Hi Mohan: Where you are, there are quite a few other varieties like the one you describe. If you go out to some woods where there are either springs or year round streams you will see them. I am not exactly sure which one you have, but these won't produce edible shoots. They are usually tiny . If you have a few hundred plants, maybe they could yield enough to taste.
Did you buy enough to make 'bhaaji or tenga anja ' from the Union Sq. Market? And how did it taste? I used our sampling in a stir-fry medley, and the taste was, well, not memorable :-). c-da At 9:25 AM -0400 6/26/07, Mohan R. Palleti wrote: >C'da/ Ram: >I have been able to get some Dhekia saplings from Indira Baideo. The plant >has taken root in my backyard. The leaves are however more lighter green >then the dhekia I am used to, and the fronds are pretty thin and open up >pretty early. > >Fiddlehead ferns are much better. I bought some at the Union Square >farmers market in New York City. That was a couple of years ago... > > >Mohan R. Palleti > >> Thanks C'da >> >> That was a pretty good. I thought, there may be an off chance of Fiesta >> carrying it (and a tad cheaper too). I guess we will have to wait till it >> is >> grown in one of the Asomiya housholds:) >> >> --Ram >> >> >> >> On 6/25/07, Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> Ram: >>> >>> >>> It is highly unlikely to find dhekia xaak in the warmer regions here. >>> The >>> equivalent, Fiddleback fern-sprouts, grow best in the cool moist areas, >>> such as the Pacific northwest or the northeastern seaboard, from what I >>> hear. You cannot collect them from the nature preserves. I doubt anyone >>> cultivates them either. They may grow naturally in the wet tropical >>> areas in >>> Mexico, such as in the Yucatan peninsula. But unless you are a >>> well-heeled >>> Japanese or a Nippophile :-) with deep pockets , I doubt you would want >>> to >>> pay the kind of prices they charge. I have seen them occasionally in >>> the >>> Gourmet section of upscale groceries here, but very infrequently. Since >>> Elly >>> Baideu knows I am a 'dhekia-xaako-holic', she once bought some for us. >>> But >>> there were only about a dozen sprouts in the package, which were thicker >>> than Oxomiya dhekia-xaak, and were of little use for preparing the way I >>> like them, as 'bhaaji' or 'tenga-anja'. >>> >>> >>> We have a dozen different wild ferns that grow in Missouri. Some large, >>> like the Ostrich Fern, that produce succulent large shoots. I have a >>> couple >>> of clumps, but wouldn't have the heart to pick the few shoots. If >>> someone >>> attempts to grow them commercially, it would be nice. They love shade >>> and a >>> lot of moisture--which is hard to come by around here. >>> >>> >%0 > >_______________________________________________ >assam mailing list >[email protected] >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
