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All About Asparagus, Cooking, Serving, Buying, Growing

All about Spargel. White asparagus is a German specialty and everyone likes to eat it. It comes in the springtime and is served at dinner parties all over Germany.
Traditional German Asparagus Recipes for Spring
Here is a list of the recipes in this collection which use asparagus. They are traditional recipes, that focus on the delicate taste of white asparagus.
Botany and Crop Science of Asparagus
White Asparagus is an early spring crop in Germany, where they celebrate the harvest with joy and special dinners. Spargel, or white asparagus is the centerpiece of these German gourmet meals and the easy recipes are great for a beginning cook.
Asparagus Etiquette
White asparagus, or "Deutscher Spargel", is a great delicacy in German-speaking countries and people take their spring harvest celebrations seriously. It is good to know how to cook and eat asparagus in Germany; knowing Spargel etiquette is not hard, but it is important in April and May. After the long winter, "Spargelzeit" is one of the first signs that summer will come again.
White Asparagus - German Spargel Cooking
German white asparagus is the traditional type of asparagus grown in Germany. Cooking and serving white asparagus is easy and fun. Spring is the traditional time to serve white asparagus. How to peel white asparagus.

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