Asparagus bacon bundles

Percentages are roughly approximated using US recommendations for adults. Asparagus, or asparagus bacon bundles asparagus, folk name sparrow grass, scientific name Asparagus officinalis, is a perennial flowering plant species in the genus Asparagus. Its young shoots are used as a spring vegetable.

It was once classified in the lily family, like the related Allium species, onions and garlic. 15 together, in a rose-like shape. The root system, often referred to as a ‘crown’, is adventitious and the root type is fasciculated. It is usually dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants, but sometimes hermaphrodite flowers are found. Asparagus foliage turns bright yellow in autumn. A mixture of these compounds form a “reconstituted asparagus urine” odor. This was first investigated in 1891 by Marceli Nencki, who attributed the smell to methanethiol.

The onset of the asparagus urine smell is remarkably rapid while the decline is slower. The smell has been reported to be detectable 15 to 30 minutes after ingestion and subsides with a half-life of approximately four hours. Ornithogalum pyrenaicum known as “Prussian asparagus” for its edible shoots. The English word asparagus derives from classical Latin but the plant was once known in English as sperage, from the Medieval Latin sparagus. John Walker wrote in 1791 that “Sparrowgrass is so general that asparagus has an air of stiffness and pedantry”.

In Turkish, asparagus is known as kuşkonmaz, literally ” bird won’t land “, in reference to the shape of the plant. Since asparagus often originates in maritime habitats, it thrives in soils that are too saline for normal weeds to grow. Some places are better for growing asparagus than others. The fertility of the soil is a large factor. A breed of “early-season asparagus” that can be harvested two months earlier than usual was announced by a UK grower in early 2011. Purple asparagus differs from its green and white counterparts in having high sugar and low fibre levels.

Purple asparagus was originally developed in Italy, near the city of Albenga and commercialized under the variety name ‘Violetto d’ Albenga’. Purple asparagus can also turn green while being cooked due to its sensitivity to heat. Asparagus is said to be a useful companion plant for tomatoes, as the tomato plant repels the asparagus beetle. Asparagus may repel some harmful root nematodes that affect tomato plants. Asparagus is low in food energy and very low in sodium.