As I wrote above, we had green asparagus yesterday.
Now I regard green asparagus as a poor substitute for white asparagus.​


But it was fitting for the day, as yesterday was Maundy Thursday, Gründonnerstag (Green Thursday) in German.
And it is a tradition to eat something green on that day - like spinach and eggs etc.

Maundy Thursday has lots of other names, as it seems.

Zitat

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Maundy Thursday or Holy Thursday (also known as Great and Holy Thursday, Holy and Great Thursday, Covenant Thursday, Sheer Thursday, and Thursday of Mysteries, among other names) is the Christian holy day falling on the Thursday before Easter.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maundy_Thursday

I only knew "Maundy Thursday".

What Does Maundy Thursday Mean?

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Christ's "mandate" is commemorated on Maundy Thursday---"maundy" being a shortened form of mandatum (Latin), which means "command." It was on the Thursday of Christ's final week before being crucified and resurrected that He said this commandment to His disciples. Jesus and his disciples had just shared what was known as the Last Supper and he was washing their feet when he stated:

"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another"

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https://www.christianity.com/christian-l...y-11628350.html