EatTheWeeds: Episode 122: Sword Fern Video

http://www.eattheweeds.com/nephrolepis-cordifolia-edible-watery-tubers-2/

Though tropical, sword ferns with edible tubers can be found around the world and in cooler climates as ornamentals in pots kept through the winter. Eat them when you find them them, add them to salads, boil or bake them.

i live in new ...
i live in new zealand, and was glad? to learn of these ferns, as there are many over here lovely videos.

We have a LOT of ...
We have a LOT of sword ferns in the Pacific Northwest. On the Olympic Peninsula, they get downright huge.? Having done field work out there, I've always been grateful that our variety of sword fern can't be uprooted as easily as those in your video. On a slick slope, a handful of sword fern fronds is often the best and only safety line available. Though now I'm curious what I'd find if I did manage to uproot one of those fellows.

Probably grow in ...
Probably grow in many offices? and hotel lobbies...

Dont grow here is ...
Dont grow here is Missouri, but would love? to try them when we go on vacation

The young ...
The young fiddleheads are edible boiled.?

HI DEAN.Can you eat ...
HI DEAN.Can you eat cinnamon? ferns??

debrashaub7@ ...
debrashaub7@gmail.com love to heard from you thank you? for all your good work i post you a lot

I say they often ...
I say they often need microscopic examination because "they can be? rather difficult."

why do ferns ...
why do ferns sometimes require "microscopic identification" ? i've listened to it three times and cannot quite catch what you are saying at 8:37 thanks, always? enjoy your videos

Lighning? Indeed! . ...
Lighning? Indeed! ....bwah hahaha ...my first 2012 snorting(rather graceless) laugh but delightful (bubbles of giggles still erupting as I type) wishing you a wonderful wonderfilled 2012

Got? to be a pirate ...
Got? to be a pirate now and then

Hey, Dean ... ...
Hey, Dean ... Though you? do wear "frilly" well, I (for one) am thankful that you changed back into your safaari-duds, early on (there's no accounting for taste). ... I am very glad to learn that, next time I stay at the Waldorf, I can skip the mini-bar and go straight to the main lobby, for a free snack. Sure do wish you lived in Austin. Would just love to hike the various eco-zones, of Central Texas, with you. From the looks of your yard, you don't often need to venture very far.

Ohh I? see.
Ohh I? see.

There? are five ...
There? are five species of sword ferns in Florida, only one has the tubers. Also, if it has been dry in the area the ferns will have used the water in the tubers and not have them.

I live outside ...
I live outside Orlando and have seen this fern growing everywhere. I have yanked it? a few times but have found no tubers though :*^(

Okay I will? thank ...
Okay I will? thank you. I also went to you blog. Great stuff.

I'd feel better? if ...
I'd feel better? if you also read the accompanying article on my website...

Lol. Oh yes I watch ...
Lol. Oh yes I watch the entire video? to know exactly what part is edible. Thanks.

You can't eat? the ...
You can't eat? the ferns. Only their swollen stolons.

We have these ferns ...
We have these ferns around the house I never knew we could eat them. This is? great.

Thank you Dean, ...
Thank you Dean, they went into? the compost pile.

As you described, ...
As you described, no,? they are NOT edible. .

I have ferns in my ...
I have ferns in my yard and the roots and tubers look identical to sword fern but the foliage is totally different looking almost like pine needles. Are these tubers edible?? Thank you.

Always inspiring.? ...
Always inspiring.? Thanks, Dean!

Unknown. These are ...
Unknown. These are water storage units of sword ferns. Some? ferns have starchy roots that are edible but you would have to identify the species first.

Are tubers,if any, ...
Are tubers,if any, on SW Penna fiddlehead? safe to eat.?

Good to know, I ...
Good to know, I have? Sword farn in my garden!!! Thanks for sharing Dean!

I went on a walk ...
I went on a walk with a medicine woman last year who said that sword fern is good topically for things like sprained ankles, Have you heard? of this at all? Also do you know if Ostrich ferns are the only ferns to be used for fiddleheads?

I love what you are ...
I love what you are doing, I've been trying for a few years to learn about wild edibles and as far as written material information? seems scarce. It is sad that so little people have this knowledge these days, but people like you are definitely helping to change that. Where have you learned from? Do you know of any poisonous ferns?

They have some ...
They have some nutrition,? but mostly water.