... Cooking Asparagus. — At thia season of the year all who do not wish the delicate points of good aspa- ragus to be destroyed in the boiling should bear in mind i that they are never immersed in water by those who understand cooking asparagus. Tbe beads ...

... and assiduous cultivation could do. He was able to grow asparagus nearly all the year round, and if those who wero fond of the vegetable would enly take the trouble they might always have asparagus with grouse, partridges, and even pheasants. — M. Henri ...

... often as tender as that cf the Dutch asparagus. Now, in Hollsnd aspara^u. Is often as carefully aheltered as hyacinths ani tulips, and reeds are largely employed for the purpos \ In thu country tbe sheltering of asparagus is often a matter of accident more ...

... of the area is to be kept in a high state of culti- vation. Australian asparagus for London tables seems to be a possibility of the early future. Some time ago a quantity of asparagus from Victoria was brought to Lomlon, but it was landed in a frozen condition ...

... ago he assisted at the arrival of the tirst Argenteud asparagus at Covent Garden Market. The salesman carefully sorted the asparagus, and placed the large ones in a basket ticketed English asparagus. All the little ones he tied up in a bundle and labelled ...

... is to be reduced, while the duty ou the following commodities is to be increased: — Wine, snirits; beer, tobacco, fruit, asparagus, flowers, spices, cakes: -a-wa^ and boots and shoes. ...

... gardener to Colonel Sowerby. Mr Lewis Solomon sof Covent-garden, exhibited, as foreign produce, potatoes, peas, artichokes, asparagus, vegetable* for salads and totnatas, all of which appeared to be of excellent quality, so far as we could judge b7 a casual ...

... of wild flowers, but of wild ferns and grasses. In three of the latter, exhibited by children of one family, I observed asparagus, and upon my saying to the exhibitors that thia was not contemplated by the schedule, my ignorance was at once enlightened ...

... Cook's Best Friend. — Monsieur Soyer, the celebrated cook of the Reform Club, says : — In boiling cabbage, greens, spinach, asparagus, and French beans, 1 hard water gives them a yellow tinge, it shrivels greens and peas ;it closes the pores of meat ; on ...

... had been j accustomed to receive from Catholic sources He | humorously compared the subscribing public to a I bundle of asparagus, portions of which re- i quired a longer time to cook than others In ! other words the Cardinal has fallen between ; two ...

... the restaurant Maison Doroe :— Wine, 7fr - bnti-pr _. ' r p Ifr 75c; fish, 2:, 50c; ,weetb«i] Air ''&£ ■ duckling, 12fr. ; asparagus five), 3fr ■ ice Ifr OR-' Total, 32fr. 75c. I may add ?? f J&J& Sfc^ lorzuir. m..— Your ooedient servant. PurU ' Mondiy ' ...

... ios Od per loo: lemons, lod to 2s Od per dozen' ; Vegetables-Asparagus, ls to Ss 6d per bundle; horseradish is Od to 4*. Od per bundle ; parsley, 2s Od to 2s 6d per dozen bunches asparagus, lsto3s6d per bundle; rhubarb, 2d to 6d per bundle : ; mushrooms ...