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"OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote:

> And next time, look for bunches of the thinner spears.
> I've found that there is more waste with the fatter ones.
>
> I toss the broken stems into the freezer and then cook them a bit when
> they come out. Keep the cooking water and run the now mushy stems thru
> a china cap and save the mush.
>
> Add some chopped tender asparagus for making cream of asparagus soup.
>
> It's divine.....
>
> Om

Thanks for the soup idea. I wouldn't have made it that way.
Re thinner -- I like the thicker spears. :-/
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