> On telly this morning-->In his country home vegetable plot, Jamie Oliver
> pulls up some of his first asparagus of the year and has it for brekkie. He
> wrapped it in thinly sliced smoked bacon, oven baked it until tender, then
> sliced the tops off soft-boiled eggs and dipped it in as asparagus soldiers.
>
> I'd never thought to do this...but now I must have it!

> In article <66uhp6F2m6omrU1@mid.individual.net>, Viva said...

>> On telly this morning-->In his country home vegetable plot, Jamie Oliver
>> pulls up some of his first asparagus of the year and has it for brekkie.
>> He
>> wrapped it in thinly sliced smoked bacon, oven baked it until tender,
>> then
>> sliced the tops off soft-boiled eggs and dipped it in as asparagus
>> soldiers.
>>
>> I'd never thought to do this...but now I must have it!

>
> I've done asparagus like that, but not used it as soldiers.
>
> And yes, sounds divine :)
> --
> Bear
>

> On telly this morning-->In his country home vegetable plot, Jamie Oliver
> pulls up some of his first asparagus of the year and has it for brekkie. He
> wrapped it in thinly sliced smoked bacon, oven baked it until tender, then
> sliced the tops off soft-boiled eggs and dipped it in as asparagus soldiers.
>
> I'd never thought to do this...but now I must have it!
>
> ;)

> Viva privacy.net> wrote:
>

>> On telly this morning-->In his country home vegetable plot, Jamie Oliver
>> pulls up some of his first asparagus of the year and has it for brekkie.
>> He
>> wrapped it in thinly sliced smoked bacon, oven baked it until tender,
>> then
>> sliced the tops off soft-boiled eggs and dipped it in as asparagus
>> soldiers.
>>
>> I'd never thought to do this...but now I must have it!
>>
>> ;)

>
> That's nice. The first sparrowgrass in our allotment must be coming up
> about now. Haven't checked, as have been narrow boating for the last
> week. Huge fun.
> ...

> "The Older Gentleman" yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> Viva privacy.net> wrote:
>>

>>> On telly this morning...

> On telly this morning-->In his country home vegetable plot, Jamie Oliver
> pulls up some of his first asparagus of the year and has it for brekkie.
> He wrapped it in thinly sliced smoked bacon, oven baked it until tender,
> then sliced the tops off soft-boiled eggs and dipped it in as asparagus
> soldiers.
>
> I'd never thought to do this...but now I must have it!
>
> ;)
>

> Viva privacy.net> wrote:

>>
>> Narrow boating eh? Is that for fishing or rafting?

>
> Neither. It's for trundling around Britain's *amazing* inland waterways.
> In our case, the Stourport Ring:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stourport_Ring
>

>

> "Viva" privacy.net> wrote in message
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>> On telly this morning-->In his country home vegetable plot, Jamie Oliver
>> pulls up some of his first asparagus of the year and has it for brekkie.
>> He wrapped it in thinly sliced smoked bacon, oven baked it until tender,
>> then sliced the tops off soft-boiled eggs and dipped it in as asparagus
>> soldiers.
>>
>> I'd never thought to do this...but now I must have it!
>> ;)
>>

> damn! guess i'll be heading to the stupidmarket so i can try this.
> zol
>
>

> Wow, "74 miles and 105 locks." No wonder it took you a week.
> So narrowboats are called such because the original working boats built in
> the 1800's were for carrying goods on the narrow canals?