{"id":15659,"date":"2018-04-07T18:02:54","date_gmt":"2018-04-08T01:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/?p=15659"},"modified":"2020-04-16T11:20:08","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T18:20:08","slug":"asparagus-collection-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/asparagus-collection-index\/","title":{"rendered":"Asparagus &#8211; COLLECTION"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Pencil thin asparagus has an intense flavor.<\/li>\n<li>Older thicker asparagus has a milder flavor.<\/li>\n<li>Dry cooking activates the amino acids, giving a meaty flavor<\/li>\n<li>Moist cooking gives the asparagus more of a grassy flavor<\/li>\n<li>Quick method:&nbsp; Microwave in a wet paper towel 3-4 minutes<\/li>\n<li>When buying, examine that stalks in the center<\/li>\n<li>Stalks will dry from the bottom, and rot from the tips<\/li>\n<li>Tips should be tightly packed<\/li>\n<li>Store upright in a glass of water &#8211; like flowers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/orange-butter-asparagus\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Orange Butter Asparagus<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/marinated-asparagus-spears\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Marinated Asparagus Spears<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/prosciutto-wrapped-asparagus-4\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Prosciutto Wrapped Asparagus<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/asparagus-with-yolk-sauce\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Asparagus with Yolk Sauce<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/asparagus-parmesan\/\">Asparagus Parmesan<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/asparagus-polonaise\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Asparagus Polonaise<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/shitake-asparagus\/\">Shitake Asparagus<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/asparagus-lasagna\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Asparagus Lasagna<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/parmesan-crusted-mahi-mahi-with-asparagus-sauce\/\">Asparagus Sauce<\/a> for Fish<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pencil thin asparagus has an intense flavor. Older thicker asparagus has a milder flavor. Dry cooking activates the amino acids, giving a meaty flavor Moist cooking gives the asparagus more of a grassy flavor Quick method:&nbsp; Microwave in a wet paper towel 3-4 minutes When buying, examine that stalks in the center Stalks will dry &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/asparagus-collection-index\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Asparagus &#8211; COLLECTION&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[180,196,156,210],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-appetizers","category-collection-index","category-salads","category-beatitudes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15659"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18792,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15659\/revisions\/18792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}