My parents were growing it illegally for years in the US (now its legal in NY) and they got the shoots from their relatives in Jersey who have been quietly farm

My parents were growing it illegally for years in the US (now its legal in NY) and they got the shoots from their relatives in Jersey who have been quietly farming it for a few decades (going back to the 1950s) for the Eastern European community in the region. It wasn't really banned too well....