Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Tue 01 Mar 2005 01:28:52a, Katra wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
> > So, dad bought 2 nice big beautiful bundles of Asparagus! I had a
lot of
> > older produce that I really needed to use up first, plus there were

> > about 2 days worth of leftovers in the 'frige. It's been my
experience
> > that, even at a good regulated 40 degrees, asparagus starts to
spoil
> > after about 3 days. The tips (which are the best part!) go first,
then
> > after about 5 days, the stems start going soft.
>
> This would never happen in our house. No matter what else was in the
fridge
> or what was leftover, that asparagus would be lucky to last a day or
two!
> Tilia I need not.
>
> Wayne

Me too. I've been known to polish off a pound of spears in one
sitting, as raw crudites, sometimes au jus... not even any dip... but
asparagus crudites are wonderful with a cream cheese n' lox dip.



Sheldon