First Asparagus
Early May brings a farmers market delicacy
About 500 million asparagus spears are hand-harvested each year
Asparagus can grow 1/2 inch per hour under ideal conditions and produce 25+ spears over its 6-8 week season
There are 9,500 acres of Michigan Asparagus land, mainly in the West Central and Southwest corner of the state
More via Michigan Asparagus.org
Meantime, we’re steaming and topping with olive oil, salt, and pepper. Cheers to spring.
Raphael: Too many miles between Michigan and France to share a slice, but it sounds perfect.
Hi Heidi, you inspired me, so I went to the Michigan Asparagus site and copied some recipes, luckily for us in France it's also asparagus season, it seemed a bit far to come to you !!!
I cooked the recipe “Asparagus, bacon and cheese tart”, a treat !
Waiting for your next post
Raphaël