Here in northern Maine the fiddleheads are just sprouting.
Picked enough for 2 meals the other evening near the swamp. The larger ones were about 1" in dia. or slightly larger. I've been told they're more tender than the larger ones.
Anyone else picking fiddleheads? When does the season start and end where you live? How do you eat them plain, with vinegar? How do you get the paper off?
Jim Maine