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Sat, May-03-08, 08:34

Elizellen

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Posts: 10,733

Plan: Atkins (DANDR)
Stats: 290/141/130 Female 65.5 inches

BF:
Progress: 93%

Location: Bournemouth (UK)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cerridwen

The rolled up top of a fiddlehead fern. This about covers it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiddlehead
We boil them, drain them and then saute them in butter. OMG they are the best. But they're only good fresh, they don't travel well. They taste a bit like asparagus...
Cerridewen

I never heard of anyone eating bracken!! This internet certainly is educational

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#17 ^

Sat, May-03-08, 13:51

Cerridwen

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Posts: 480

Plan: keto/atkins/no cow dairy
Stats: 230/217/170 Female 5" 8'

BF:
Progress: 22%

Location: Eastern Ontario

Oddly enough, we also eat stinging nettle and lamb's quarters. These are both considered weeds here. They are totally edible and in fact VERY good for you. You boil them like spinach. Yum..
None of that icky aftertaste weird mouth thing that you get from spinach...
I'm not sure if bracken is the same as the ostrich fern though... you'd have to check on that before you ate them

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Cerridwen

#18 ^

Sun, May-04-08, 12:31

Elizellen

Senior Member

Posts: 10,733

Plan: Atkins (DANDR)
Stats: 290/141/130 Female 65.5 inches

BF:
Progress: 93%

Location: Bournemouth (UK)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cerridwen

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Cerridwen

I have eaten nettle soup once and it was tasty. Lots of hedgerow plants do seem to be edible, but I suppose as with fungi you really have to know what you are looking for.