Steamed New Eng­lish Asparagus

(serves three)

Bring water to a boil in the dou­ble boil­er and add the aspara­gus which you’ve snapped at the vul­ner­a­ble points on the stem and skimmed a bit of rough stem off with a car­rot peel­er. Steam the aspara­gus JUST until it smells good, and is bright green, if you like it to have a lit­tle bite, and longer if you like it soft. Remove to a nice pret­ty place and set aside along­side the pota­toes and beans.

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Now you can go about your busi­ness telling your daugh­ter how won­der­ful she was on Sports Day and clean­ing the lit­ter­box, until about 10 min­utes before you’re ready to eat.