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

submitted 1 week ago by dumples@midwest.social to c/foraging@lemm.ee

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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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[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Aren't they a bit too far along to be edible?

[–] dumples@midwest.social 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You can eat from the stem up to the top of the Fiddlehead. Some are too far along to eat but there was enough to eat. I only ate 9 out of the total there. They aren't all shown but as long as they aren't all curled out they should be edible