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a fern fetus too coiled and beautiful to taste like spring should be allowed to.
means The tightly coiled young frond of a fern, harvested before it unfurls and eaten as a springtime vegetable.
from Named for its resemblance to the scrolled, curling head of a fiddle — the decorative carved end of a violin's neck. The word "fiddle" itself is ancient, traceable back through Old English fithele and possibly related to a Late Latin root, vitula, which may also be a distant cousin of "violin." "Fiddlehead" is the homely, descriptive American compound: people looked at the spiraled fern and saw the head of a fiddle, and the name stuck.
- named for
- its scroll matches a violin's curled neck
- eat carefully
- raw ones cause toxic, gut-wrenching regret
- unfurls into
- the full-grown ostrich fern frond
- foraging window
- a brief two weeks each early spring
- hidden geometry
- coils follow the same spiral as galaxies
ostrich fern fiddleheads — harvested wild in maine and quebec, peak season april-may, sold fresh at farmers markets
bracken fern fiddleheads — traditional spring delicacy in japan called 'warabi', served in kaiseki restaurants
fiddlehead green restaurant — farm-to-table restaurant in northampton, massachusetts specializing in local fiddlehead preparations