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Asparagus has been used as a vegetable and medicine, owing to its delicate flavour, diuretic properties, and more.
It is pictured as an offering on an Egyptian frieze dating to 3000 BC.
In ancient times, it was also known in Syria and in Spain.
Greeks and Romans ate it fresh when in season, and dried the vegetable for use in winter; Romans even froze it high in the Alps, for the Feast of Epicurus.
Emperor Augustus created the "Asparagus Fleet" for hauling the vegetable, and coined the expression "faster than cooking asparagus" for quick action.
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