Asparagus can be prepared in many ways, including in the air fryer. But this variant annoys a cook who usually steams or roasts her asparagus.

A dispute has now broken out online over a rather unusual method of preparation. The alleged professional chef countered with "good advice" about how the asparagus "definitely doesn't taste watered down." The vegetables should be cooked "in salted water with a lot of butter in it," he said. The user wrote: "You should not prepare food with foil or baking paper in the hot air fryers. This is stated in every instruction manual – precisely because of the recirculated air." "GUESTS WERE ALWAYS VERY SATISFIED' CHEF INSISTS ON PREPARING ASPARAGUS IN SALTY BUTTER WATER. "I think it would be a shame to put it in theHot Air Fryer's.