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Fiddleheads

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Mike G
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Fiddleheads

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Anyone eat fiddleheads? Can they be eaten raw, as in a salad or must they be cooked? If cooked, how?
Mike G
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Re: Fiddleheads

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Since there has been no response; shall I assume no one has eaten fiddleheads?
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mike
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Re: Fiddleheads

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Sorry, but no. Do they have a different name?
Mike G
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Re: Fiddleheads

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I don't know them by any other name. They are the beginning stage of the fern, just as they begin to open.
dosperros
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We eat fiddleheads. Late April i believe? Picked young and tight before they unfold.
They need to be sautéed in a bit of butter or olive oil. Tastes a bit like asparagus when cooked.
Unlike asparagus, that is wonderful raw, fiddleheads are very bitter raw.

Hope that helps.
new jersey mike
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Re: Fiddleheads

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I had looked into fiddleheads also trying to identify food and income from my property, I do remember that not all ferns are eatable and this video below states you should not eat them raw.
http://umaine.edu/publications/4198e/
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