I was in a rush one day to get some food for dinner. In the
supermarket, I was scanning through their "ready to eat" and "read to
cook" options and found some bacon-wrapped asparagus. It was cheap,
likely met my dietary needs, so I took it home to cook it.
The instructions were easy enough, but this first attempt failed to
impress. The bacon was too soggy, so I extended the cook time but that
dried out the asparagus to a char.
The next time I saw bacon-wrapped asparagus in the store, the bacon was
wrapped in a different way which looked like it would cook better. So I
took the new style home and had a successful meal.
With the original option, the chef wrapped the bacon around the center of
the spears of asparagus like they were tying together a bundle of sticks.
The second option had the bacon wrapped more like a barber pole.
I didn't love the bacon: it tasted a little too gamey and wasn't as
flavorful as the bacon I typically purchase, so I decided to start making
my own bacon-wrapped asparagus. The results are below.
