The presenting sponsor of Pots-Ave America is Blue Apron. Not all ingredients are created equal.

Fresh high-quality ingredients make a real difference, so it's important to know where your food comes from.

One of Blue Aprons featured farmers for next week is Tom Shepherd.

Did you know that Tom is related to Dax Shepherd?

I did not know that. That's because I made it up.

He's grown asparagus, Tommy, for what of next week's recipe? He's having a great time.

It seared steaks in salsa vera de with fingerling potatoes asparagus and radish.

It does sound really good. I actually want to make that too.

I want someone to make that for me. Yeah, we'll make it somewhere else.

Tom's family has been farming in New Jersey since 1688. That's 14 generations of Shepherds.

This year his team will harvest thousands of pounds of asparagus by hand for Blue Apron menus.

That's labor intensive. Yeah, I don't know if I'd want to be picking asparagus by hand.

Asparagus and ingredient that requires some of the most patience because it takes at least

three years after planting for the crop to be ready to harvest and the plants are so delicate

they must be cut by hand. That is a lot of information.

How does snowflake? I want you to. That was not in the Monday copy.

No, it was not. It seems like we're getting a new description for asparagus with each passing

day. Big asparagus. We're going to follow the journey of the asparagus from beginning to

end starting itself. Check out this week's menu. Get your first three

meals free with free shipping by going to blue apron dot com slash crooked. That's blue apron dot com slash crooked.

Presenting sponsor pods of America is blue apron. It is a better way to cook to cook.

Welcome to pods of America. I'm John Favreau. I'm Dan Fyffer on the pod today to help us us

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