If you plant them - you cannot harvest the first 2 years - the leaves are a nice filler for roses - and they make very good chicken asparagus soup.
Asparagus is bad for gout - my husband has a bad case of gout attacks -
Other perrenial herbs I have in my yard are min & oregano.
Sheila
mixture I - 2 1/2 tsp yeast
1 1/2 cup warm water
mixture II - 1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup scalding milk
mixture III - 5 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup oil
& one cup flour for kneading dough
dissovle yeast in warm water
boil milk and then add sugar and stir until dissolved
put mixture I & II in mixture III
knead well until smooth and cover with dry cloth & let rise for about an hour or more until double in size.
divide balls and put in filling.
boil water and from boiling point, put sipao and steam for about 15-20 minutes.
(left over make good siopao recipe)
Ingredients - 1 whole chicken cut up in pieces
potatoes (optional)
pieces of pork with fat (optional but tastes better)
1 large onion
3 cloves crushed garlic
3-5 bay leaves
1/3 cup water
1/3 cup cider vinegar
1/3 soy sauce (local brand like silverswan)
1 tsp salt
3 tsp sugar
pepper
put in pot all italicized ingredients and mix then put all others in and mix.
Bring to boil then medium cook (takes about 1 1/2 hours). Slow fire at the end for sauce to thicken or burn a little bit (I like my adobo a little burnt)
4 tbsp soy sauce
1 1/3 cup water
4 tbsp brown sugar
1 tbsp corn starch
mix altogether and put in the leftover adobo -
(use RAGU marinara sauce) - Sheila
pour in a lot of olive oil and saute garlic, onion and tomatoes.
put in RAGU marinara sauce
until consistency thickens (burn a little bit)
you can also put it a little ketchup.
I like Feta cheese on spaghetti
when cooking pasta - it has to be al dente