Food! Asparagus time!
Apr. 6th, 2023 04:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ellerIt's that time of the year again. The (unofficial) traditional German calendar has a season called 'asparagus time'. (Did you know asparagus is the vegetable with the largest agricultural area in Germany?) And also, it happens to be one of my favorite vegetables. So, I cooked some green asparagus!
Actually, I already wanted to eat that asparagus yesterday but could not because of Ice Cream Incident. The ice cream place has a new employee who happens to be male. Those of you who are female probably know this tends to result systematically in slightly larger portions. Well, this employee exaggerated a bit - instead of the three scoops of ice cream (a large but still somewhat reasonable portion), this guy decided the scoop was not large enough and gave me factually six. Yeah. Needless to say, I did not eat anything for the rest of the day... The asparagus had to wait.
Cooking it was straightforward: 10 minutes in boiling water with salt, sugar, and butter. (The sugar is necessary - not to sweeten the asparagus but to make it less woody.) Even I can manage that! The meat is turkey in a homemade marinade. I actually wanted to eat it with potatoes, but they had sprouted and I had to throw them out... So, the carbs had to come from pasta instead. (It had a spinach-and-cheese filling, which actually complemented the asparagus quite well.) In case you are wondering about the portion size: asparagus has a near-zero caloric value, so basically, it tastes good but will not keep you alive. (It has some nutritional value anyway, because of vitamins and trace elements, but you really need to add fat and carbs.) Speaking of fat... How much Hollandaise can you drown your asparagus in? YES. I love Hollandaise. Always did. (This used to be a recurring point of contention between me and my parents: somehow, they did not think a 50:50 Hollandaise:asparagus ratio was reasonable. These days, no one can stop me!)
Anyway... This was GOOD! SOOOOO GOOOOOD!
Actually, I already wanted to eat that asparagus yesterday but could not because of Ice Cream Incident. The ice cream place has a new employee who happens to be male. Those of you who are female probably know this tends to result systematically in slightly larger portions. Well, this employee exaggerated a bit - instead of the three scoops of ice cream (a large but still somewhat reasonable portion), this guy decided the scoop was not large enough and gave me factually six. Yeah. Needless to say, I did not eat anything for the rest of the day... The asparagus had to wait.
Cooking it was straightforward: 10 minutes in boiling water with salt, sugar, and butter. (The sugar is necessary - not to sweeten the asparagus but to make it less woody.) Even I can manage that! The meat is turkey in a homemade marinade. I actually wanted to eat it with potatoes, but they had sprouted and I had to throw them out... So, the carbs had to come from pasta instead. (It had a spinach-and-cheese filling, which actually complemented the asparagus quite well.) In case you are wondering about the portion size: asparagus has a near-zero caloric value, so basically, it tastes good but will not keep you alive. (It has some nutritional value anyway, because of vitamins and trace elements, but you really need to add fat and carbs.) Speaking of fat... How much Hollandaise can you drown your asparagus in? YES. I love Hollandaise. Always did. (This used to be a recurring point of contention between me and my parents: somehow, they did not think a 50:50 Hollandaise:asparagus ratio was reasonable. These days, no one can stop me!)
Anyway... This was GOOD! SOOOOO GOOOOOD!
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Date: 2023-04-06 05:26 pm (UTC)Ahahahahaha ZOMG SIX SCOOPS OF ICE CREAM...I can barely manage TWO. XD
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