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Beauty of rare crunchy asparagus

Beauty of rare crunchy asparagus (Photo: iStock)

Exploring in terms of food means eating what people consider common as well as what is rare. The word rare has asparagus written all over it.

It is a spring vegetable characterised by long, slender spears with tightly closed buds at the tip and belongs to the lily family.

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