OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> In article >,
> "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>
>>> I also bought some fiddleheads for the first time.
>>
>> I saw them in the market a few days ago, maybe I'll pick some up
>> next time. Wicked expensive, I won't get a whole lot. Thanks for
>> the idea.
>
> I understand fiddleheads are a fern.
> What are the odds of growing them?
> Are the a specific species or will boston ferns work?

They are a specific type of fern - the ostrish fern - and they grow in the
northeast (primarily in the Maine area). They have to be picked very young
before the ferns unfurl from their "fiddle head" shape. They taste a bit
like asparagus.

http://tinyurl.com/ha5sa

Email me and I'll tell you a funny story about the time a former poster to
RFC shipped some to me that he and his son and picked

Jill