Clean them completely, bring to boil for 12 minutes. Iike to saute in butter with lemon and garlic or to make into oesto. If you don't boil (or,steam for 20 minutes, you can gastric upset or diarrhea for a couple of days).
That's scary. Guess I'll be crossing them off my list of foods to try.
Aw, where is your sense of adventure? Whatever doesn't make you stronger, kills you, or something like that.That's scary. Guess I'll be crossing them off my list of foods to try.
Clean them completely, bring to boil for 12 minutes. Iike to saute in butter with lemon and garlic or to make into oesto. If you don't boil (or,steam for 20 minutes, you can gastric upset or diarrhea for a couple of days).
First, not all fiddleheads are edible. Find a field guide for your area that gives identifying characteristics, and which fiddleheads are edible. Here is a site that gives some basic info. - Fiddlehead Ferns: Springtime Edible Treats There are a host of sites that discuss wild edibles. You need to do a bit of reseach before collecting most wild edibles. After that, fiddleheads can be saute'd in butter, steamed, fried with bacon, cooked in sauces, added to marinara sauce, put into a stew, etc. All fiddleheads must be cooked completely to destroy a specific enzyme that depletes the body of B vitamins.
Fiddleheads are succulent and delicious, if you know how to pick them, and how to prepare them.
I wonder if they could be pickled. Hmmm.
Seeeeeeeya; Chief Longwind of the North
Ive had fiddle heads several times. I usually cooked them in a similar way as I would asparagus or fresh string beans ( about the same amount of time to steam, sautee ...). I usually kept it very simple. A little salt, maybe some butter, or olive oil.
Aw, where is your sense of adventure? Whatever doesn't make you stronger, kills you, or something like that.
Hmmm.... You're saying to boil them for 12 minutes but if I don't boil them for 20 minutes I get a case of the poops?
Perfect diet food!