Peter, I get a no matching function call, but looking at CCMenuItem.h it does have:
/** creates a menu item with a normal and selected image with a callable object */
static MenuItemImage* create(const char *normalImage, const char *selectedImage, const ccMenuCallback& callback);
Lambda is ok.
by the way, try CC_CALLBACK_0(HUDForStatus::harvestAsparagus, this);
however it work well on me. Just pay attaintion to parameter numbers.