Why is asparagus perceived to be expensive?
Asparagus is actually quite difficult to grow and time intensive too. It has to be planted for three years before it yields any spears and it all has to be cut by hand – no machine is precise enough to select just the spears that are ready to be cut. So when you consider that you’re buying a lovingly tended, bunch of British gastronomia, around £1.49 per bundle doesn’t actually seem that expensive at all does it?
