Best place to buy asparagus

[mkcj]

Wife wants to start canning, and thought we would try asparagus since it's first to come in. Anyone know of a good place to buy it in bulk 30-50lbs.

[Romulus1297]

Lone Pine Fruit

[RadSav]

Asparagus - Yummy

Canned asparagus - 


You can usually get bulk deals if you talk with the manager of your local Winco Foods - if you have one close.

[hollymaster]

Wife always buys at Costco. 

[ICEMAN]

Asparagus - Yummy

Canned asparagus - 


You can usually get bulk deals if you talk with the manager of your local Winco Foods - if you have one close.

I hear you on the canned asparagus as it is pretty soft canned. My hunting buddy had a cold pickling process and it made excellent snack time at camp each year. ( I need to pressure him to do this again, been a few years...)

[BigD]

My wife has bought it at the fruit/vegetable stands around yakama for .95 cents  a lb. In 20 lb boxes. We planted a bunch last year and more this year hope it comes in good.

[Boss .300 winmag]

Pickled asparagus is goooood.

[snowpack]

You could try the farmer's markets.  If you go near the end, after all the crowds have thinned, they are usually eager to bargain and be done for the day.  A lot of them don't want to haul the stuff back.

[sirmissalot]

I've been on the lookout too for some pickled asparagus. I can find it locally for 99 cents a pound when it's in season at the local farm stand.

[Kc_Kracker]

depends on where you live, grocery stores only have the thick stalks which are tough and chewy, i toww 2/3 of that out, the produce stands have the pencil stalks which are good and soft end to end. we go to Foleys in maple valley for all produce 

[mkcj]

Pickled asparagus is goooood.

Our neighbor at the cabin gave us a jar of spicy pickled asp. last year and it was great

[dscubame]

Thorp Fruit Stand?

[92xj]

The stand out past burbank heights on the right.  They just did a first cut of asparagus this past week.  good stuff cheap.  Most likely wrong side of the state for you though. 

[buckfvr]

depends on where you live, grocery stores only have the thick stalks which are tough and chewy, i toww 2/3 of that out, the produce stands have the pencil stalks which are good and soft end to end. we go to Foleys in maple valley for all produce 

You need to google asparagus to find out correct ways to prepare it.  We have grown our own for 7 seasons and do not experience toughness on the thicker stalks........we eat them all and they are all tender........if you throw away 2/3rds, you are wasting some good eats. 

We steam ours and eat it all.......for salads, we steam then ice bath........great stuff.

[CAMPMEAT]

One guy I know here, goes to Othello.

[magnanimous_j]

Pickled asparagus is goooood.

I love pickled asparagus in a bloody mary.

[baldopepper]

Washington cut has just started, usually packed in 28lbs ctns or 20lbs consumer packs.  Still very expensive, with lots of Mexican product still around.  Best to wait for 2-3 weeks for the price to drop.  Try to get standard (comes in Jumbo, Lrg., std. and pencil)  Lots of the produce stands go over and pick up their own in Eastern Washington, but many of the regular stores actually get daily and most buy standard not large. (pencil is harder to work with for canning or pickling) Wait for a good ad at one of the local stores and, frankly, you'll get as good or better than you will any where else.  Make sure they've had it under refrigeration as it does break down fairly quickly, and many of the farmers markets or fruit stands lack good refrigeration.  Good stuff will have nice snap when you bent it a bit and no sag when you hold it upright.

[Rider]

First Pick Produce on SR203 & Tualco Loop just outside Monroe.

[Hawgdawg]

Washington cut has just started, usually packed in 28lbs ctns or 20lbs consumer packs.  Still very expensive, with lots of Mexican product still around.  Best to wait for 2-3 weeks for the price to drop.  Try to get standard (comes in Jumbo, Lrg., std. and pencil)  Lots of the produce stands go over and pick up their own in Eastern Washington, but many of the regular stores actually get daily and most buy standard not large. (pencil is harder to work with for canning or pickling) Wait for a good ad at one of the local stores and, frankly, you'll get as good or better than you will any where else.  Make sure they've had it under refrigeration as it does break down fairly quickly, and many of the farmers markets or fruit stands lack good refrigeration.  Good stuff will have nice snap when you bent it a bit and no sag when you hold it upright.

  Wet towel over the top of the box in the beer fridg.

[mkcj]

We called thorp and they have it for $1.79 a pound