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> On Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:06:25 -0500, margaret suran
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>>I believe that the American Green Asparagus are grown for American Taste
>>and ease of cooking and eating them.
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> I guess you've never harvested asparagus in a cow pasture.
> Americans prefer their asparagus "wild"... not sheltered and pampered
> the European way.

Wild asparagus with its extremely short season is very highly prized and
costs a bundle in the marketplace. This is Europe.

There are not many cow pastures in Manhattan, I think.