Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Fiddleheads

Until I moved to country, I had not even heard about fiddleheads. Boy, what I was missing! They are delicious! Harvested early in the season, they are good for you too. They are a source of antioxidants, of omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids. The vegetation,  which grows wild often along side roadways, gets its name by resembling the curled  ornamentation often found at the end of a violin, fiddle or other stringed instrument. Elenka prepared them the other night with a steak. That meal was mighty fine. I wonder if brother Marchin might take a gamble and try a side dish? His dietary map doesn't stray far from the beaten path. Maybe he'd roll the dice. 
How about you? 
Ever tried them? 


11 comments:

  1. FYI....they taste a bit like bad hair day asparagus.

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  2. I love them! And, yes, Marchin WILL try them! His culinary tastes have expanded (though the "texture" of avocado still bothers him!). So, soon to appear in his diet is nonfat, Greek yogurt sweetened with honey and . . . FIDDLEHEADS!!

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  3. love them...i bet they went beautifully with steak.

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  4. i've never heard of anyone eating them before! cool!

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  5. I have tried them. I had them at a culinary event in San Francisco a few years ago. Delicious.

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  6. Recently discovered these in our yard - hundreds of them - didn't eat them tho, and they bloomed into gorgeous ferns . . .

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  7. I've seen them at the store but never tried them.

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  8. Put em in a salad? Sprinkled with salt?

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  9. Tried them, I've never even heard of them.

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  10. They are very popular in my part of the world too, but I've never tried them. I'm not sure how to prepare them. But I'm game for most anything!

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  11. I too remember when I first encountered them...magical, really! And such visual perfection!

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