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Vegetable of the lily family
Answer for the clue "Vegetable of the lily family ", 9 letters:
asparagus
Alternative clues for the word asparagus
Word definitions for asparagus in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., aspergy ; late Old English sparage , from Latin asparagus (in Medieval Latin often sparagus ), from Greek asparagos , which is of uncertain origin; probably from PIE root *sp(h)er(e)g- "to spring up" (though perhaps not originally a Greek word).\n ...
Usage examples of asparagus.
Mayonnaise dressing is used for meat, fish, some varieties of fruit, as banana, apple and pineapple, and for some vegetables, as cauliflower, asparagus and tomatoes.
Have carrots cut in small cubes or straws, turnips and beet root the same, green string beans cut in small pieces, asparagus and peas, all cooked separately until tender.
When ready to serve, arrange the cups on shredded lettuce and fill with cooked asparagus tips, cold and mixed with mayonnaise or French dressing, as desired.
Set a row of sliced gherkins near the top, and fill in the space to the top with string beans or asparagus tips.
Make a sauce of the butter, flour, salt, paprica, and water in which the asparagus was cooked, or use half a cup of cream in the place of part of the asparagus liquor.
When the eggs are nicely poached, remove the eggs, with the asparagus below, on to rounds of toasted and buttered bread.
For three cups of peas make one cup of drawn-butter sauce, using as liquid the water in which the asparagus was cooked, or white stock.
Foods like asparagus, artichokes, Brussels sprouts, black-eyed peas, and sunflower seeds contain folate.
Continue broiling 4 minutes or until chicken is cooked through and asparagus is crisp-tender.
Olive oil, whole-grain pasta, and asparagus decrease the inflammatory gremlins that age your arteries.
Never mind, I had an established asparagus bed so I would be able to cut asparagus for our meals, also I could harvest early lettuce, broccoli and radishes, leeks and spring cabbages, winter cauliflower and winter spinach.
Since all but me were vegetarians I had made a dinner of cream of spinach soup with steamed turnip tops, broccoli quiche, asparagus risotto, cauliflower cheese and a mixed salad.
Fifteen pounds of cold tortellini salad, two hundred miniature asparagus tarts, three platters of herbed goat cheese, and a hundred and fifty spring rolls had no doubt been loaded back into the Right Touch Catering van.
And I dont have another menu featuring asparagus tarts scheduled for this week.
They had been in the middle of choosing between the asparagus tarts and miniature mushroom quiches.