Asparagus - Thick and Thin

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What I've heard/experienced

 

Thin asparagus does not need peeling.. thick asparagus does better when peeled,

from the part that gets thicker than a pencil.

 

I cook asparagus a heretical way, but it works for me.

I snap the stems of the asparagus.. I usually get thin ones, so I don't peel.

I then put them with about 1/2 inch of water in the stove, turn it on high,

stir them when the water begins to boil and take out just after when they turn

color, about

2 minute after the water boils.

 

If I'm serving them cold, I'd plunge in an ice water bath...

 

 

I let them cook about 30 seconds - 1 minute after they turn color. If I am going

to freeze,

I take them out as SOON as they turn color, and plunge into an ice bath, until

COLD, DRAIN,

place in a ziploc bag and freeze.

 

Just my heretical two bits,

 

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