On May 8, 1:20*pm, Dave Smith > wrote:
> On 08/05/2013 11:51 AM, James Silverton wrote:
>
> > Admittedly it was in a "gourmet" store but I saw Fava beans selling for
> > $4 a pound. The pods must weigh as much as the beans they contain so
> > that's about $8 a pound for a vegetable! I've never seen even asparagus
> > costing as much as that.
>
> How are their fiddlehead prices? Those things are usually pretty pricey
> here. *Luckily there is very little waste to them.

I just saw them this morning for $10 a pound (!) at Lull Farm in
Hollis, New Hampshire.

I like 'em. I just don't like 'em *that* much!

They used to grow wild in a shady wet part of my back yard, but I
discovered the "cut off only 3 of the 7 fronds so they'll have enough
left to propagate" directive too late, so now none grow there :-(

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