My sister just visited me from upstate New York and brought us a whole quart jar of fiddlehead ferns she picked and pickled herself. I have no idea what to do with them.

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I used to have a recipe book from the Four Seasons Restaurant in NYC (from some old Book of the Month Club bonus). They had Fiddlehead ferns in there as a great delicacy. Maybe they were drunk when they wrote that section....

Does anyone know of a place in Brooklyn (Park Slope,Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn Heights) to get fresh fiddlehead ferns? Alternatively, does anyone know of any local restaurants that serve them in season? Thanks

There was a recent thread on fiddlehead ferns, which I’ve linked below. It has some great recipe suggestions as well as a link to a page detailing just why you are supposed to blanch them first. Hope this is helpful! Link:...

and that the culprit ferns were not the ostrich fern commonly harvested and consumed in northeastern North America. Health Canada ninnies also recommend boiling the fiddleheads for 15 minutes and tried to ban raw milk cheeses a...

recipe but swap the beans with fiddleheads. enjoy!

An Indonesian specialty— fiddlehead ferns in spicy coconut sauce.

and Deluca or Balducci’s; the writer said it was a place to find such delicacies as fiddlehead ferns. In all innocence and candor I responded, "Oh, I can get those at my neighborhood Safeway (Marina, which was at the time...

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I posted this on the general topics bord, but maybe it belongs here. Fiddlehead fern season is coming – where can I get them fresh in NYC? I hope the answer is not “Trader Joe's.” Those lines are so long that...

and awful. I presumed that in Canada, they would have picked the same variety, ostrich fern. Could these have been a different edible fern? Any culinary botanists out there who could edify me? Anybody else love fiddleheads?

I tried doing a search but found nothing definative... Does anyone know when fiddleheads are in season and when I will be able to find them at the Union Square Market? Thanks!