On 4/26/97 Chris Andersen wrote: >I have eaten fiddleheads while traveling on business in Canada >and have been told they are a type of fern which grows in bogs in a limited >area of the Eastern US seaboard. >They are very hard to find in Restaurants and are generally only available >during a particular season. >Does anyone know how to grow these and where I might be able to secure them >for the purpose of propagating? I've been wondering if the bracken fern fiddleheads which are just now emerging in my western WA woods are edible. Anyone know for sure? irene bensinger Sunset zone 4-ish