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[Siegfried Heydrich]

    As I recall, one of Octavian's (Caesar Augustus) favorite sayings was
'as quick as boiled asparagus', which would indicate to me that it was eaten
crisply, and not reduced to mush..

    Sieggy

> I'm curious as to how often vegetables were eaten raw in the "olde
> dayes" (and, yes, i understand that if so, it would vary from place
> to place) and when vegetables were cooked, just how "well done" were
> they?