ostrich fern
The fiddleheads of certain ferns are eaten as a cooked leaf vegetable.
Make sure you wash your fiddleheads thoroughly before cooking.
First of all, she boiled the fiddleheads quickly in salted water and then drained them.
He added the fiddleheads to the hot pan and cooked them on a high heat.
The season is short, as fiddlehead ferns are only available for about two weeks.

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