I must confess to a weakness for asparagus in mid-winter…~1893

Source: Real Cookery, by Grid. 1893. Cassell Publishing Co.

“While I condemn as a rule things out of season, whether fruit or vegetables (and I must say immature fruit gives very little pleasure or profit to anybody except the greengrocer), while I urge you to have vegetables only when in season, I must confess to a weakness for asparagus in mid-winter. Those sent over from France are very excellent. Well cooked and served on a napkin with a good Hollondaise sauce.”