hop shoots, march 2011

A few photos of hop vines just starting to come up outside the Lucky Labrador on Hawthorne. I'm told that young hop shoots are in fact edible and quite tasty, although I haven't tried them myself. And, you know, it raises sort of a dilemma. Have vegetables now, or have beer later. Ok, that's actually not much of a dilemma for those of us who like beer. A tradeoff, then. Mmmm... beeer....