Brook trout and fiddle heads.

[outdoorsman]

pickled!!!

They are definitely good pickled. 

Mostly, I just boil them and eat them with butter, salt, pepper, and a little vinegar.

[Nor Easter]

I tried sauteed similar to stir fried and didn't really care for them that way. A little too crunchy. Perhaps if par-boiled first, then stir fried would be better, but usually I have them boiled w/butter, salt, pepper alone or as a side dish.

I'm slobbering drool on my keyboard now,,, I gotta go... 

[allextremesfishing]

I tried sauteed similar to stir fried and didn't really care for them that way. A little too crunchy. Perhaps if par-boiled first, then stir fried would be better, but usually I have them boiled w/butter, salt, pepper alone or as a side dish.

I'm slobbering drool on my keyboard now,,, I gotta go... 

stir fri with fiddle heads?? SOUNDS DELICIOUSE!!! come on spring!

[LostOne]

just found this site...thought I would share.
Good Fiddlehead and Dandelion info

http://extension.umaine.edu/publications/4060e/

Here's the adress. First person to make it a link... Rules!

Thx ff.

[fshnfool]

http://extension.umaine.edu/publications/4060e/


 

[Wolley]

I like to steam them for like 2 minutes then rinse them in cold water to wash out a lot of the black crap that comes out when you cook them. Then saute with garlic and olive oil.

[outdoorsman]

Got this bag of them while catching a bunch of brookies last year...



Then I found a patch behind the house, and they were huge!  They kept producing too.  Got a few batches and left some to grow.





And of course, I ate lots of fiddleheads.  Can't wait to get some fresh ones!

[SilverSides]

How does everyone clean them? I use one of these.



Just throw a handful of em in the net and run it back and forth thru the quick water of a stream and they are done. Can do a 5 gallon pail full in about 10 minutes. It's a Cummings wire mesh smelt net.

http://www.kitterytradingpost.com/product.php/pid/3/sid/53/tid/244/prodid/30774

[Nor Easter]

The metal smelt net is a good idea! 

I use something my uncle made long ago. It's a box shaped metal screen of 1/4" hardware cloth with a wooden strapping border on the top. It's about 12" tall by 18" wide by 24" long. I set it in the driveway and drop the fiddleheads from up high so the wind blows a lot of the paper away. Then I use a garden hose to spray the remainder clean.

If I only get a half bucket of heads, I don't clean them until I want to cook them and only clean what I'm gonna cook in the kitchen sink. The rest stay in the crisper drawers in the fridge. If I get loads of them, they get blanched and frozen.

[Litchfield Fisher]

How does everyone clean them? I use one of these.



Just throw a handful of em in the net and run it back and forth thru the quick water of a stream and they are done. Can do a 5 gallon pail full in about 10 minutes. It's a Cummings wire mesh smelt net.

http://www.kitterytradingpost.com/product.php/pid/3/sid/53/tid/244/prodid/30774

If we pick a bunch on the way up north we usually just toss them in the old bait trap up to camp and toss them in the brook for a while,  doesn't clean them perfectly but it helps

[LostOne]

If we pick a bunch on the way up north we usually just toss them in the old bait trap up to camp and toss them in the brook for a while,  doesn't clean them perfectly but it helps

Now that is SLICK! I like it!

[Westerly]

How does everyone clean them? I use one of these.

When I have a big batch to clean, I usually load em (dry) into my shallow smelt dipping net.  Bounce them around like popcorn right in front of a big box fan on 'high' and all the papery skins just blow away.  I still give them a quick bath in the sink, but is so much easier without the skins in the mix.  Good thing it won't be long now!  My frozen stash is just about gone... 

 

[LostOne]

When I have a big batch to clean, I usually load em (dry) into my shallow smelt dipping net.  Bounce them around like popcorn right in front of a big box fan on 'high' and all the papery skins just blow away.  I still give them a quick bath in the sink, but is so much easier without the skins in the mix.  Good thing it won't be long now!  My frozen stash is just about gone... 

 

Jeeze! You guys are killing me with your creative ways of cleaning these things!  Love it!