May Weather (Belfast: move, eat, yard)

[CalieCat]

We might come up for a week early in May and probably will stay in Belfast. What kind of weather should I expect? Will it be mud season???

[spose]

Fiddlehead season!

[retiredtinbender]

It's starting to dry out up this way. I will be raking the yard and picking stuff up from tonight tthru this weekend. Fields are still wet and soggy here. Supposed to be warmer and sunny until next week so that should help. Try finding a 10 day forcast (weather channel website?) and keep checking it. Hoping for a warm sunny May on thru. Maybe get some decent riding weather on the bike.

[CalieCat]

I have never had a Fiddlehead.....how do you eat them and what do they taste like?

[island mermaid]

Originally Posted by CalieCat

I have never had a Fiddlehead.....how do you eat them and what do they taste like?

I personally am not a fan of fiddleheads although I do have one great friend that is! In my opinion they taste like a steamed caterpillar.

[Raffie]

Originally Posted by spose

Fiddlehead season!

Ewww Fiddleheads... when is beef jerkey season??

[forest beekeeper]

Fiddleheads are a green. Not entirely different from spinach if cooking.

They need to be blanched, or boiled in water for 15 to 30 seconds before anything else.

After that they can be boiled until soft and eaten plain, or with butter, or vinegar.

Or they can be layered in a lasagna, or put in spaghetti.

Or they could be sauted in a fry pan with bacon lard, or with butter and garlic.

We pickle fiddleheads.

We fry them with ground meat [maybe mutten or ground chicken] and then stir in eggs, and kind of wok them together.

Fiddleheads work well in stir-fry, and are easy to handle with chop sticks.

[retiredtinbender]

Originally Posted by forest beekeeper

Fiddleheads are a green. Not entirely different from spinach if cooking.

They need to be blanched, or boiled in water for 15 to 30 seconds before anything else.

After that they can be boiled until soft and eaten plain, or with butter, or vinegar.

Or they can be layered in a lasagna, or put in spaghetti.

Now we're talkin'!!!! Love them done up like that.

[CalieCat]

Are they the curled leaves that grow on ferns? Do they taste like spinach?

[tcrackly]

Fiddleheads are the curled first sprouts of the ostrich fern. They are mostly tender stalk with buds of fronds rolled up like the end of a fiddle. Imagine! I think they taste much like asparagus. I use them as ai would asparagus as well..steamed or boiled in several changes of water to remove the bitter tasting tannins. They are good in a cream soup like broccoli.