Fresh Brussel sprouts rock! I'm trying again to grow them but they are tough. My favorite is Asparagus, both because of the taste and that it's the first thing we get out of our garden in the spring.
I planted those Brissel Sprouts one year and was amazed at how they grew up the stem of the plant. Reminded me of Barnacles growing on pier posts in the river.
Wild growing field Asparagus is another favorite of mine.These came about when farms sold off their fields and the Asparagus had gone to seed.
If the land was left wild and UN mowed, these plants would grow to be huge--almost 3 foot tall and taste like cardboard. The idea was to get them in the spring when they were less then a foot tall.
No one has mentioned the Fiddle Heads that come from the forest. These delights are the new not yet opened leaves of the fern plants that grow in the North Western States. Some States allow people to pick these baby's in season in state parks and they must get allot as they turn up each spring in the grocery stores in New Hampshire.
Come to think of it, they may grow here but so far I have not heard of local picked.