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A LITTLE BAG OF LOVELINESS

Can you tell what it is yet?  


Of course you can. 


Yet another picture, I can't help myself.


The asparagus farm is only three miles away - you can watch them cutting it as you choose your bunch from the shop.  You can choose the size you want too, thin, medium or large.  We chose medium - you get about 24 spears, which I feel is pretty good for £2.50 a bunch.

I've reached an age where I have most of the things I want. I don't want presents for Christmas and Birthdays......this is what I want, asparagus or any other precious seasonal treat to taste and treasure.  Sadly, my birthday falls on Christmas Eve, so not  many fresh seasonal treasures to be had.  Asparagus, however, is the one food I look forward most to eating after a long winter. Strawberries would be next on my list, but I'll have to wait a while on that one.  I know you can buy both all year round, but they're just not as tasty as something harvested and eaten on the same day.

Just to be doubly decadent, we treated ourselves to some Lidl gravadlax as well!  It is the weekend after all - I even allowed myself some bread and butter instead of crispbreads.



But this was the star.  We were pretty restrained and shared just one bunch, griddled with a squeeze of fresh lemon, freshly ground black pepper, sea salt and a few shavings of parmesan, just the way we like it.


There is a downside to eating all this asparagus, smelly pee!  It's worth putting up with though... it's only for the next six to eight weeks lol!


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