. Useful wild plants of the United States and Canada. Botany, Economic; Botany; Botany. EDIBLE STEMS AND LEAVES loosely invested with hairs, these are easily brushed off. Then the cutting, which resembles an at- tenuated asparagus stalk, is ready for the pot. Divided into short lengths and cooked in salted, boil- ing water until quite tender—a process that usually requires a half to three quarters of an hour—the fern may be served like asparagus, as a straight vegeta- ble, or on toast with drawn butter, or as a salad with French dressing. The cooked fern has a taste quite its own, with a sugge
. Useful wild plants of the United States and Canada. Botany, Economic; Botany; Botany. EDIBLE STEMS AND LEAVES loosely invested with hairs, these are easily brushed off. Then the cutting, which resembles an at- tenuated asparagus stalk, is ready for the pot. Divided into short lengths and cooked in salted, boil- ing water until quite tender—a process that usually requires a half to three quarters of an hour—the fern may be served like asparagus, as a straight vegeta- ble, or on toast with drawn butter, or as a salad with French dressing. The cooked fern has a taste quite its own, with a sugges- tion of almond. Its food value, according to some experiments made a few years ago by the "Washington State Uni- versity, is reckoned as about that of cabbage, and rather more than either asparagus or tomatoes. Furthermore, the rootstocks of this fern are edible, according to Indian standards, and are doubtless of some nutritive worth as they are starchy, but the 115. Bkacken Shoots (Pteris aquiUna). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Saunders, Charles Francis, 1859-1941. New York, R. M. McBride & Co.
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