Waited a loooong time for this to happen. Holland’s white asparagus are a taste unto themselves. It is not the same when you get them at Fresh Fields, Whole Foods or an other American grocery store. The fields are close by here. Heard from my information-rich neighbor that you can now purchase them ‘already peeled’. ‘Oh,’ said I ‘Certainly I am too Calvinistic to not peel them myself!’ Peeling them is no easy task, but the reward for the work.. it is part of the pleasure. Old thoughts can have a long life.