Asparagusses

Lit. Huttleston, D. G.: The names of three commonly cultivated ornamental Asparagusses; in Baileya 17, 58—63, 1970.

TG :Do you know how cruel some farmers can be to asparagusses and / TG :poor turnips? It's outrageous, I tell you.. outrageous!

>I'm back for now, though. Until someone makes me cry. / By hitting you with asparagusses...?

>> Those fruits and vegetables ain't gonna pick themselves. / > Then let them rot in the fields. / > / > / Wah!!! I want my asparagusses, broccolii,^([sic]) bananas and oranges!!! And I don't want to work for a paving company or a landscaper either. Surely there must be a way we can have our cake and eat it too.

Asparagus … Appearing at the beginning of April, plump green Asparagusses are the first major seasonal Middle Class foodie treat of the year.