Please choose the correct ending to complete the given sentence: Food and Entertaining: [header] How to cook asparagus on the stove [title] Clean the asparagus. [step] Rinse the asparagus under cool to lukewarm running water. Gently scrub the spears with your fingers to remove any excess dirt.

Ending1: [title] Slice the stalks and arrange them on the bottom of a baking sheet. [step] Press the asparagus with a paper towel and arrange them so that the longest stalks and other soft parts of the stalks form one column on the baking sheet. Ending2: Pat off any excess dirt and oil with a paper towel. [substeps] You can also scrub the asparagus with a vegetable brush to remove any wilted, wrinkled, or dead stalks. Ending3: [substeps] Alternatively, place the asparagus in a colander and rinse the entire bunch at once. Gently shake the colander as you work to stir the spears and loosen any dirt. Ending4: Repeat the process on the other asparagus spears. [substeps] Use the same technique you used if you cleaned the asparagus on the stove.

Answer format: ending1/ending2/ending3/ending4