[NatureNS] fiddleheads as food

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A friend of mine, who has been eating fiddleheads for years, recently bought
some and tried a new recipe involving marinating--but NOT cooking--them.
Both she and her husband were quite ill afterwards.  Do any of you know
anything about what might have contributed to their distress?  Of course, it
might simply have been contaminating bacteria that got on them from the
handling, but could there be something in them that gets destroyed during
cooking?
Also, do any of you know about the recent statement (Radio Noon-CBC) that
Solomon's Seal (convallaria multiflora) is fine to eat when it first comes
up as a new shoot?  I have a book on edible wild plants that says it is
reported to be edible but not corroborated.  My old "The Herbalist" by
Joseph Meyer says the root is emetic, tonic, and astringent, but doesn't
mention the shoots.
Jane Schlosberg

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