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6 Days To Fiddlehead Picking In Maine! Fiddlehead...what's That?

You know spring is in Maine when the canoes are everywhere on top of pickups and paddlers enjoy swollen rivers in yearly races. Little league tryouts are over, teams begin to play this week in Houlton Maine. And fiddleheads are another part of Maine culture.

A fiddlehead is the early stage of an ostrich fern. A delicacy to many, an unknown to most. The plant that looks like the head of a fiddle grows in wet, moise areas along Maine waterways as a rule. Learn everything you wanted to know about fiddleheads. Fun to clean, steamed and with a little vinegar added eat! Have to fill your bag along the river and stream beds quickly as the little Maine black fly comes out this time of year too! The black flies don't like fiddleheads but your neck and arms look pretty good to their air force when on maneuvers. Learn more...everything about the Maine fiddlehead here!

Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers, Houlton Broker Listing And Selling Maine Real Estate

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Posted by Andrew Mooers | Northern Maine Real Estate / Aroostook County Broker on 05/04/2008 08:17 AM

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12 Comments on 6 Days To Fiddlehead Picking In Maine! Fiddlehead...what's That?

MAY

2008

Having grown up in Boston I spent a lot of time in a canoe up in Maine and New Hampshire. I loved the streams and rivers. Very peaceful.

Super time to live in Maine. Will send you a can of fiddleheads Gary!

They sound like a great meal. We pick Morels here in the forest. I love them stuffed with lobster. How do you prepare the fiddleheads?

Pick them, clean off the orange flakes here and there, steam them, add vinegar, and enjoy the steamed clams and lobster at the same time!

Andrew, We're seeing canoes and kayaks on top of cars now also, and the rivers are calling. The Trillium are blooming in the woods, always a pretty site and everything is turning green. It is all so great to see especially after our long winter.

MAY

2008

Andrew, Thanks for visiting my blog and leaving a comment! I hope your day goes well.

Andrew - I've never heard of such a thing and it sound very intriguing!

They are good for you!

Hi there, Finally a place so I can find out about picking fiddleheads. I grew up eating them in MA/NH/ME and now have a fairly good size patch on my land. I just want to make sure though...How can I tell if it is the correct fern that I have. They seem to be getting taller over the last few days, but have a whiteish layer on the outside of the head itself. Are these just not ripe yet, or is it the wrong kind of fern? Any help would be greatly appreciated. They would go great with the turkey that I got the other day. Once again, thanks in advance for the help.

There is an outfit that cans them in Lewiston. I have two more packages frozen in the freezer to use up and new ones in less than a week available. You either like them or don't. No in between! Tender and not uncurled when they are tough and pass their prime. That whitish layer of fuzz...too old and not the little guys anymore!

I've never heard of this. I learned something today! Thanks :)

Lindsay..you need to come to Maine! I need to come to Baton Rouge. Cajun Fiddleheads...mmm mmm good.

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