English to Spanish Other Cooking / Culinary

Buenas,

¿Alguien puede echarme una mano? Gracias por adelantado :)

Estoy batallando con la segunda frase, concretamente con las palabras entre guiones.

«The Romans had the right idea. Reputedly, their Royalty prized asparagus enough to ——keep a fleet just to fetch it———»

En el texto se está hablando de cómo se han cocinado los espárragos en distintas épocas. En un libro de cocina USA del s. XIX se pide cocerlos 20 minutos, demasiado tiempo porque se acaban deshaciendo. En cambio, parece que en la antigua Roma se les daba un hervor y listos.

Pongo el párrafo completo para dar algo más de contexto.

«How times change! That wasn’t the prevailing
opinion in the United States of 1871. The White
House Cook Book: A Comprehensive Cyclopedia
of Information for the Home, a book thick with
advice to the homemakers of the era, claimed to
“represent the progress and present perfection of
the culinary art.” Treasures abound within old,
forgotten books; this one, however, recommended
boiling asparagus for 20 to 40 minutes! One recipe
suggested the cook “lift it out gently, as it will
be liable to break.”

The Romans had the right idea.
Reputedly, their Royalty prized asparagus enough to keep
a fleet just to fetch it fleet just to fetch it.
They would have liked the slightly crisp, al dente texture
of our pickled asparagus.