| Author | |
MacBeth
Forum All-Star
Probably at the beach...
Joined: Jan 27 2005
Location: New York
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 2518
|
| Posted: May 21 2008 at 7:28pm | IP Logged
|
 |
|
Now is the time to eat fiddleheads if you can find them in forests or supermarkets. I saw them at the market yesterday. They were loose in a bin, so I scooped up a hand-full. The checkout clerk didn't know what they were. The manager didn't know what to charge. I explained what they were, but they still had no price for them. The standard managers' answer--when in doubt, charge $0.99 a pound--meant I had to pay $0.16 for this lovely addition to my stir-fry tonight. And fiddleheads taste great! 
__________________
God Bless!
MacBeth in NY
Don's wife since '88; "Mom" to the Fab 4
Nature Study
MacBeth's Blog
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
chicken lady
Forum All-Star
Joined: Feb 27 2005
Location: N/A
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 2315
|
| Posted: May 21 2008 at 7:44pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
YUM! We have been looking for these on our morel mushroom hunts.
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
asplendidtime
Forum All-Star
Joined: Dec 14 2005
Location: Canada
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 744
|
| Posted: May 22 2008 at 8:54am | IP Logged
|
|
|
When a little girl, I used to go through the woods and eat whatever fiddleheads I could find... Then once Dad said "Hey, how do you know those are safe to eat?" As in which varieties were safe... Hmmm, I didn't so that was the end of me eating fiddleheads.  I've never seen them in the grocery though, lucky you!
__________________
Rebecca~Mama to
Noah 17,
Katie 16,
Mary 14,
Tim 13,
Jonah 12,
Josh 10,
Zoe 9,
Will 7,
Peter 6,
Laura-Mae 4,
Emily-Joy 2,
Genevieve & Gabriella 1
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
lapazfarm
Forum All-Star
Joined: July 21 2005
Location: Alaska
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 6082
|
| Posted: May 22 2008 at 9:38am | IP Logged
|
|
|
MacBeth
I have never eaten a fiddle head and they don't sell them in stores here. Ds wants to know, if he wanted to wild harvest some, what should he look for, exactly? Are there different varieties or is it one distinct species? Any chance of him getting the wrong thing?
__________________
Theresa
us-schooling in beautiful Fairbanks, Alaska.
LaPaz Home Learning
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
Stephanie_Q
Forum Pro
Joined: Aug 25 2007
Location: Nebraska
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 479
|
| Posted: May 22 2008 at 10:01am | IP Logged
|
|
|
I followed that link and it looks like they're eating ostrich ferns...that the "fiddlehead" is the coiled top of the fern. I've always heard "fiddlehead fern" and thought that was a particular kind of fern, but it doesn't look like it. Wikipedia gives more information on this. We have a TON of ostrich ferns growing on the north side of our house. We've actually tried to get rid of them because they are a bit weedy - dig one up and 4 grow back in it's place plus they spread out into the lawn. I've never even heard of eating them...thanks for the tip...a little more reading on how to cook them properly and I might just step outside to pick some for lunch. 
__________________
Stephanie dh 6.01
dd 6.02, dd 8.03, ds 3.05, ds 12.06 at Catholic school.
dd 12.09 at home.
Baby boy due 10.13
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
MacBeth
Forum All-Star
Probably at the beach...
Joined: Jan 27 2005
Location: New York
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 2518
|
| Posted: May 22 2008 at 6:12pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
Argh...just lost a post. Makes me so angry!! All that work.
Theresa, in answer to your question, I found a nice article from the NY Times on edible fiddleheads. As a New England girl, I just ate the local ferns, but the article says that bracken has a mixed reputation.  I can tell a fern from bracken, but I am not a botanist, and could not tell you the variety of fern I used to pick as a kid. Sorry! 
__________________
God Bless!
MacBeth in NY
Don's wife since '88; "Mom" to the Fab 4
Nature Study
MacBeth's Blog
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
lapazfarm
Forum All-Star
Joined: July 21 2005
Location: Alaska
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 6082
|
| Posted: May 22 2008 at 8:16pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
Well,I am also no botanist, but ds has done some research and some hunting around today and seems to think he has come upon some of the 2 edible local species, Cinnamon fern and Ostrich fern (although Christmas fern is by far the most common fern around here). I plan on going out with him tomorrow to verify his id, and if he is right we'll see if there are any heads to pick. We'll see what he comes up with! Hopefully we'll have a stir-fry tomorrow!
__________________
Theresa
us-schooling in beautiful Fairbanks, Alaska.
LaPaz Home Learning
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
cathhomeschool
Board Moderator
Texas Bluebonnets
Joined: Jan 26 2005
Location: Texas
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 7303
|
| Posted: May 22 2008 at 10:41pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
You lucky dogs! I don't think that we have any fiddleheads here -- not wild, anyway -- only bracken.
__________________
Janette (4 boys - 22, 21, 15, 14)
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
4Real Forums : Exploring God's Creation in Nature and Science
Topic: Fiddleheads
