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Sung to the tune of Amsterdam... :)
My dad was coming up to cook us some salmon he caught on a fishing trip, and I was going to make asparagus for us.  I was trying to decide if I would give it to our daughter, and ended up just getting "lazy" so instead of planning something for her, I figured I would just give her Asparagus too.  Worst case, she didnt like it.  I did think it would be too stringy the way we normally make it - grilled, so I decided to steam them.  I cut off the woody ends, broke the stalks in half, and put them in the steamer.  I steamed them for probably close to 10 minutes to make sure they were softened, and left them in the steamer once I turned the stove off.  I ended up pureeing the bottom halves, and saved the softer top halves to give to her.  In making the puree, I added some water, but the magic bullet had a hard time with how little was in there, so I think if I were to do it in the future, I'd make a lot more, just so it was easier to puree.

So we gave it a shot.  She seemed to like them, as per her pattern, the first night was very investigatory and somewhat uncertain, but she moved through them.  The second night she was actively reaching for them, and by the third night she was really reaching for them and nearly whining when we didnt get the spoon to her fast enough.

Because the asparagus was pretty stringy, I'm not sure she digested much besides what we pureed for her. She seemed to chew through the stringy-ness, and like the fruit skin, she just spit out the stringy parts and didnt really bother with them. It was certainly fun, but probably not a baby staple food in regular form.  We gave her some apple and plum to offset it.

Recommendation:
Asparagus: Steam tender stalks for 10 minutes.  Give top halves of stalk to baby.
Asparagus Puree: Steam stalks for 10 minutes, puree with some water, remove any super stringy parts.