Sheldon wrote:

>
> quantities. The fact that Europeans prefer white asparagus is
> attributed to personal preference is all, they prefer white endive
> too, the rest of the world prefers green, yet there are plenty of
> white grown in the US. I've eaten white asparagus but don't prefer
> them, only because to me they look foreign.

I have had white asparagus in Europe. It tasted almost identical to the green
asparagus I get here. The only significant difference was the colour.