A classic 1800’s recipe for boiled, scraped asparagus. Friends, I cringed when I scraped the asparagus. Then I could’ve sworn the timer was broken, as minutes lapsed in slow motion, until I could rescue the precious stalks from that boiling water. And then I winced again when I had to dip that beautiful toast into the asparagus... The post Asparagus on Toast (1877) appeared first on The 1800's Housewife.