A friend gave me what looked to be a huge bag of asparagus. He asked me to do something with it other than clean, boil, and bag it, as in- what else can be done? I told him, no problem (as we all know by now, I KNOW EVERYTHING!). Yeah, right! When opened, the bag revealed a mix of undersize/avg, young/old, pretty much wild asparagus. Great. Now that I've shot my big mouth off, what to do with a bag of glorified weeds? First separated the decent sized, from the small. Next, separated the rubbery/too dark green/from the reasonably OK stuff. I then took the good sized, trimmed it,steamed it shortly, laid a strip of Pepper Jack cheese along it, and wrapped it in a good quality ham sliced thinly. Reheated in a Micro until cheese melts, will make a nice appetizer. Next I took the small stuff, steamed until dead, blended(on Puree) with chix broth,cream O chix soup, nutmeg,Mrs Dash, garlic(while I was sauteing chopped onions,and celery) . Took the whole works up to simmer, then added cream cheese, milk, and a decent German sausage(pieces). When melded together-it wasn't bad!
I'm so proud I can take free asparagus, add 15 bucks and 4 hrs labor to it , give it back to a friend -just to preserve the legend of Buffalo Dick!
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Ever try roasting it or grilling it? A little garlic, a little oil... yum.
The short answer is-yes! This was stuff that was not to be delivered in a short(sitting at the table!) time table!
It sounds good. I only get asparagus at my parents house, because my husband doesn't like it.
Sounds delicious!!!! And so creative, good job!
Gotta give ya props!! :) Uncle Buff + official saver of dinner!
--snow
well you did it...buffalo style...certainly some specific ingredients...did you keep any?
My my! so much work! It really 'deserved' to be good tasting after that! LOL
Lynda- When I was a kid, the first time we had asparagus I looked at it and asked "what does it taste like?" My dad answered without looking up from his plate "Like grass". He was not a fan of it either!
Jen- I knew the wrap was going to be good, but I really had to dial in on the soup before I was okay with it.
SnowNiece-I wasn't saving dinner, I was saving my reputation!
DogB- As often happens when I cook for others, when I'm done I don't want any!
Mona- When I gave it to the people, they didn't even heat it up and ate it! The best laid plans of mice and men.....
Wow! You are amazing.
I hope your FIRST PRIZE at my contest will give you much cooking joy as well!!!
Read this post on the tail-end of the day when all I had the energy to do for dinner was throw rice & water into a rice cooker, add "Smart balance" butter, and salt. Tsk.
I wanna dinner do over.
everyone's on the asparagus kick lately it seems! wrapping it in cheese and ham...mmmm. good work my friend.
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