"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> On 2014-01-01 12:14 PM, Hench wrote:
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>>
>> I miss fiddleheads. My parents used to make me pick them in the wild.
>> End of April in sountern Ontario if I'm remembering correctly
>
>
> There are kinds of ferns in the woodlot behind us. I walk back there
> almost every day with the dog and I don't know how is is possible but I
> have never seen the little fiddleheads. I love them, but they are a very
> pricey little treat. The cost per pound is high and you don't get many in
> a pound.

I had to look them up because I didn't know what they are and look what I
found

www.orionn49.com/fiddleheads.htm?
According to Agriculture Canada ostrich fern fiddleheads are rich in ...
Bracken fern fiddleheads contain a carcinogen and have been linked to
stomach cancer ...

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