Asparagus is a vegetable eaten in the spring and fall.

It can be eaten in the spring between April and June, and in the fall between September and November, in October is the best time to eat asparagus, when it has the best texture and crunch. Asparagus is cheapest in October-November in the fall, it is eaten in the winter belongs to the vegetables eaten in the opposite season, and the asparagus in October is the most delicious.

Asparagus is the seedling of a perennial herbaceous plant of the genus Asparagus in the family Asparagaceae, which can be eaten as a vegetable. White asparagus is called white asparagus before it emerges from the ground, and green asparagus after it emerges from the ground. Even though the production regions are different, no matter which asparagus varieties, as long as they are exposed to sunlight they become green asparagus, and burying them in the soil or shading them from sunlight will make them whitish in color.

Asparagus preservation methods

1, wrapped in plastic wrap and put in the refrigerator cold

Buy more asparagus can be gently wrapped with plastic wrap, so that it is isolated from the air, placed in the refrigerator inside the fresh layer, generally this method of preservation period can be maintained for about 1 week.

2, wrapped in kitchen paper towels, spray a little water in the refrigerator

Kitchen paper towels will be asparagus a root of the roll, and then fixed with a rubber band, in the refrigerator before, with a spray bottle in the root position slightly spray a little bit of water, remember, do not spray more than the head of the asparagus can not touch the water, otherwise it will accelerate the deterioration!

3, wash and blanch frozen

Eat the asparagus, wash, pot of cold water, boil and gently put in blanching again, and then quickly put in the ice cubes in the cold water, cool down can be drained and put in a plastic bag to take to the refrigerator freezer!