Read & Spell 51-75

Advice About Asparagus

     Understandably, some people lose their appetite for asparagus after working bent over all day in large fields.  It’s torture cutting it.  Likewise, eating it is added torture.  How could anybody like to eat this mushy, drab, olive green stuff?  Take this advice:  avoid over-cooking it.  Three or four minutes in boiling water is enough, and don’t cover the pot. Relish the difference!

lose                        appetite                          asparagus

large                       torture                            mushy

advice                    avoid                             over-cooking

boiling                   cover                               pot