fiddlehead season is here!!!

i like eating baby ferns - fiddleheads

you can buy the little bastards frozen

but nothing beats a springtime hike and picking your own fresh off the forest floor

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they're in all different stages now depending on how much sunlight they're exposed to - you want to get them when they're small tender and wound up tight like the ones below

as they unfurl and become leafy they're less tasty

steam them with red wine added to the water - serve with melted butter and maybe a dash of vinegar if they seem bitter - you can also fry them up in butter after steaming them a little - simmer in red wine add some garlic a little rosemary

sweet jimmy says:

yummy