I just picked a shopping bag full and after reading about the toxic ones I was worried. Thank you so much for posting this video. It has set my mind at ease.
God I love me some Fiddleheads!! Boiled until nice and tender and served with butter and a little vinegar. Yummy! I just bought a huge $15.00 dollar bag of them from the grocery store which is insane since they grow everywhere up here on the east coast of Lake Huron in Canada but I always miss their early harvest. I don't start thinking about them until it's too late but I'll pay the money because I just gotta have some every spring. I'll probably get another bag before they're all gone, lol.
Is that not an ostrich fern? Fiddlehead fern is not a specific plant but any fern that grows a fiddlehead like so. There are several species of edible fiddlehead ferns.
I have a question. Today, I found some ferns that fit the description of ostrich ferns(deep u on the inside of the stalk, suede leather texture) but they are very thin and small, much smaller than what I see here. Does this mean they are not ostrich ferns or just tiny ones? Thanks!
I picked some fiddleheads near a book behind my house. After researching how to prepare them, I don't think I picked the right things. The fiddleheads I picked were covered with a soft hairy cover, not paper like. Are any fiddleheads ok to eat? I'm scared. I don't want to get sick. Thank you
Beautiful!! Nature is awesome. Just went on a hike and found myself in fiddlehead heaven, come to find they were all ostrich ferns - Better luck next year!
@hmattyj DO NOT EAT THE "WHITE FUZZY OR WHITE HAIRY" ONES MAN!!! I have picked fiddleheads for twenty some years. I have been told that the fuzzy / hairy ones are poisonous (this may not be true, but usually anything that looks like that in nature does not look safe to me anyway). The hairy ones you speak of are identical looking EXCEPT for the hairy / fuzzy stuff, and are often found close to the REAL ones.
I think at the end he is just stumbling over his words a little. He is trying to say, "You have a fiddlehead fern- an Ostrich fern, and not some other fern."
I agree with Lisetta's opinion that he stumbled and corrected himself. But I had to listen to it a couple times to come to that. As important as this information may be, and the fact that he is representing the University of Maine, I would think Dave Fuller ought to edit this video to remove any ambiguity.
lol what does it matter? as far as i'm concerned they can pick all they want so long as they stick to none tribal lands or get a permit to pick them on tribal land. my issue comes when people do it and don't take the time to learn the simple fact of picking them and either over pick the pods or use a knife to cut them off instead of picking them both can have a large effect on the survival of the plant. So the white men want to make some money big deal who doesn't
I just picked a shopping bag full and after reading about the toxic ones I was worried. Thank you so much for posting this video. It has set my mind at ease.
Very nice, Does it grow in INDIA
are those parchment paper like thing spores???
Excellent video! Thank you!
God I love me some Fiddleheads!! Boiled until nice and tender and served with butter and a little vinegar. Yummy! I just bought a huge $15.00 dollar bag of them from the grocery store which is insane since they grow everywhere up here on the east coast of Lake Huron in Canada but I always miss their early harvest. I don't start thinking about them until it's too late but I'll pay the money because I just gotta have some every spring. I'll probably get another bag before they're all gone, lol.
Is that not an ostrich fern? Fiddlehead fern is not a specific plant but any fern that grows a fiddlehead like so. There are several species of edible fiddlehead ferns.
I have a question. Today, I found some ferns that fit the description of ostrich ferns(deep u on the inside of the stalk, suede leather texture) but they are very thin and small, much smaller than what I see here. Does this mean they are not ostrich ferns or just tiny ones? Thanks!
At the end of the video the presenter confuses which fern to avoid and cautions against Ostridge Fern.
I picked some fiddleheads near a book behind my house. After researching how to prepare them, I don't think I picked the right things. The fiddleheads I picked were covered with a soft hairy cover, not paper like. Are any fiddleheads ok to eat? I'm scared. I don't want to get sick. Thank you
This video is a bit misleading, as he is implying that only this one species can be eaten. Maybe that's the case in Maine, though.
Beautiful!! Nature is awesome. Just went on a hike and found myself in fiddlehead heaven, come to find they were all ostrich ferns - Better luck next year!
I thought Ostrich Fern Fiddleheads are what you want to find for eating?
Yes, the deep U groove is the most recognized trait of the fiddlehead.
Great video - thanks the for the tip!
very good video.. thank you.
@hmattyj DO NOT EAT THE "WHITE FUZZY OR WHITE HAIRY" ONES MAN!!! I have picked fiddleheads for twenty some years. I have been told that the fuzzy / hairy ones are poisonous (this may not be true, but usually anything that looks like that in nature does not look safe to me anyway). The hairy ones you speak of are identical looking EXCEPT for the hairy / fuzzy stuff, and are often found close to the REAL ones.
"here to discuss fiddle heads, common name Ostrich fern" end of video, "be sure you are picking the fiddlehead fern not the Ostrich fern" Say what???
I think at the end he is just stumbling over his words a little. He is trying to say, "You have a fiddlehead fern- an Ostrich fern, and not some other fern."
I agree with Lisetta's opinion that he stumbled and corrected himself. But I had to listen to it a couple times to come to that. As important as this information may be, and the fact that he is representing the University of Maine, I would think Dave Fuller ought to edit this video to remove any ambiguity.
my dad just ate one... oh noes
did you mean nose??
lol what does it matter? as far as i'm concerned they can pick all they want so long as they stick to none tribal lands or get a permit to pick them on tribal land. my issue comes when people do it and don't take the time to learn the simple fact of picking them and either over pick the pods or use a knife to cut them off instead of picking them both can have a large effect on the survival of the plant. So the white men want to make some money big deal who doesn't
Awesome video! Thanks!