wegmans has fiddle heads

lowercasebill

but i haven't the faintest idea what to do with them .
bottomless pits want to try them .
suggestions appreciated
tia
bill

fishlessman

traditionally we just fry in butter with maybe some garlic salt and pepper, then drizzle more butter on them. maine egg prbably has a few different cooks with them as she has more availability. wegmans is going to be awefully pricey

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this is a fiddlehead pie, we would not call this quiche

mikeb6109

We just boil them with some sated herbs and then drizzle some vinegar on it! Also make a real good cream of fiddle head.All in all it is good stuff.

Cpt'n Cook

We pretty much pan fry them them the same way Fish does. We are fortunate to have them right in our back yard.
This is how they look now, 5-6 ft. tall and soon will be a haven for Mosquitoes. The Yin & Yang :S

This is how they looked about 3 weeks ago.

RRP

just curious - when you harvest those I assume you just take some and not all - right? Or once cut do they send up another shoot in the same year?

Cpt'n Cook

I generally leave some, but they seem to come up anyway. I cut a ton of them last spring and they looked the same as they do now.
I didn't cut as many this year as the ones I froze tasted awful and they didn't have that nice crunchy kind of texture.

Mainegg

We just steam them and salt and pepper and butter. then a little balsamic vinegar drizzled over them yummy. My uncle pickles them every year. garlic and hot pepper are my favorites or blanch and use in a pasta salad is good too. if you have a recipe that uses brussel sprouts try subing the fiddle heads instead.

lowercasebill

thanks one and all..

fishlessman

i need to go to your house and dig a couple pods up. mine arent getting any bigger than about 15 inch tall, dont know where the landscape place got the strain. wish my whole yard looked like that.

Weekend Warrior

I wouldn't know how "yummy" they are.

FreddyBeachEgger

They cook very well on the egg in a foil pack. Clean them well, add some butter and chopped garlic, seal in foil and cook @ 400 dome for 16-18 min.

Cpt'n Cook

Anytime!

I am planning on going to the Neweggland fest, If you are going I can bring a few with me.

FreddyBeachEgger

Fiddleheads actually freeze very well, but you have to blanche them first. When you take them out of the freezer,drop them frozen in boiling water, reduce to a simmer for 10-12 minutes and they will be nice and crisp.

Cpt'n Cook

We did blanch them, we thawed them out and pan fried them, they smelled funny thawing out and worse cooked.

They were very well cleaned before freezing, donow

FreddyBeachEgger

I've been freezing them for years. The only thing I'm doing different is I don't thaw them out first, just drop them in the boiling water right out of the freezer. Have never had any issues with them being bad, in fact I've always thought they were one of the things that froze really well. I've never tried to do anything with frozen ones except boil them and they always come out green and crisp. Maybe they are something you can't pan fry once they have been frozen, not like fresh fiddleheads which go with butter and garlic in a fry pan like few other things.

FreddyBeachEgger

I've been freezing them for years. The only thing I'm doing different is I don't thaw them out first, just drop them in the boiling water right out of the freezer. Have never had any issues with them being bad, in fact I've always thought they were one of the things that froze really well. I've never tried to do anything with frozen ones except boil them and they always come out green and crisp. Maybe they are something you can't pan fry once they have been frozen, not like fresh fiddleheads which go with butter and garlic in a fry pan like few other things.

Cpt'n Cook

There's always next year, will give it a try again, Thanks.

Grand Oeuf Vert

Don't those thing grow, like wild, in your backyard?