View Full Version : Fiddleheads: people eat them?
DJofSD
04-23-2014, 11:26 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiddlehead_fern
Learned something new today: people eat these parts of a fern.
From the above wiki article, they're on the bitter side.
Any one here eaten them? What was the preparation? How did they taste to you?
ldiatone
04-23-2014, 05:50 PM
fiddlehead ferns! there great. used them a few times. blanch them a bit. i think the best time is early-late speed
TJDave
04-23-2014, 06:51 PM
"To cook fiddleheads, it is advised to remove the yellow/brown skin, then boil the sprouts twice with a change of water between boilings"
If you have to boil them twice, I'll pass.
rastajenk
04-23-2014, 07:31 PM
i think the best time is early-late speedSpoken like a true racing fan? :)
Dave Schwartz
04-23-2014, 10:21 PM
If you have to boil them twice, I'll pass.
Lost me at "...remove the yellow/brown skin..."
i think the best time is early-late speed
:lol:
BettinBilly
04-23-2014, 10:29 PM
Never had them, but I knew they were edible from (I think) "Bizarre Foods".
Zimmern will eat just about anything, so these were not a stretch for him.
I did actually have Durian Fruit once after watching him gag on it. It's horrible. He was right. Bad feet and rotten onions. I can't believe people actually eat it.
banacek
04-23-2014, 11:45 PM
My mom served fiddleheads regularly when I was a kid - common in Canadian Maritimes and New England - my Mom is from New Brunswick.
Once when we were in a national park she found a patch of them and picked a few. A park ranger gave her a ticket for disturbing the flora in a national park...which his supervisor tore up.
Haven't had them for a few years..reminded me of spinach. Last time I bought them I got frozen ones, but have bought them fresh too.
chrisl
04-24-2014, 01:11 AM
Fiddlehead Wine
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