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Default Leeks. The poor man's asparagus?

On 4/15/2016 5:48 PM, Je�us wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Apr 2016 17:32:46 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> On 2016-04-15 3:49 PM, Je?us wrote:
>>> On Fri, 15 Apr 2016 01:16:42 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> This is what I heard Jacques Pepin say.
>>>
>>> Jacques Pepin needs help if he thinks leeks are in any way similar to
>>> asparagus.
>>>
>>>> He said that asparagus was
>>>> expensive in France so the poor buy leeks and serve them as they would
>>>> asparagus. Granted my forays with leeks have been few but I do like them.
>>>> I can't stand asparagus and can't see the similarities.
>>>
>>> I love asparagus but don't see the similarities.

>>
>> One is delicious. The other tastes more like an onion.

>
> Both are delicious
>
> Mmm... potato and leek soup is well overdue. I plan to make a
> cauliflower soup sometime this weekend.
>

Both of those soups sound delicious! I made potato and leek soup last
year. I haven't made cauliflower soup in ages.

Jill