Um…mock asparagus?
Several of you wrote in to ask about that detail of the George Washington Carver Post below. I’ll admit I added that in just because it sounded weird. Carver created all sorts of imitation meats out of peanut protein, his own peanut-based version of seitan. I presume he make the imitation asparagus with the same stuff, though I’m not completely sure. As to why he might have thought there was a demand for mock asparagus, one can only speculate
I dug around and found recipes that use spring onions or other green vegetables covered in hollindaise sauce, and another that’s basically asparagus shaped gnocchi. I suppose if you can’t afford real asparagus but you want to impress your guests then the mock variety will have to do.
Sounds good to me! Thanks KC!