Day 5, Fiddleheads
Late because I wanted to paint this one really bad. It ended up not what I wanted so I went a bit ham on the editing. . .
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The Emperor's Fiddlehead Soup
Not gonna lie, this looks *really* good and I want to make it, but the big issue is fiddleheads
As far as I can tell, they're not farmed, only wild-foraged, and they're only in season for a very short time (April / May). You can get them shipped while they're in season though!
What I'm curious about: What do y'all think an acceptable alternative might be while waiting for fiddlehead season to roll around again?
Transcription for recipe below:
Ingredients
chopped fiddleheads
knob of butter
1 onion, chopped
1 clove of garlic, minced
1 tablespoon of flour
half a pan of chicken stock
assorted vegetables (potato, leek, carrot), chopped
heavy whipping cream
salt and pepper
Melt the butter in a large pot over a hot fire. Do not burn. Stir in the onion and garlic until softened.
Add flour. Continue stirring.
Add chicken stock and bring to a boil.
Add fiddleheads and vegetables. Raise away from the fire, simmer until vegetables are tender.
Stir in the cream, season, and serve.
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spring forageables: ramps, morel mushrooms, and fiddlehead ferns
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If you follow my main, you know the Holidays have been Really tough for me this year. But something that brought me peace through the chaos and instability life threw my way, has been to think back to and reminisce on Brighter Times, I started drawing this floral arrangement of plants and flowers i saw while in Alaska this summer on Christmas day [the day my grandfather was estimated to pass] and kept picking at it any time everything became Too Much, right up the day i finished it, which was also the day of his actual passing two days later. Transporting myself back to summer helped keep me Breathing and functional. And i’m thankful to have memories like these to cling to in times of strife. < 3
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Fiddlehead season is over but it doesn't hurt to be prepared for when they're finally back - just think about that crunchy fiddlehead side to your pasta a year from now! Click the image to get the recipe now!
Find the recipe here.
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A character design inspired by Ginko leaves and Fiddlehead ferns!
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May 1st hike (well, walk, really) in Great Brook Farm State Park, in Carlisle MA.
Top three: soft new green shoots on some larch.
Next: one of two garter snakes seen sunning on the path! This one froze in the left position for a bit and let me take photos; then I gently encouraged it to get off the path, as a dog was coming; but still got the close-up pic. this was a small one (bit over a foot long?), but the second one was an older adult, and much more alert as we only saw it retreating. (Also seen but not photographed: a number of sunning painted turtles.)
Next: glorious little fiddlehead fern unfolding!
Club moss (i love how it looks like tiny pine trees), and mayflower just starting to come up (we think).
Different (larger) fiddleheads. Big rocks. And the Meadow Pond. (Oddly enough, did not hear or see frogs in the big pond, but a little boggy depression (pond) nearby was full of spring peepers really doing their thing.
Lovely warm day. Ended with ice cream. (The state park is also a working dairy farm.) Nice to get out.
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