Fiddleheads?
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Topic: Fiddleheads?
Posted By: BearcatnorthMN
Subject: Fiddleheads?
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 10:27pm
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I read last year on here someone talking about fiddleheads and had a pic of them. I have been thinking about them ever since. I think he cooked them in butter and garlic. Everything tastes good in butter and garlic. :-) Well I know some ditches that have lots of ferns in them here in MN on the Canada border. Are these ferns also good to eat in the fiddlehead stage? Any advice appreciated. Thanks
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Posted By: Jim Lindemood
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 8:14am
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I really don't know -- but was looking on google for info about transplanting ferns. There is a lot of fern info on there -- some I saw about fiddleheads, but didn't read. Might have what you are looking for.
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Posted By: BearcatnorthMN
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 9:52am
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I just googled fiddleheads and found out they are common to eat but in Japan where they eat them more the people who eat them have more stomach cancer. If not cooked 2 times in boiled water they can cause diaherra, etc. etc. Darn maybe I don't want to try them. I could give them to the wife first and see how she feels.... lol
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Posted By: BearcatnorthMN
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 9:55am
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Hey Jim it even said being around them excessively can be dangerous so limit your touching of them. Can cause blindness in cattle who eat them. Cancerous too.... Maybe overblown too.. We have some ferns around and think they are beautiful..
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Posted By: junkman
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 10:07am
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I believe they are called an emergency food. If you are so bad off you have nothing else to eat, then go ahead.
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Posted By: Bob-Maine
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 6:37pm
Fiddleheads are a spring treat around here. But you have to pick the right fern. We buy them in the supermarket by the pound. My wife steams them as a hot vegetable and she makes a fiddlehead salad with kidney beans. Great eating. You can even buy canned pickled fiddleheads here in Maine. Cooking them is important due to bacteria in the waterways where they grow can lead to nasty stomach disorders. Bob@allisdowneast
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Posted By: Jim Lindemood
Date Posted: 23 Apr 2011 at 7:58am
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Think I'll just enjoy looking at our ferns -- they are such cool plants --- and stick to eating lettuce.
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Posted By: Steve M C/IL
Date Posted: 23 Apr 2011 at 12:30pm
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Thought this was another name for us who tinker on tractors.My bad.
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Posted By: SHAMELESS
Date Posted: 23 Apr 2011 at 1:09pm
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now...see ya'll! bear has the right idea! i'm glad ya'll are taking notes on my mentoring!! been trying to teach ya'll lessons on how to train yer ole ladies!! oooops...i mean YOUR loving wives!! (ref: "i could give them to the wife first and see how see feels")
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Posted By: jmm
Date Posted: 23 Apr 2011 at 3:58pm
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Lots are picked here in washington. Just saw some for sale, I think it was ~50 ~60 dollars a pound
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Posted By: ky wonder
Date Posted: 23 Apr 2011 at 4:40pm
is that anything like polk greens?
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Posted By: Bob-Maine
Date Posted: 23 Apr 2011 at 6:12pm
I spent two weeks in West Virginia several years ago, doing an assessment on CSX Trans. Flew down there Easter Sunday (not by choice).
Saw a sign with ramps for sale. Had to ask one of the railroaders what that was. They tought I was from another planet (maybe Maine is). Guess it all depends on where you come from. Never did get to try any ramps but will someday. Bob@allisdowneast
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I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not sure.
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Posted By: Bob-Maine
Date Posted: 23 Apr 2011 at 6:15pm
jmm, guess I'll go pick a few buckets of fiddleheads and bring them to Washington to sell. Might almost pay for the gas. They probably bring $2.00 a pound around here. But then, lobster will be about $4.00 a pound in July. Bob@allisdowneast
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I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not sure.
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