Here in Germany it's actually cheaper, because it's not 1st grade asparagus. (People here are really quite snobbish about this. There's a whole seasonal song and dance being made about the few weeks they're in season for. If you talk to Germans about asparagus, they'll almost exclusively think of the white variety. We call the one grown to above ground green asparagus.)
@@MohammedAllali-ng3po I never claimed it was a German only plant. The type that's being grown as a vegetable is believed to have originated in the Eastern Mediterranean area, however a) there's mentions of this type of asparagus in dark age Germany and no one knows if those have been a natural spread or accidental one. So people here have cultivated this type of asparagus for hundreds of years now. And besides, there's many types of asparagus plants in Europe, Asia and Africa.
I like the purple one the most, but the green is very close. They don't taste that different, and the purple is a reddish purple, and very dark. A bit like blue/red cabbage(I don't know the English translation). I'm from a very asparagus heavy region in germany(nicknamed aspagrus land, Spargelland), an they have something called baby asparagus, which is just small aspagrus, and it's usually better in taste. If we want to eat a large portion we need to call ahead a day or two or otherwise we will not be able to get the amount needed
Is there like a difference in taste, texture, or nutritional value between green or white asparagus? 😅 This video didn't address it. From my understanding, these are the same plants, except one is exposed to sunlight. It just seems like extra steps to harvest white asparagus if there isn't any major differences 😮
The same is true for cauliflower actually, farmers used to tie their leaves around the head to prevent them from turning green, but in recent years we've bred cauliflowers that wrap their leaves around themselves, pretty neat!
I never understood why people are so enthusiastic about white asparagus. I prefer the thin and green ones (salted and slightly grilled with a drizzle of olive oil 🤤)
Exactly. Actually here in Germany when we talk about asparagus we always mean the white one. If you want the other one you'll have to specify you want green asparagus.
Here in Germany it's actually cheaper, because it's not 1st grade asparagus. (People here are really quite snobbish about this. There's a whole seasonal song and dance being made about the few weeks they're in season for. If you talk to Germans about asparagus, they'll almost exclusively think of the white variety. We call the one grown to above ground green asparagus.)
@@CarinaCoffee that's really cool! I totally get weird snobbish-ness about random foods, people here in Texas are often the same way about sweet tea and barbecue. It has to be the 'right' way or you get accused of 'not being a real southerner' lmao
@@peytoia when it was white like this the whole stem and root were edible. The young leaves are good for tea too. It’s very medicinal and well known as a healing food.
"Spargelzeit”. White asparagus season in Germany is typically from around mid-April through to 24 June when the country celebrates the nativity of St. John the Baptist. Fun Times👍♥️
I was surprised the first time I saw an asparagus plant after it had fully grown, they're nearly unrecognizable from the little perfect shoots we buy in the grocery store. Asparagus is absolutely delicious, but it really gives my urine a strange odor for some reason.
I went this type of farm once when I was young. Boy, my mind got blown. Never though that how they grow white asparagus and it the same plant as the green one. Then the present a few year back my mind got blown again cause original enoki is not really white but brownis-red. XD Same method same result.
it doesn’t! asparagus actually grows in stages, and the harvested stage grows so large underground through energy it stores in its roots from the previous years of growth. so basically, they don’t NEED to photosynthesize on the year they’re harvested because they’re growing with last year’s energy. theyre funky little plants i love em
1) White is not a color. (2) Green asparagus is more nutritious because of the chlorophyll. (3) I never noticed it to be bitter. I smother it in butter and salt and pepper. Yuuuummmm!
They taste different is all. White asparagus is not bitter and instead has a mild, slightly sweet and almost creamy flavour. It's delicious in salads or just eaten with dijon mayonnaise lol
you know green asparagus is not the only source of chlorophyll, right? White asparagus is more tasty, zero bitterness and a slight creamy mouth feeling just serve them along with some kind of green beans as side dish you health nut
white asparagus has a different flavor and texture! it tastes less bitter. idk i like them both but its like comparing sweet potatoes to regular potatoes as an ingredient (not from a taxonomic standpoint though, white and green asparagus are the same species.)
This seems like way too much work. Why do we have to have white asparagus? Doesnt the green one taste good? Why does the color matter? I have never eaten it, so please, someone tell me? I have seen it in stores but never bought it.
They're German. I live near the so called asparagus town, where several big asparagus farmers have their fields and sell the produce in their own restaurants. One of them is the family Jakobs. Which I must assume the owners are called Jürgen Jakobs and Josef Jakobs.
@@peytoia I don’t consider it fun, but I got a shit loads of mango trees that give me tons of mangoes every season and I still have like 4 freezers full of frozen ripe mangoes left from a few months ago even after I gave like 2-3 pick up loads to my neighbors. Not as fun
Now I want Purple asparagus... 😂
haha me too
Here in Germany it's actually cheaper, because it's not 1st grade asparagus. (People here are really quite snobbish about this. There's a whole seasonal song and dance being made about the few weeks they're in season for. If you talk to Germans about asparagus, they'll almost exclusively think of the white variety. We call the one grown to above ground green asparagus.)
@@MohammedAllali-ng3po I never claimed it was a German only plant. The type that's being grown as a vegetable is believed to have originated in the Eastern Mediterranean area, however a) there's mentions of this type of asparagus in dark age Germany and no one knows if those have been a natural spread or accidental one.
So people here have cultivated this type of asparagus for hundreds of years now.
And besides, there's many types of asparagus plants in Europe, Asia and Africa.
I like the purple one the most, but the green is very close. They don't taste that different, and the purple is a reddish purple, and very dark. A bit like blue/red cabbage(I don't know the English translation).
I'm from a very asparagus heavy region in germany(nicknamed aspagrus land, Spargelland), an they have something called baby asparagus, which is just small aspagrus, and it's usually better in taste. If we want to eat a large portion we need to call ahead a day or two or otherwise we will not be able to get the amount needed
Is there like a difference in taste, texture, or nutritional value between green or white asparagus? 😅 This video didn't address it. From my understanding, these are the same plants, except one is exposed to sunlight. It just seems like extra steps to harvest white asparagus if there isn't any major differences 😮
very different taste, a bit sweeter, milder and has 0 bitterness. less springy and crunchier too. tastes a bit eggy though.
@@OsirusHandle thank you!
@@OsirusHandle
Huh. Didn't know.
@@OsirusHandle bruh that sounds great where in canada can i get some
@@j1r2000 dunno its like a german special thing i think
The same is true for cauliflower actually, farmers used to tie their leaves around the head to prevent them from turning green, but in recent years we've bred cauliflowers that wrap their leaves around themselves, pretty neat!
I never understood why people are so enthusiastic about white asparagus. I prefer the thin and green ones (salted and slightly grilled with a drizzle of olive oil 🤤)
So it's more like how white asparagus DOESNT get it's colour.
Exactly. Actually here in Germany when we talk about asparagus we always mean the white one.
If you want the other one you'll have to specify you want green asparagus.
Yeah, the albino asparagus.
@@carmelitajones7779:
Nah, just starved.
3 years before first harvest! Mad respect
All the none german or dutch people seem to not get that these taste different and are delicious! 😅
I think it'd be cool if they let them start turning purple then pick them
Here in Germany it's actually cheaper, because it's not 1st grade asparagus. (People here are really quite snobbish about this. There's a whole seasonal song and dance being made about the few weeks they're in season for. If you talk to Germans about asparagus, they'll almost exclusively think of the white variety. We call the one grown to above ground green asparagus.)
@@CarinaCoffee that's really cool! I totally get weird snobbish-ness about random foods, people here in Texas are often the same way about sweet tea and barbecue. It has to be the 'right' way or you get accused of 'not being a real southerner' lmao
My granfather always says You "raise" animals; you "grow" plants😂
I prefer greens… 😊
Apparently in another vid, white asparagus is sweeter than green
Did this with burdock and it blew my mind
what part of the burdock are u harvesting?
@@peytoia when it was white like this the whole stem and root were edible. The young leaves are good for tea too. It’s very medicinal and well known as a healing food.
"Spargelzeit”. White asparagus season in Germany is typically from around mid-April through to 24 June when the country celebrates the nativity of St. John the Baptist. Fun Times👍♥️
Bless you.
Mmm! Spargel Creamsuppe schmeckt good! ❤
👍 Wonderful video art work. Very nice procession! !
Used your anthill audio for my anthill documentary. Then realised your on YT! That’s how I found you! Super!!🎉 well done keep the science up❤
I love white asparagus, more tasty
No way the white has the same nutrient level as the green
Yummy! Asparagus 😊
Those guys have some uh, pretty interesting names.
Forced rhubarb in the UK uses the same concept, the rhubarb deprived of sunlight has a higher sugar content.
This is a helpful explanation of growing white asparagus. I wonder -- what was used before foil was available?
I was surprised the first time I saw an asparagus plant after it had fully grown, they're nearly unrecognizable from the little perfect shoots we buy in the grocery store. Asparagus is absolutely delicious, but it really gives my urine a strange odor for some reason.
She just spoiled the whole marketing for white asparagus as something unique, that farmers could charge a premium for 😂
I have over 60 asparagus plants looking great
Wait... is this voiced by Elizabeth from Storynory? I love how she reads Norse myths. If this aint her, they sound a lot alike.
What's the definite between the white and green?
Good
Biblically accurate french fries
Thanks, I hate it!
I went this type of farm once when I was young. Boy, my mind got blown. Never though that how they grow white asparagus and it the same plant as the green one. Then the present a few year back my mind got blown again cause original enoki is not really white but brownis-red. XD Same method same result.
Like winter veggies
Emphatic British narration
The asparagus she tells you not to worry about...
"It's just a friend's asparagus babe"
Wow
how do plant produce photo synthesis without sunlight?
exactly
it doesn’t! asparagus actually grows in stages, and the harvested stage grows so large underground through energy it stores in its roots from the previous years of growth. so basically, they don’t NEED to photosynthesize on the year they’re harvested because they’re growing with last year’s energy. theyre funky little plants i love em
Dark cycle
The asparagus plant is a crown that produces multiple canes. The photosynthesis happens from the unharvested canes that are allowed to fully develop.
Well from my experience white asparagus is always bigger than green and is more uniform looking. Where as green can be super skinny or thick af
Isn't this the 3rd 2nd most expensive asparagus the channel has featured now?
Wonderful video.
How does it photosynthesis?
Green color is the good stuff
White is premature less nutrients
Victorians used to do this with celery too.
Is there any difference in the nutrition data from green asparagus ?
no, its still the same plant.
In the last frame thats you on the left and me on the right
Does it has the same nutrients as the green ones?? I don't think so.
Then how did it grow upto that, does it have stored nutrition
I'll take green every time, more nutritious, and I'd rather eat a plant, or anything, that wasn't stressed when harvested, you can taste it.
But are they nutritious as the green one..?
But got to alternate the remaining roots for replanting?
How do the asparagus grow if they aren't allowed to photosynthesize?
Like green chilie vs red...it's the same thing
White asparagus look anemic
Or just continuously cover with dirt.... Like they've been doing forever
Tarps are less labor intensive.
How does it taste?
1) White is not a color. (2) Green asparagus is more nutritious because of the chlorophyll. (3) I never noticed it to be bitter. I smother it in butter and salt and pepper. Yuuuummmm!
oh ja, Spargel!
Green looks so much nicer. Why would anyone want bland white?
Because it tastes better.
No plastics were used in making white asparagus
I understand Yurgen or whatever but not Yoseph..... I feel like he's just trying to sound cool like his brothers name does. 😂
Thanks
My tip is kinda like that but it hasn’t turned green again since I broke up with her tho
Why not plant them indoors?
Wtf I feel like I've been scammed, as a chef they used to tell us there's a season for these pale white stuff, now I know it's just indoor asparagus
There's definitely a season for these. They are best in late spring and all gone by the summer
WHY DOES IT TURN PURPLE THO
"Call me asparagus"
-DJ Khaled
I love dj khaled he is so random 😭
In life there are roblox
i planted some last year
Chlorophyll? More like Bore- ophyll!
I thought it had to be cut by hand.
How it gets it's color? It does not get it hehe
Jorgen jacob and joseph?
Probably less nutritious than green.
i feel lied to 😂
The video is kinda lying too. The best way to do this is to continuously cover it with dirt as it's growing. That's how it's been done forever
"Based on current demand and wæthər" 😂
Never seen a white asparagus before lol🥬.
Y’all really hate the letter J
I never noticed
?
Well that’s how it’s pronounced…
It doesnt exist in hebrew language.
Yeshua is joshua not jesus or yesus😅
@@LI-LAH it’s not pronounced in Spanish, Portuguese, and Scandinavian languages either, they are either a Y or a H
Why would you want to have a white asparagus where the green looks so nice
It's not as hard and it tastes differently.
Seems like too much work just to get the same thing as a green one tbh...
I have no idea why they do it - white asparagus tastes worse for me, more earthy - now I know why 😂
Soooo what's the point of making Asparagus albino?
So green asparagus is just tan
But..... chlorophyll is GOOD for you!! So why not just eat the green asparagus??!?!
They taste different is all. White asparagus is not bitter and instead has a mild, slightly sweet and almost creamy flavour. It's delicious in salads or just eaten with dijon mayonnaise lol
you know green asparagus is not the only source of chlorophyll, right?
White asparagus is more tasty, zero bitterness and a slight creamy mouth feeling
just serve them along with some kind of green beans as side dish you health nut
white asparagus has a different flavor and texture! it tastes less bitter. idk i like them both but its like comparing sweet potatoes to regular potatoes as an ingredient (not from a taxonomic standpoint though, white and green asparagus are the same species.)
We NEED chlorophyll.
Yes chlorophyll has most of the vitamins you get in your green vegetables. Why keep it out?
Started taking it daily
3 times the price for a discoloration. I’ll pass.
Chlorophyll is the beneficial part of vegetables. Why is man always messing with creation.
This seems like way too much work. Why do we have to have white asparagus? Doesnt the green one taste good? Why does the color matter? I have never eaten it, so please, someone tell me? I have seen it in stores but never bought it.
They over price the hell out of it making us think they’re healthier when it’s literally the same shit lol wow. Smh
Why is white asparagus such a big thing in German culture?
White asparagus is longer and thicker.
The thing looks sick. Theres a reason it needs sunlight. Leave it to humans to fix something that aint broken.
Asparagus is a nice toy
So if you oppress the asparagus, it'll be white? 😂
I would think without chlorophyll, this makes the white one a zombie. Ewh.
Whats a yurgin yacksoff yackobbs and yosuf… 😅just curious what nationality do those names come from
They're German.
I live near the so called asparagus town, where several big asparagus farmers have their fields and sell the produce in their own restaurants. One of them is the family Jakobs. Which I must assume the owners are called Jürgen Jakobs and Josef Jakobs.
Yes. Basically growing the plant anemic, the same as white horse meat...
Why tho?
UC 157
So they just make easy food harder to grow?
To produce a more expensive crop.
gardening is fun you should try it
@@peytoia I don’t consider it fun, but I got a shit loads of mango trees that give me tons of mangoes every season and I still have like 4 freezers full of frozen ripe mangoes left from a few months ago even after I gave like 2-3 pick up loads to my neighbors. Not as fun
@@axe4770 that sounds awesome… you’re living my dream and hating it. i wish i was u
maybe if you grew a harder to grow crop youd have a smaller yield and would have more time to have fun with less inconvenient abundance afterwards?
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Jørgen and Jakob? Witch cuntry is this?
I’m super sure that’s less healthy
Fully grown asparagus is better. Shred off the poor from ever communist the price from affordable for the rich solely.
-Business Laws
Green asparagus make your pee smell real bad
Here’s a fun fact, WHO THE HELL WANTS WHITE ASPARAGUS???