How to peel the skin of asparagus
First, hand-tearing peel, asparagus grows older, you can use the hand-tearing method, but for the tender asparagus, this way is not suitable.
Second, with the skin scraper to peel, scraper general kitchen necessary, direct use can quickly peel off the skin outside.
Third, with a knife to peel, you can hold the asparagus in one hand, a hand holding a knife, aimed at the skin, directly under the hand, not a knife down, asparagus on the break.
Asparagus preservation
1, buy back the asparagus if it is a whole handful, do not first dismantle, if it is loose, tied with a rope, and then cut off the end of the asparagus old roots.
2, asparagus crisp and sweet is built on sufficient moisture, so the storage of asparagus "moisturizing" is very important, the kitchen paper or paper towels wet, not too wet, and then wrapped around the entire tail of the asparagus.
3, and then wrap the stalks with tinfoil, wrapped in tinfoil for the purpose of shading, slowing down the aging of asparagus, in order to increase its storage time, and then stand up and put in a box or a cup, and put in the refrigerator for storage.
How to pick asparagus
1, look at the freshness
No matter which kind of asparagus, you need to choose fresh, the whole plant shape is straight, the tender stems are fresh, fine texture, bright skin, there is no wilting is good.
2, look at the color
Asparagus is mainly eaten is the young stem part, its young stem mainly has two colors, mainly white and green, green asparagus has a light fragrance, eaten crispy and delicious, rich in calcium, iron and a variety of vitamins, the best of the fresh food, white asparagus delicate texture, you can make canned food, or blanch in salted water then Fried food, it has little astringent flavor, fresh sweetness is also higher.