Trim stem 1-2 inches from fern and wash the fiddleheads in a coarse strainer. Place them in a large bowl of water and swirl them around, rubbing off the thin flakes of chaff on the ferns.
T his fiddlehead fern recipe is sauteed up with ginger and garlic and served over thin rice noodles. Fiddlehead ferns are edible, and easy to cook and use in many different recipes.