Suggestions for canned asparagus spears?

[noamnety]

I acquired a can of sidewalk asparagus today. I love asparagus but hate the mushy grossness of canned or even frozen vegetables.

Any suggestions for how to proceed? I could puree them into a soup, I'm not sure if the can flavor will come through or not. Maybe I could pickle them. Or if I roast them on a pizza or something, will that disguise the can-ness of them?

[Warpy]

1. Got pigs?

You could do a cream of asparagus soup with them, mixed with the fresh plant.

[noamnety]

2. I have a ham bone in my freezer

and some sour cream. I hadn't thought of mixing in fresh asparagus to round it out.

[Aerows]

3. My first impulse was to say

"Eat the heck out of them"?

They are great under a Bearnaise sauce along with a grilled (or sauteed) chicken breast as the meat and a croissant for the bread.

[noamnety]

5. I'm suspicious.

That sounds like the asparagus would still have the canned mushiness. But the rest of it sounds awesome!

[Sentath]

4. Really wimpy sexual restraints

freeze them into tiny ice spears for your miniature snowman army

prank napkin rings

Plasticize them and make ironic foodie jewelry

weave them into really wet hot pads

Scutch them for their fiber and make a tiny patch of cloth

[noamnety]

6. I may have to use them

for casting asparagus at you!

[trueblue2007]

7. i like to eat them with Best Food Mayo !!!

[Liberal Jesus Freak]

8. Yuck.

Throw them away Or, seriously, use them as suggested and grind them up for a soup base. Add as much fresh asparagus as you can afford. Oh, and garlic

[noamnety]

13. oooh, spices, yes!

I didn't think of that, but instead of a plainish soup, maybe some strong curry stuff could cover it up. It would be the culinary equivalent of covering a run in black tights with some sharpie.

[locks]

9. Asparagus is really, really

good for you. I've been cutting up and cooking fresh asparagus and carrots, putting them in the blender with orange juice. Makes a pretty good smoothie; maybe the canned asparagus would work.

[The empressof all]

10. Yeah they are not easy

I would probably put them in a risotto where their texture would add to the creaminess. I would add lots of Parm!

[Galileo126]

11. Yup - I second the risotto route here - nt

[noamnety]

15. I thought a lot about their texture

and about spices, and I finally made something with them today. I've never made risotto or even had it to know how it's supposed to taste. But the texture was creamy - one step away from mashed avocado. So I mixed it with some tempeh, broccoli slaw, onions and taco seasoning, and put it in corn tortillas with some guacomole. The mix of textures and the spices successfully covered it up.

[Retrograde]

16. "successfully covered it up"

That's about the best one can hope for with canned asparagus. Pity, it's such a good vegetable when it's fresh - worth going without 11 month of the year just to get that one new crop.

[Retrograde]

12. They compost well

Some vegetables take to canning well: asparagus is not one of them, IMHO.

The last time I had canned asparagus was a dish prepared by a retired professor of nutrition at a nursing school. It consisted of white bread - crusts removed - covered in mayonnaise and wrapped around a single spear. I understand now how hospital food got its reputation.

Soup - with enough cream added to cover up the tinny taste - is about the only thing I'd consider.

[Nac Mac Feegle]

14. A large bore potato cannon

and a ballistic trajectory toward the stage at the next republican't debate???

Depending on the size of the can, it might be necessary to use a metal barrel, instead of the traditional PVC pipe. Safety first.
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