Has anyone cooked them? I bought some a while back and sauteed them in butter. They were OK but nothing special. Any opinions? (They are also ridiculously expensive.)

http://www.richardfisher.com

On 2015-08-17 9:57 AM, Helpful person wrote:
> Has anyone cooked them? I bought some a while back and sauteed them in butter. They were OK but nothing special. Any opinions? (They are also ridiculously expensive.)
>
>

My wife cooks them frequently when they are in season. She scrapes the
beards off the sides of them and soaks them in salted water for about an
hour and then boils them for about 12 minutes.

My opinion.... I like them. They are in season at the same time as
asparagus. They have a taste and texture similar to asparagus. They
cost a hell of a lot more than asparagus.... so I usually just buy and
cook asparagus.

On 8/17/2015 11:57 PM, Helpful person wrote:
> Has anyone cooked them? I bought some a while back and sauteed them in butter. T
Mmmm hmmm...

On 8/18/2015 5:11 AM, wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Aug 2015 06:57:50 -0700 (PDT), Helpful person
> > wrote:
>
>> Has anyone cooked them? I bought some a while back and sauteed them in butter. They were OK but nothing special. Any opinions? (They are also ridiculously expensive.)
>>
>> http://www.richardfisher.com
>
> Do not overcook, that's the main thing. They are not cheap here
> either.
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Mmmm hmmm...

On 8/17/2015 9:57 AM, Helpful person wrote:
> Has anyone cooked them? I bought some a while back and sauteed them in butter. They were OK but nothing special. Any opinions? (They are also ridiculously expensive.)
>
Many many years ago here on RFC there was a poster who fresh picked and
sent me some fiddleheads. That was quite the adventure as they'd been
packed in dry ice and marked as perishable, but I wasn't home from work
yet when the USPS tried to deliver them. There was a notice on my door
telling me they'd tried to deliver something perishable.

I raced to the post office (meaning, drove really fast) and got there
before they closed. I'm looking for a package. I was told it was
probably still on the mail carriers truck, being brought back here.

Actually, while I was at the post office the driver went back to my
apartment and tried to deliver the styrofoam cooler again. It was a
comedy of errors.

I did finally get the fiddleheads and they were still pretty much cold
although by then the dry ice had dissipated. I cleaned, washed and
cooked them pretty much like asparagus. As Dave Smith mentioned, they
pretty much tasted like asparagus.

But thank you again, Kendall F. Stratton, former RFC poster, for picking
and sending me fresh fiddleheads. It's about the only way I'll ever
get to taste them again. Some people mention finding them in the
freezer section at the grocery store. I've looked but have never seen
frozen fiddleheads. Most people in the Southern US aren't familiar with
them.

Jill

On 8/18/2015 7:01 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 8/17/2015 9:57 AM, Helpful person wrote:
>> Has anyone cooked them? I bought some a while back and sauteed them
>> in butter. They were OK but nothing special. Any opinions? (They
>ter, for picking
> and sending me fresh fiddleheads. It's about the only way I'll ever
> get to taste them again. Some people mention finding them in the
> freezer section at the grocery store. I've looked but have never seen
> frozen fiddleheads. Most people in the Southern US aren't familiar with
> them.
>
> Jill
Mmmm hmmm...

On 8/17/2015 9:57 AM, Helpful person wrote:
> Has anyone cooked them? I bought some a while back and sauteed them in butter. They were OK but nothing special. Any opinions? (They are also ridiculously expensive.)
>
> http://www.richardfisher.com
>

Same as your experience. Not worth bothering with again.

They have a short season in the spring as they are the tip of a fern.
Should not be eaten raw either.

On 8/18/2015 12:00 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 8/17/2015 9:57 AM, Helpful person wrote:
>> Has anyone cooked them? I bought some a while back and sauteed them
>> in butter. They were OK but nothing special. Any opinions? (They
>> are also ridiculously expensive.)
>>
>> http://www.richardfisher.com
>>
>
> Same as your experience. Not worth bothering with again.
>
> They have a short season in the spring as they are the tip of a fern.
> Should not be eaten raw either.


Mmmm hmmm...

Dave Smith > wrote in
:

> On 2015-08-17 9:57 AM, Helpful person wrote:
>> Has anyone cooked them? I bought some a while back and sauteed them
>> in butter. They were OK but nothing special. Any opinions? (They
>> are also ridiculously expensive.)
>>
>>
>
> My wife cooks them frequently when they are in season. She scrapes the
> beards off the sides of them and soaks them in salted water for about
> an hour and then boils them for about 12 minutes.
>
> My opinion.... I like them. They are in season at the same time as
> asparagus. They have a taste and texture similar to asparagus. They
> cost a hell of a lot more than asparagus.... so I usually just buy and
> cook asparagus.
>

Gonna have to try some. They grow wild in the woods behind my house.
Ridiculously cheap...:-)

On 8/17/2015 10:00 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 8/17/2015 9:57 AM, Helpful person wrote:
>> Has anyone cooked them? I bought some a while back and sauteed them
>> in butter. They were OK but nothing special. Any opinions? (They
>> are also ridiculously expensive.)
>>
>> http://www.richardfisher.com
>>
>
> Same as your experience. Not worth bothering with again.
>
> They have a short season in the spring as they are the tip of a fern.
> Should not be eaten raw either.

As someone else mentioned, they need to be picked fresh before the fern
starts to unfurl. Tightly wrapped. They look like the head of a
fiddle/vioin, hence the name 'fiddlehead'.

I wouldn't go out of my way to buy them but if I could walk out and pick
them fresh I'd probably do so. Unfortunately they only grow way up
north where it gets cold.

Jill

On 2015-08-18 11:26 AM, jmcquown wrote:

> As someone else mentioned, they need to be picked fresh before the fern
> starts to unfurl. Tightly wrapped. They look like the head of a
> fiddle/vioin, hence the name 'fiddlehead'.
>
> I wouldn't go out of my way to buy them but if I could walk out and pick
> them fresh I'd probably do so. Unfortunately they only grow way up
> north where it gets cold.
>

There is a farmer near here who grows them. There is a nice woodlot
behind us with lots of wetland in it and all sorts of ferns. I have
looked for them every year but this year was the first time I ever saw
young fiddleheads, but they were already starting to unfurl.

On 8/17/2015 6:57 AM, Helpful person wrote:
> Has anyone cooked them? I bought some a while back and sauteed them in butter. They were OK but nothing special. Any opinions? (They are also ridiculously expensive.)
>
> http://www.richardfisher.com
>
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This particular post references an article by Stew Webb, a contributor
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ultimately as President of the United States before Bill Clinton took
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On 8/17/2015 6:57 AM, Helpful person wrote:
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