The First Fiddleheads!

[Loprraine]

Back at my Mom's in Quebec, we'd pick them outselves. Here, I have to rely on the grocery stores. I bought the first ones of the season on Sunday. Steamed with a bit of butter, S&P, they were fabulous. Does anyone else cook them?

 

[GB]

I had them for the first time on Mothers day. I loved them.

 

[babetoo]

please don't laugh and tell me what they are, ferns?

thanks
babe

 

[QSis]

Yes, they are ferns, babe. Check this out Google Image Result for http://farm1.static.flickr.com/208/513981072_a38749e410.jpg

My mother loves them and I usually buy her a bag for Mother's Day, but I forgot this year! Darn!

Lee

 

[kadesma]

I've heard about them several times here, so now i'm going to go and bug my produce guy to get me some...So, if and when I get some, I steam them and then serve with some butter,salt and pepper?


kadesma

 

[VeraBlue]

Better get them, fast, too....They'll be gone before you know it.

They are wonderful tossed with rigatoni, olive oil, pignoli nuts, dried cranberries and topped with toasted breadcrumbs.

 

[Loprraine]

I only get them for about 2-3 weeks. The pasta sounds great, thanks. I also like them lightly sauteed in butter. Or tossed with a bit of sauteed onion and bacon and a bit of cider vinegar. Or blanched and used in salads.

Welcome to the World of Fiddleheads, GB!

 

[GB]

Yes I am hooked

 

[quicksilver]

Years ago, while in St. Thomas, we ate in a restaurant in the middle of the dense jungle called "The Fiddlehead Inn". It was January at the time and don't remember seeing them on the menu. But now I see they are not native to this region. So I don't know why the name, unless owners were from your neck of the woods.
Interesting QSis.

 

[middie]

Never seen or even heard of them.

 

[Loprraine]

I'd send you some, Middie, but I ate them all!

You do have to be careful picking them. There is another fern that looks similar, but is quite fuzzy, and not edible. I picked 2 buckets of them once.