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Subject: [OM] Re: [photos] Ferns
From: Tim Randles <tim.randles@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 16:55:53 -0700 (PDT)
I'll certainly check into that, I havent had any problems from the few times 
I've eaten them, I'm about as smart as a cow, and cancer is a lottery these 
days as it is..
LOL

Cheers. .. Tim


Darin <d.rhein@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
Tim,

You may want to do a little research. According to the book "Plants of the 
Pacific Northwest Coast", "Despite aboriginal use, you should not be eat 
these plants, bracken has been implicated in livestock poisoning and stomach 
cancer".  Also according to this book, the Ostrich fern, which looks similar 
to the Sword fern, is the source of the fiddleheads sold in markets.


Darin

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Randles" 
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Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 11:04 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: [photos] Ferns


> yep, we call them bracken ferns here, and you can eat the young shoots 
> just as they come up, about 1 inch high.. very tasty, higher in iron and 
> other essential minerals. Fiddleheads we call em like that..if they get 
> too big they are very bitter and woody,
>
> Cheers.. Tim
>
> Darin  wrote:
> Definitely not what we call a Sword fern here on the west coast. It looks
> more like a Bracken fern to me, or perhaps a Shield fern.
>
> Darin
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Richard Lovison"
> To:
> Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 5:22 AM
> Subject: [OM] Re: [photos] Ferns
>
>
>> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>> Sword fern?
>>>
>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>
>>> Richard Lovison wrote:
>>>
>>>> Just a couple of images taken during the afternoon walk:
>>>>
>>>> http://sylv.inkwell.com.ru/temp/Ferns.html
>>
>> Hi Chuck,
>>
>> I believe Sword ferns are found in the western states... though I could
>> be wrong as I'm not an expert on ferns.  A species of Wood fern perhaps?
>>  Thanks for looking. :)
>>
>> Richard L
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