Can anybody share with me their favorite new England recipe for cooking fiddlehead ferns? I want to try this spring delicacy the right way, so that I can find out what they are really like. Thanks in advance- Liz Spring delicacy? I always thought that people ate them only because they were sick of half-rotten potatoes from the root cellar, and in danger of scurvy from a long winter of preserved food. Do they actually taste good? Never tried them, but they look cool on the cooking shows on TV. Probably taste like other greens, but not as bitter as dandelions, which is a somewhat acquired taste, but one that for me is a comfort food (cooked/steamed then served with olive oil and vinegar). Lots of dandelions ready for harvest on lawns right now.

Chuck Demas