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Subject: Re: Sunday dinner
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2025 20:11:03 -0500
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dsi1 wrote on 6/3/2025 7:59 PM:
> On Tue, 3 Jun 2025 13:41:21 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:
> 
>> On 2025-06-03 4:25 a.m., dsi1 wrote:
>>> On Tue, 3 Jun 2025 2:45:54 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>> Wait a sec. Are you talking about mature ferns or the fiddleheads? 
>>>> There
>>>> are a lot of different ferns and not all of them are good. Not all of
>>>> them are edible. It is usually the oyster ferns that are harvested in
>>>> most places. It is a very short season.  And.... they have flavour.
>>>
>>> These are wild Hawaiian fern shoots called pohole. They are quite
>>> delicate and blanched in water for only 1-2 minutes. The mainland
>>> fiddleheads require longer cooking times.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Indeed. The oyster fiddleheads do take a lot longer to cook than most
>> green vegetables.
>>
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVJzdiYFD2M
> 
> I don't use the name "fiddlehead" since they don't resemble the mainland
> counterpart at all. It's a whole nother plant.
> 
> Breakfast this morning was loco moco. Theoretically, one should be able
> to make loco moco in most places on Earth. It's likely that most
> non-Hawaiians would make it with long grain rice. That would be
> incorrect.
> 
Only da hawaiians make proper loco moco Uncle. Everyone knows dat.