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1 minute ago, Senior Sea Kayaker said:In Jacques Pepin's 'The Apprentice: My Life...' he describes an incident when his daughter was young and was served asparagus at a friend's house. She wasn't eating it so her friend's mother asked her if she had ever had asparagus before and she replied she was waiting for the hollandaise as that is how it was served at home.
I thought you were gonna say Claudine said - the asparagus is always peeled at home!
Just now, Senior Sea Kayaker said:In Jacques Pepin's 'The Apprentice: My Life...' he describes an incident when his daughter was young and was served asparagus at a friend's house. She wasn't eating it so her friend's mother asked her if she had ever had asparagus before and she replied she was waiting for the hollandaise as that is how it was served at home.
I thought you were gonna say Claudine say - the asparagus is always peeled at home!
