MareCat wrote:
> "James Silverton" <not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not> wrote in message
> ...
>> Dave wrote on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:10:38 -0400:
>>
>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>>
>>>> James Silverton wrote:
>>>>> The recent thread on asparagus made me think about
>>>>> blanched vegetables. I think white asparagus tastes
>>>>> better than green
>>>>
>>>> I've only seen white asparagus at one large vegetable
>>>> market and, sadly, just this week found out the market has
>>>> shut down. They're putting up a strip mall. Yeah, we
>>>> need more of those. (sigh)
>>
>> I've seen white asparagus at Fresh Fields and Balducci's (a small
>> NY-Washington chain and probably the most expensive grocery in
>> town!) but it's usually about $2 more than green.
>
> I used to see it at Kroger when I lived in TX. Only bought it once
> (yeah, it was at least $2 more than the green). I saw purple
> asparagus there, too. Never bought that.
>
> Mary

I sometimes think it's a bit extravagant and Europeans like to lord it over
us that their esparagus isn't green. Well excuse me, it's just a matter of
chlorophyll. LOL