On 5/23/2019 9:27 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2019-05-23 9:05 a.m., jmcquown wrote:
>> On 5/22/2019 6:51 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> We had a spring treat with our supper tonight.... fiddle heads. They
>>> are only available for short time each spring, so we have to grab
>>> them when we see them, knowing that it may be the only chance of the
>>> year.
>>>
>>> My wife looked after dinner while I was out burning brush and mowing
>>> the lawn. I had marinated chicken breasts in olive oil, lemon juice,
>>> oregano and lots of chopped garlic. She cooked them along with some
>>> home fries.
>>>
>> Oooh!Â* I like fiddleheads!Â* A couple of decades ago a former RFC
>> poster who lived in Maine shipped some to me after he and his son
>> picked an abundance of them.Â* IIRC they tasted a little bit like
>> asparagus.
>>
>
> They do taste a bit like asparagus. If you like asparagus who will
> likely enjoy fiddle heads. If you don't like asparagus you should
> probably not bother.Â* I am in a bit of a bind. I like both. Both come
> out at the same time of the year. They taste a lot alike.Fiddleheads
> cost at least twice as much per pound as asparagus and they are dense
> little things, so a couple small servings of them will cost more than a
> pound of asparagus.Â*Â* Asparagus wins on price.
>
>
Well... since I can't get fiddleheads but I can get asparagus...
asparagus wins. LOL

Jill