"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> On Fri 26 Aug 2005 08:33:54a, Dee Randall wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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>> "~patches~" > wrote in message
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>>> Phyllis Stone wrote:
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>>>> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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>>>>>Does anyone actually eat this stuff? The first time I ever opened a
>>>>>can, I
>>>>>thought the contents were already spoiled and threw it out. When I
>>>>>learned that it was supposed to be that way, I never bought it again.
>>>>>IMHO, canned asparagus is one of the most vile foods available.
>>>>>Color, texture, and flavor are all "unnatural".
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>>>> I have mentioned this before but I always like sympathy, my husband
>>>> will only eat canned asparagus and it must be slathered with
>>>> mayonaise. So I feel a little guilty but when I buy fresh for me I get
>>>> some canned for him. When I have fish he gets fishsticks. The only
>>>> lettice he likes is iceberg. I finally figured out that he likes 1950
>>>> school cafeteria type food.
>>> Sorry for piggybacking. Asparagus is one vegetable I haven't tried
>>> canning. If you homecanned it you could likely get better results than
>>> commercially canned asparagus. The reason for the is a certain amount
>>> of insect parts etc are allowed in commercially canned asparagus. I
>>> worked one asparagus season at a canning factory so that really turned
>>> me off. Homecanning would allow you to use purified water and adjust
>>> the salt. One of these days I will try a small batch to to see how it
>>> comes out. I normally freeze it but prefer fresh.
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>> I'm don't understand why 'canned' pickled asparagus in JARS are crispy
>> like butter pickles, and dark green BUT
>> 'canned' asparagus in cans are limp and light green.
>> Dee Dee
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> Vinegar and salt. They are probably not cooked prior to pickling.
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> Wayne Boatwright *¿*

Musing -- the brine I've tasted in pickled asparagus tastes exactly like the
brine that is used in pickled fiddle-head fern, making the asparagus, to me,
taste like the pickled fiddle-head ferns. I recall that I picked up fh-f's
at the Canadian border, I'm wondering if the pickled asparagus I recently
bought at BJ's was pickled in Canada as well. Or that it might be that the
brine that is used for that type of product is always somewhat similar.
Dee Dee