENT_IRREVERENT 6 years, 1 month ago

Depends... Green or white?

jonas 6 years, 1 month ago

With a big honkin hunk of meat. And cheese sauce.

Agnostick 6 years, 1 month ago

Ditto Jordan!

Crossfire 6 years, 1 month ago

They are best early in the morning when the dew is still on them. ...just bite the tops off and leave the stalks in the ground. Or right out of the can. Remember to "Open other end".

trinity 6 years, 1 month ago

i like to eat asparagus any ol' way, that's one of my very fave veggies! :) creamed is reeeaallllyyyy yummy too... mmmmmmmmmm.

TheEleventhStephanie 6 years, 1 month ago

The real OTS question....

Does asparagus make your pee smell funny?

RETICENT_IRREVERENT 6 years, 1 month ago

jonas, "big honkin" Is that a technical term common among the asparagus eating vernacular?

GSWtotheheart 6 years, 1 month ago

smothered in wine...(me, not the asparagus)

Azure_Attitude 6 years, 1 month ago

I'm with TOB on this one. I love the hollindaise!! I'd still eat it without it though 'cuz I likes the asapragus. Informed is right on with the quiche also. I make a Quiche Benedict with hollindaise and asapragus that rocks.

Gootsie 6 years, 1 month ago

Wrapped in prosciutto, drizzled with olive oil (unless Popeye is in the room), then baked 10 minutes. Take out and sprinkle with feta cheese and bake 5 minutes more. YUM YUM!

And yes, it does make your pee smell like ensilage.

Souki 6 years, 1 month ago

I thought they were asking whether one used fingers or a fork.

RETICENT_IRREVERENT 6 years, 1 month ago

T_O_B,

Delicious dinner rolls, biscuits...

Are you the Baker in the family?

crazyks 6 years, 1 month ago

Who can afford asparagus?

trinity 6 years, 1 month ago

ohhhh dear crazyks...not so much a matter of affording-if ya know where to look for wild! ;) easy to spot&bring home!

gootsie i GOTTA try your oven method-and i'll forever chuckle about the "olive oil" comment every time i eat asparagus! ;)

drewdun 6 years, 1 month ago

Slathered in butter, covered with salt and pepper, and wrapped in foil, cooking next to my steak on the grill. Delicious.

jonas 6 years, 1 month ago

R-I: Only for the literati of the asparagus world. The common folk usually say biggun'

saraheckman 6 years, 1 month ago

is it weird that i like it dipped in yellow mustard? that was how i was taught to eat it by my mom.

mick 6 years, 1 month ago

Just fine, thank you.

sgtwolverine 6 years, 1 month ago

I don't. The taste doesn't appeal to me. I much prefer chocolate chip cookies.

Jamesaust 6 years, 1 month ago

When's dinner, Jordan?

Jace 6 years, 1 month ago

Like Jonas said.....with a cheese sauce....

Pywacket 6 years, 1 month ago

I am deeply ashamed to admit that asparagus is one of the few veggies I have never learned to like. I've tried it again every few years, hoping my taste would mature and I'd find it the gustatory delight most mortals rave about. But no...

(And preparation is not the issue. I simply cannot stand the stuff, however crisp and garlic-olive oily.)

I'm going to slink off now and comfort myself with some tiny broccoli florets and ruffly kale. Can I sop them in y'all's hollandaise sauce? That sounds yummy...

Andini 6 years, 1 month ago

Never. Not even if they were the last thing on earth.

Ceallach 6 years, 1 month ago

I like mine with lettuce and tomatoes, Heinz 57 and french fried potatoes . . no wait, that's my cheeseburgers . .

Asparagus? Drizzled with EVOO, grilled, topped off with a wee bit of kosher salt . . . yum!

ms_canada 6 years, 1 month ago

I had an asparagus patch in my garden for 12 years. That is about as long as you can harvest it from a patch. My favourite way to eat it is with just butter and lemon juice or a lemon dill sauce. And it must not be wilted. Have you heard the story of asparagus and Babe Ruth. The babe was invited to a high society dinner where asparagus was served. When it came to him, he passed it on. When asked if he did not like it he said yes, he liked it but did not like the smell of his urine after eating it. The dinner guests and the hostess were rather shocked. This is a true story.

Gootsie 6 years, 1 month ago

thanks TOB. We know what that is, don't we! And I didn't have to look up how to spell it!

Gootsie 6 years, 1 month ago

T, you won't be sorry. They are scrumpdillyicious!

bevy 6 years, 1 month ago

How do I eat asparagus? Any way I can! My fiance' hates the stuff and refuses to try it again since he tried some canned as a kid. He's anti-veggie anyway.

I agree it's awesome with steak.

Gootsie - nice use of a word we don't hear often anymore. Wonder how many folks here know what it means? Never noticed the unusual odor problem - but maybe I just haven't eaten enough of it.

ms_canada 6 years, 1 month ago

ceallach - what is EVOO? Please.

crazyks 6 years, 1 month ago

I've never much cared for asparagus anyway.

But I love liver, broccoli, cauliflower, spinach and brussel's sprouts. Go figure.

trinity 6 years, 1 month ago

crazy i can hang with ya on the brussel sprouts-mm-and the other veggies listed, but ya lose me on the liver, blech. :)

prioress 6 years, 1 month ago

Does asparagus make your pee smell funny?

In many people, yes.

"All agree it is likely some sulphur-containing compound, one likely contender being asparagusic acid..."

http://www.scq.ubc.ca/?p=151

daddax98 6 years, 1 month ago

I agree with the babe. Love way it tastes but the smell of my urine afterwards makes me want to vomit

Jace 6 years, 1 month ago

Wow! Thank you for sharing that with the rest of us, dad!

Seriously!

But, you know, having said that.......thank you even more for not having shared with the rest of us what your other bodily fluids smell like after you've eaten asparagus!

Gootsie 6 years, 1 month ago

Wow, Prioress. Someone really spent a lot of time researching it! Thanks for sharing!

sunflower_sue 6 years, 1 month ago

Steamed crisp w/ just a bit o' salt. Throw in a baked potato and a steak and you have a perfect meal. I think strawberry shortcake would be the dessert to finish this meal off nicely.

I know what ensilage is. Lost an uncle to an ensilage cutter...but that was a long time ago, it is a glorious day, and we are talking food. (perfect set-up for H_L) :$

The pee issue...not worth boycotting asparagus. And since when has pee ever smelled good???

jonas 6 years, 1 month ago

Andini: Of course, by the time that it happens that the last thing on earth is asparagus, I doubt there will be much left to live for anyway.

hitme 6 years, 1 month ago

I would eat it in a nook; I would eat it with a book.
I would eat it on a bus would eat it without a fuss I would eat the asparagus...

sunflower_sue 6 years, 1 month ago

crazyks, Set 'em up Jacks has 1/2 price basket 'o livers M-F from 4-6. I can get my youngest to snarf them w/ me but the rest prefer those nasty 'ol chewy tough gizzards. Dunked in enough gravy, I guess even those are edible.

Ceallach 6 years, 1 month ago

I've come to the conclusion that all y'all spend waaaaayyyy too much time smelling your pee :P

sunflower_sue 6 years, 1 month ago

Ceal, Huh, huh! :)

I have 2 fat spears of asparagus coming up in my garden. Now I need to go check my wild patches and see if Trinity has gotten to them yet.

ohjayhawk 6 years, 1 month ago

sue - I was thinking the same thing about H_L... wondering if he eats his asparagus with fava beans and a nice chianti

RETICENT_IRREVERENT 6 years, 1 month ago

I'd rather eat bean sprouts.

sunflower_sue 6 years, 1 month ago

Ohjay, since H_L hasn't come out to play today, I'm going to guess that he would add: "With a good friend."

cowgomoo 6 years, 1 month ago

I read somewhere that there was a posh supper club in London that had a sign posted, "Gentlemen will please refrain from urinating outside during asparagus season."

I like them steamed soft.

Crispian Paul 6 years, 1 month ago

I have to second the fact that asparagus is one of the world's best veggies. Stick it in a can and it tastes like a** and has the consistency of a really thick loogie.

Grilled in foil with olive oil, salt and pepper. Or raw/slightly blanched, with cream cheese and prosciutto wrapped around it.