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>>15337721
When you buy fresh asparagus, it is not always optimally fresh, and so the cellulose conversion will have progressed more than one would like. In those cases (fairly common) you would peel a very thin layer off of the stem to avoid a woody layer of cellulose. In pick you can see roughly how most plants' different structural compounds are organized. In Asparagus, the cpnversion of other sugars to cellulose starts as soon as a few minutes aftee harvesting, which is why it's better to buy frozen asparagus over fresh ones unless you can get them the same day as they've been harvested. Frozen asparagus is generally frozen with one or two hours from harvesting.