"Fiddleheads are new ferns. They come up out of the ground in the spring, and they look all curled up like snail shells before they uncurl into the whole leaf. They're good to eat, but you have to cook them, and throw out the water you cook them. They'll make you sick if you don't. But if you do? They're really tasty." Ylva is an iffy cook, but she does understand something as key as that. "Cattails are plants that grow at the edge of water, ponds and places. The root is starchy, little bit like a potato. Dandelions you can eat the leaves, or the flowers, or the root, but try to get the leaves and stuff young because they get bitter as they grow older, so it might be a good time to look for those, too."
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"Fiddleheads are new ferns. They come up out of the ground in the spring, and they look all curled up like snail shells before they uncurl into the whole leaf. They're good to eat, but you have to cook them, and throw out the water you cook them. They'll make you sick if you don't. But if you do? They're really tasty." Ylva is an iffy cook, but she does understand something as key as that. "Cattails are plants that grow at the edge of water, ponds and places. The root is starchy, little bit like a potato. Dandelions you can eat the leaves, or the flowers, or the root, but try to get the leaves and stuff young because they get bitter as they grow older, so it might be a good time to look for those, too."