On 2019-05-23 11:20 a.m., jmcquown wrote:
> On 5/23/2019 10:28 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>> If having guests I'd go with the fiddleheads just for the show of it.
>> They are good, but not double the cost good.
>
> Were you able to get fiddleheads in Connecticut?Â* I'm guessing yes.
>
> They're not available to me in the south although I do recall at some
> point someone years ago suggested I might find them frozen.Â* Uh... no.


They might be good frozen. Some things are. I was surprised to discover
that frozen Brussels Sprouts are good.