http://thetomatoknife.com/2009/07/caves-castles-and-asparagus-4/ From Culture to Cooking: Discovering Life in France Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:14:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://thetomatoknife.com/2009/07/caves-castles-and-asparagus-4/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Augustin Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:12:09 +0000 http://thetomatoknife.com/?p=242#comment-35 During spring season on the Languedoc-Roussillon (south east of France), wild asparagus naturally grow their tender stalks on the garrigue. Often green twigs of two to four millimeters diameter (sometimes over one meter long !), moved by a wind called tramontana, spring up from bushes of chenes kermes (kermes oak ?). Tips of wild asparagus omelette is a tasty dish that you can serve with a red or rose Saint-Chinian wine. During spring season on the Languedoc-Roussillon (south east of France), wild asparagus naturally grow their tender stalks on the garrigue.
Often green twigs of two to four millimeters diameter (sometimes over one meter long !), moved by a wind called tramontana, spring up from bushes of chenes kermes (kermes oak ?).
Tips of wild asparagus omelette is a tasty dish that you can serve with a red or rose Saint-Chinian wine.

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