Asparagi

The palmsʳ have, in the interior structure of their trunks, no analogy with other trees. In habit and in structure they resemble the ferns, in their blossom the grasses, and the asparagi in their mode of fructification.

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“Asparagus. The first sprigs of Herbs before unfolded unto leaves, and the youngest and tenderest branches that are eatable, are called Asparagus.” Miller’s Gardener’s Dictionary.—See also Suidas in Voce, Galenus de Alim. Facult. Humelbergius, ap. Apul. de Med. Hist. c. 84. Our author’s account of the Asparagi is abridged from Galen. He remarks, that the young shoots of the cabbage, called Cymæ, are particularly tender. Apicius directs to prepare them with cumin, salt, old wine, and oil; to which pepper, borage, and the like may be addded. / On the Asparagi, see Athenæus, Deipn. lib. ii. / The Plant now commonly known by the name of Asparagus or Sparrow-grass, is said by Simeon Seth to be so nutritious, that it deserves to hold an intermediate place between pot-herbs and flesh.

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I believe I can affirm without exaggeration that surrealism has permitted painting to outdistance with seven-league boots the three apples of Renoir, the four asparagi of Manet, the little chocolate women of Derain and the tobacco packets of the cubists, to see opening before it a field of vision limited only by the capacity for irritability of the mental faculties.

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The menu we settled on was this: / smoked salmon Greek pizzas / potato soup with tomato and basil / spinach-ricotta roulade with Criminey! sauce / baby asparagi with pine nuts & lemon / crepes with raspberries and chocolate / […] Eric took charge of dressing the asparagi, since I was hip-deep in roulade action, and I'm not sure exactly what he did with them.

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