looking for Ontario Fiddleheads
Are they out yet? Does St. Lawrence Market have them? I am hoping to make a run to the north market this weekend.
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I bought some at Whole Foods yesterday. They were about 7-7.50/lb and came loose or pre-bagged (although if you wanted less I'm sure Whole Foods would let you open the bags and take your quantity - the bags aren't priced).
I made them for dinner last night and followed the direction of boiling for 10 mins which seemed like a lot of time. Then I sauteed i oil and garlic. yum.
photos here:
http://whatsonmyplate.wordpress.com/2...WON
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re: Tatai
I just found some today at Zehrs/Loblaws in Windsor. They had arrived this morning and the small display had been ravaged by 10:00 am! I cleaned them out completely. I hope they get more before the season is completely done. I wouldn't mind a second crack at them. We ate them for dinner tonight. They were fantastic! They are a bit of a chore to prepare, though (soaking, rinsing, trimming, parboiling/blanching, then finishing in a pan).
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pinstripeprincess
May 8, 2009 05:32 AM
saw them at loblaws broadview location and in the kensington grocer shops. specifically the one across from the corner coffee shop... yes.. that was quite descriptive.
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re: pinstripeprincess
on a related note, i had the fiddleheads appetizer at pizzeria lebretto last night - yummy! the fiddleheads was nice and crunchy, cooked with delicious pancetta and olive oil. my only quibble was that the serving was a bit small for two to share, as we did.
can i ask those who cook fiddleheads at home (i've only eaten them at restaurants), do they change flavour later in the season ie. become bitter as they get bigger? the ones last night were pretty small, i remember seeing much larger ones in the markets last summer. i wonder if there is a taste difference as they grow.
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re: Kasia
The season really only lasts about 2 weeks, so I don't imagine that they'll get a lot larger between now and the middle of the month, but an extra week in the ground will increase their size somewhat. I bought some today that were a mix of small and medium sizes. The larger ones can be a bit more tough and bitter.
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re: Kasia
Kasia, there's a very short window during which fiddleheads are edible. Once they start to unfurl from their tight coil, they are no longer fit for consumption. I would imagine that the size of an actual fiddlehead might depend on the age of the ostrich fern from which it was cut and possibly by climactic conditions. (Don't quote me on this, though.)
The fiddleheads on the ostrich ferns in my garden were very small and it's amazing how fast the plants grow and the fiddleheads unfurl. Quite beautiful, too! The "season" is over in my garden.
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re: Tatai
Some plants produce big, juicy fiddleheads, others send up smaller, thinner ones. It's a little like asparagus. The shoot itself doesn't fatten up as it grows - it just gets taller, then, as Tatai said, they unfurl and you can't eat them. I suspect the size of the fiddlehead sprout depends entirely on the plant and the environment in which it's growing.
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The Chowhound Team
May 7, 2009 12:22 PM
We split some discussion of how to prepare fiddleheads into a new discussion on the Home Cooking board. You can find that topic here: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/618059
Please keep this topic focused on where to find them in the Ontario area.
Thanks.
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I just cleaned out the St. Jamestown Deli today of them. It's a great deli on Parliament at Winchester that also carries some fresh produce. I just lucked out and found them there. Going out this weekend to find more elsewhere.
Anyone know about how long we have until the season is over?
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jlunar
May 7, 2009 08:30 AM
I can't remember if SLM North had it, but I think South did during my visit last weekend. And so did Longo's and Yorkmills and Leslie and the Loblaws on Queen's Quay. (I'd call the loblaws though, I might be making that one up...)
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Mark Trealout of Kawartha Ecological Growers has fiddleheads. He's selling them at the AppleTree Market on Thursday afternoons and at the Green Barn Market on Saturday mornings. He also has ramps and trout lily leaves (which are foraged and delicious; sweet at first with a slightly peppery finish; lovely served raw in a salad).
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re: Nyleve
I did eat them -- raw -- and loved them, although some online sites say they should be cooked as they can be toxic if eaten raw, while other sites say they're great eaten raw in salads. Is there anyone out there who can definitively say that they're safe to eat raw? (My family and I ate them about 10 days ago with no ill effects.)
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i was forwarded an email sent from the dufferin grove market:
Forbes Wild Foods is very pleased to announce that we will be bringing fresh Wild Fiddleheads and Wild Leeks to the market!
The Fiddleheads (which are wild, not cultivated) were sustainably harvested from Springwater Township, which is less than 100 miles from Toronto.
The Wild Leeks were sustainably harvested by a First Nations group in the Georgian Bay area, also within 100 miles of Toronto.
We’ll be selling the Fiddleheads for $7 / lb, and the Wild Leeks for $10 / lb. If anyone is interested in placing an order in advance, they can either email us (mlynch@wildfoods.ca) or give us a call (416-927-9106) and we can put their order together to be picked up at the market. We will also have both of these items at next week’s market (May 14th), if someone can’t make it down this time.hope that helps a bit.
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