Learn about this Boiled Fern Stems Recipe and how you can use this free wild food in a nutritious, delicious recipe.
Boiled Fern Stems Recipe
The two species of ferns that I depend on for food are the
common bracken fern (Pteridium Aquilinum) and
cinnamon fern (Osmunda Cinnamona). So far as I know there are no poisonous ferns if the new shoots only are eaten.
I prepare these plants by pulling the shoots between my fingers to strip away the “wool” and then boiling the stalks in salted water for a few minutes
until they’re tender. Serve like asparagus with salt and
melted butter.
melted butter.
Read more about finding wild edible foods: Foraging for Wild Edible Food.
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