{"id":3661,"date":"2020-10-12T14:02:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T01:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.myfoodbag.co.nz\/?p=3661"},"modified":"2023-08-09T12:08:10","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T00:08:10","slug":"amazing-asparagus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/2020\/10\/12\/amazing-asparagus\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazing asparagus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/harpersandbox.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/asparagus-supplier-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3662\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" title=\"\"><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Asparagus, oh how we long for the days of when it&#8217;s available because, for us, it&#8217;s the epitome of spring!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fresh, green, crispy and crunchy. The asparagus season is a short one, being only available in New Zealand from September to December. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our fresh asparagus comes from NZ Gourmet in Pukekohe and Boyds Asparagus in Cambridge. It&#8217;s harvested daily once they&#8217;re vibrant in colour and ready to be picked. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are then washed, trimmed and packed within hours of being picked, providing the freshest, tastiest and most flavoursome asparagus spears \u2013 from farm to plate just like that!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s a tip: Treat asparagus like a bunch of flowers \u2013 stand them up in a tall glass with about two inches of water, or simply store in the fridge to keep deliciously crisp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asparagus, oh how we long for the days of when it&#8217;s available because, for us, it&#8217;s the epitome of spring! Fresh, green, crispy and crunchy. The asparagus season is a short one, being only available in New Zealand from September to December. Our fresh asparagus comes from NZ Gourmet in Pukekohe and Boyds Asparagus in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17965,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2353,2354,2359,2355],"tags":[2017,2300,2301,2236],"class_list":["post-3661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-my-food-bag","category-supplier-stories","category-sustainability","tag-asparagus","tag-homegrown","tag-new-zealand-produce","tag-suppliers","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3661"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19021,"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3661\/revisions\/19021"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}