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Back on sale from the fish van, a change from all the asparagus. Round these parts it is pronounced samfer. It's a kind of sea-flavoured asparagus which grows on the marshes though the stuff he sells mostly comes from Holland. The young shoots are tender but the older ones have a woody core from which you suck the flesh after boiling them briefly. Perfect with fish of all kinds, and in a good year the season runs from asparagus to runner beans.
Back on sale from the fish van, a change from all the asparagus. Round these parts it is pronounced samfer. It's a kind of sea-flavoured asparagus which grows on the marshes though the stuff he sells mostly comes from Holland. The young shoots are tender but the older ones have a woody core from which you suck the flesh after boiling them briefly. Perfect with fish of all kinds, and in a good year the season runs from asparagus to runner beans.