I bought these bundles of asparagus at the farmers’ market during my photography workshop last weekend. Like ramps, fiddleheads, and green garlic, they’re the ultimate harbinger of spring. I was so excited to bring them home and feed them to the kids. And then I had to overcook them. Dammit, I hate it when I do that – I should know better and distraction is not an excuse. But they went over reasonably well, so I can just imagine their potential.
EMMA: “More please!”
ME: “You haven’t had any yet.”
ME: “OK, let’s do this again: asparagus. What does it look like?”
LAUREN: “It looks like a really short tree if you cut the stem off.”
SAM: “A tree!”
ME: “Would you like to hold it?”
LAUREN: “It feels like it’s braided.”
ME: “What does it smell like?”
LAUREN: “Nothing.”
ME: “What does it taste like?”
EMMA: “Smelled it!”
LAUREN: “I ate the top of it.”
EMMA: “Candy.”
ME: “Would you guys like a little bit of salt on it?”
EMMA: “More please.”
LAUREN: “Yeah, I totally want some! A little more salt.”
ME: “What do you think?”
SAM: “Don’t like it.”
LAUREN: “I need a lot more salt.”
ME: “Do you know that eating asparagus makes your pee smell funny?”
[No comments]
ME: “The ends might get woody and tough, you don’t have to eat that part.”
LAUREN: “I love it with a lot of salt.”
SAM: “I tasted the salt!”
[salt spills everywhere]
ME: “OK, that’s why I can’t have the salt near you because Emma will do that.”
EMMA: “More salt!”
Love it. The kids comments (and actions) are so true to type.