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: On Wed, 9 May 2007 19:04:55 +0000 (UTC), magnanimously
: proffered:

: >Sheldon spewed:
: >
: >: Anyone can do that at home... asparagus continues to grow after
: >: harvesting... in fact asparagus farmers have developed packaging for
: >: shipping with about 4" head room because that's about how much more
: >: they grow on the way to your stupidmarket. Asparagus for shipment are
: >: harvested prematurely, which is primarily why they don't taste nearly
: >: as good as those harvested from ones own patch... plus anyone who buys
: >: asparagus from the stupidmarket has never tasted fresh, those at the
: >: market are a minimum of a week since harvested and even thouhg they
: >: look attractive they are actually very poor quality.
: >
: >Excuse me? Asparagus is harvested by cutting the spear, after which
: >it has been cut off from its' root system. It cannot and does not
: >grow after that because it is no longer receiving any moisture or
: >nutrients. You must have magic asparagus!!! It's that little
: >asparagus between your legs that grows to 4" head, moron.

: Absolutely wrong! We've spent quite a bit of time in England's premier
: asparagus growing area (the Severn Valley) and have learned about
: asparagus (and other things like French cheeses and wild Scottish
: smoked salmon) from my wife's late aunt, who was a Cordon Blue trained
: cook.

: There is "first cut" or thinnings known as "sprue," the "second cut"
: and, if I'm not mistaken, even third cuts of asparagus.

You completely misunderstand. Sheldon stated that the HARVESTED spears
continue growing. Of course the crowns keep growing new spears. Read
things again...