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Whenever I make tempura I love using asparagus (that's probably the 'deep frying' you saw, although tempura doesn't use a standard batter), and I also do something quite similar to what you mentioned, but otherwise I'm not crazy about it. I prefer broccoli. However, I completely agree with you about that whole size thing. Generally larger vegetables and fruits aren't as good as smaller ones, but perhaps we're both wrong. What's not to like, you ask? Pungent urine, DarkNWorn.
I know someone probably has a lot of insider tips regarding asparagus, but I digress.
Asparagus is filled with sulfur-containing amino acids that break down during digestion into six sulfur-containing compounds. These can impart a unique smell to urine as they are excreted. "It's the same sulfur group that makes skunks smell," said Barbara Hodges, a dietician with Boston University's nutrition clinic, the Evans Nutrition Group.
Scientists remain divided on why people have different urinary responses to eating asparagus. One camp thinks only about half of the population have a gene enabling us to break down the sulfurous amino acids in asparagus into their smellier components. Others think that everyone digests asparagus the same way, but only about half of us have a gene that enables us to smell the specific compounds formed in the digestion of asparagus.
"There's something of a dispute," said Dr. David Stollar, chairman of biochemistry at Tufts University Medical School.
The unusual smells are nothing to worry about, though. According to the Dictionary of Medical Syndromes, which includes an entry on the urinary excretion of odoriferous components of asparagus: "The syndrome does not have any pathological significance."
I almost always 'roast' mine now -- either in a saute pan on the stovetop or on a baking sheet in the oven. Tossed with a little butter and olive oil to start... maybe some parmesan and balsamic or lemon juice at the end. Mmmm, we eat asparagus at least 3 times per week.
Bacon wrapped asparagus, dipped in batter and deep fried....
You like it, the raw bacon?
Bacon wrapped asparagus, dipped in batter and deep fried....
I know someone probably has a lot of insider tips regarding asparagus, but I digress.
Never had it. Have you? lol