When I lived in Maine, I never did screw up the courage to try fiddleheads. They look like something that lives in the dirt, rather than something that sprouted out of it.
Hey all you people that hate peas as much as I do. I heard our Purchasing dept. bitch about what a terrible season peas are having. Just so hard to find.
Karin, I finally tried the fiddle heads and happy to say to me they taste close to asparagus.
I was raised on pea soup with ham, sort of like a chowder, corn or clam. My favorite Peas are the defrosted raw peas in a cold Marconi salad.
Canned peas are OK once a year. Wasn't until I was 22 years old ,at a party and after a few drinks tried out marinated mushrooms. This led to my eating sober every kind of Shroom except the magic kind.
I find that when trying out a new food it does not hurt to be a bit smashed. Only exceptions are smoked Oysters or live ones, anchovies, EEL, or canned sardines.
I even learned sober to like Stinky fruit, now that is an experience.
Strangest fish I ever ate was Marlin steak. Had the texture of beef steak.