Not gonna lie... I've eaten a LOT of asparagus today. It's crazy how it makes your pee smell!
What amazes me about the asparagus pee smell is how quickly I can smell it after eating. I'm talking like 20 minutes later. Whatever it is, it moves quickly through my system.
When I was about 10, my mom and I would go asparagus picking in my dad's old 40's hunting jeep. She would put it in low range and idle along the fence row while I cut the asparagus. That part was fun. What wasn't fun was when she insisted on cooking the plants in one of those old pressure cookers with the little weight on top. When it was done it smelled like hell and had the consistancy of green sheetrock spackle...which was a much better usage for it than eating that nasty slop. Because of that, I've probably only had 10 bites of asparagus since the 60's. Uck...but enjoy the scent!
The consistency of cooked asparagus shouldn't be as you describe. When done correctly IMO, it should be more like al dente pasta. It should bite back as they say. I never even tried it until I got married. Luckily my wife knows to make it this way. It is pretty good.
Asparagusic acid.
There has been a lot of scientific debate on if this is actually true.
Of course, the whole asparagus-urine scent issue is complicated by an entire separate issue: Some people simply don’t smell anything different when urinate after they eat asparagus. Scientists have long been divided into two camps in explaining this issue. Some believe that, for physiological reasons, these people (which constitute anywhere from 20 to 40 percent of the population) don’t produce the aroma in their urine when they digest asparagus, while others think that they produce the exact same scent, but somehow lack the ability to smell it.
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LOL asparagus.
@pepperjones my favorite. As a kid my grandparents used to buy it in those slender cans for me to pig out on . LOL
@pepperjones no not pickled, plain. LOL /easily amused as a wee chirrun
Yep. I had some on the grill with olive oil once. I wanted to run out of the bathroom! Brussle sprouts do the same.
You smell your pee??????
@JustKipI have but I don't sniff it but everyone to there own. you're not hurting anyone.
@JustKip just because I don't smell piss doesn't mean I stumble blindly. it means I'm not into smelling piss.
@JustKip whats it like being a dick?
@JustKip because your sniffing piss where I like to walk the dog or draw. everyone to there own mate.
@JustKip whats the subject again??????????
Promise I will never smell your pee ! Scouts honour !
@BigBoMclain
Again in 3 sizes, Small, Med. And large for the conniseur and maybe an extra large for dirty old men like you and I. Maybe open a chain of restaurants calked PeepersPee family restaurant. You know of course we will have to make Peeper a partner. PeepersPee and Partners Family Restaurants. Now we rocking !
@pepperjones
My apologies, calling you peeper is as unforgivable as you advertising your pee smell ? But OK , Peppers Pee and Partners family restaurant does sound more sophisticated ???
@pepperjones
And Noooooo ! We will not have asparagus on the menu. No no no.