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First Foraged "Meal" (Fiddleheads) of the Season (imgur.com)

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I have Ostrich fern on the front of my house that I have been waiting years to try. I keep missing the window when they are ready so I was overjoyed when I saw my fiddlehead popping up. I chopped 9, steamed with in a pan with a little butter for 5 minutes. I plated them with just a sprinkle of flaky salt and had them for lunch today.

They were great and tasted a little like asparagus but with a more savory, earthly flavor. They were amazing and totally worth the wait. I might check tomorrow to see if I can sustainability grab a few more to have them again.

10/10 would forage again.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

When I was teenager, we were very poor and each Spring one of my uncle was picking us to went to a spot where there was abundance of fiddleheads we were foraging to make reserve year long. My mother was freezing them. I ate so much of these I can no longer eat them anymore now they are a fancy side meal. The association to our poor condition is too strong. But they kept us healthy and alive at zero cost.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They are only able to be foraged a few days / a week a year. That must have been a lot of fiddleheads

[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago

Yes, we went there with my uncle, my two sisters and my mother. It was a piece of land bordered by two brooks. It was easy to fill many bags within an hour or two.