Bracken
- spring fiddleheads are edible raw.
- remove hair from fiddleheads, soak in salt water to remove bitterness, eat raw.
- fiddleheads are best when boiled for half an hour in 2 changes of water.
- fiddleheads can be dried for storage.
- rhizomes can be roasted/pit-steamed, peeled, and pounded to remove whitish edible part from fibers, or chewed to suck out starch.
- dried rhizomes can be ground into flour.
- grows in wide range of areas, including foothills and montane region.
- warning: avoid long term use, suspected carcinogen.
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