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Fiddlehead greens are a type of fern that is indigenous to Eastern/Maritime Canada. The part you actually eat (they're deliciious...sort of spinachy) is the tender head, that's curled into itself as it sprouts.

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What is Canada's special food?

Maple syrup and fiddleheads.


What are young fronds called?

Young fronds are called "fiddleheads." They get this name from the way they coil up, their heads look like that of a violin, or fiddle. The only way I know this is because I just had this question in biology! Good Luck! Young fronds are called "fiddleheads." They get this name from the way they coil up, their heads look like that of a violin, or fiddle. The only way I know this is because I just had this question in biology! Good Luck!


What do new brunswick people eat?

Same kind of things the rest of Canada eats. OH! and fiddleheads. they're this fern that looks like the head of a fiddle, and they taste delisious with vinegar. Don't knock it 'till you've tried it.


Micmacs are they hunters or farmers?

Mi'kmaq were semi-nomadic hunters and gathers. The tribe did very little in the way of agriculture. During the summer the Mi'kmaq would harvest wild fruit, berries, roots and other plants. These were used for food, for medicines, and as materials for weaving etc. Some food plants like fiddleheads and bullrush tubers were eaten fresh, and others would be dried and set aside for the long winter.


What is New Brunswick Food?

New Brunswick has many of the same foods as the rest of North America. Many of the residents do eat deer, rabbit, moose, and lots of sea food. In the coastal areas, dulse - seaweed that is sun dried and eaten like a bag of chips or used to season cooking - is eaten. Fiddleheads, which are ferns that have not yet unrolled, are also prepared like spinach and eaten in the summer. New Brunswick is also home to many Acadians. Acadian French cuisine is characterized by food that uses a lot of cheaper or easily-grown ingredients, such as potatoes, cabbages, and turnips.

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What stage of a ferns life cycle do you see fiddleheads?

You will see fiddleheads in the first stage known as transition in the life cycle of a fern. The fiddleheads are delicately divided when they expand into fronds.


What are the young leaves of hornworts?

fiddleheads


When is it too late to pick fiddleheads?

When they are unfurled


What is Canada's special food?

Maple syrup and fiddleheads.


Are young leaves of liverworts know as fiddleheads?

no. ferns


Can fiddle heads give you cancer?

Oh no. There is no direct evidence between cancer and fiddleheads. You may have read certain ferns contain a carcinogen, but the fiddleheads you find in the store is not one of them. Cooked properly, they are safe.


Can rabbits eat fiddleheads?

No, rabbits probably shouldn't eat fiddleheads. Although they are not listed on the list of known poisonous plants for rabbits (see link below), raw fiddleheads are known to be poisonous to humans, so they could be for rabbits as well (see link below). See the related questions below for more info about what rabbits can eat.


Where can you find fiddleheads in VT?

on the news and I think U MEAN TV NOT VT


What vegtibles did the Chinook tribe eat?

Camas root, fern fiddleheads, wapato


Why are the developing leaves in many ferns called fiddleheads?

The developing leaves of many ferns are called fiddleheads because they show a resemblance to the top end of a violin. (Violins are often called fiddles.)


What does a fiddlehead plant look like?

Fiddleheads are the still-curled young fern plants. They look like the curled 'head' of a violin, thus, fiddle-heads.


Where did fiddlehead ferns originate?

I grew up in Maine picking them & eating fiddleheads. I was told the Indians picked & ate them.My stepfather adopted Indian children.