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This isn’t the VERY first asparagus of the season (Chilean asparagus – with a carbon footprint this size of Shanghai – has been sighted plus the usual Italian/Spanish invasion) but it’s claimed to be
a) local (which I believe, because it’s from the folks on the market)
and
b) hasn’t been helped along with plastic covers (to which I’d say “Okaaaaaay…”, but not be quite convinced, because no-one else is harvesting yet)
I’m waiting for Lydia Bugner….
Mainz Daily Photo 
>My daughter and I wondered, are the really big ones as tender as the smaller ones we're use to ?V
>Settle down, girls…
>I'm laughing and you know why.V
>Perhaps I should send you a private message on this one!
>What a bizarre image . . . interesting! At first glance I had no idea what this was. . .