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The other day I read in Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone that asparagus is a spring crop, although it “appears again for the holidays.” I thought that was odd, that a particular vegetable would show up for the holidays like a weird cousin with bad hygiene who will pollute the bathroom but nevertheless wants a place to stay for a few days.

Ms. Madison is correct, though — I went to the grocery store, and sure enough there was a big display of asparagus, imported from some distant place like Anaheim. Heh. Actually it was from South America. I guess it’s not so much that the stores import asparagus for Christmas; more likely, the crops in the other hemisphere are just now being harvested.