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It was worth it. On that early May day. Ashley made $50 for the 86 pounds of ferns he hauled in to the weigh station.
And he’s made about that much every day of the fiddlehead season.
“I know where to go, ”said Ashley, who grew up along the Winooski.
For four or five weeks a year in Vermont, fiddleheads, young ferns found near water in the northeast, are big business for anyone who cares to pick them. Before they uncurl to their mature height, the plants resemble violin heads.
The ferns, which taste like asparagus when cooked, are usually fried in butter or olive oil and served as side dish.
Restaurants offer them as a seasonal specialty; supermarkets sell them by the pound.
John Farrar, the fiddlehead king of Richmond, Vermont, parks his pickup every evening and waits for the pickers to bring in their mesh bags of fiddleheads for weighing. Farrar often collects more than 450 kilograms of the tightly curled green discs.
He drives them to WS Wells and Son in Wilton, Maine, where they are prepared for sale fresh, in cans, and dried in soup mix. Wells processes about 35 tons a year, all from local pickers who bring in the fiddleheads by bag or bucket.
Farrar is careful to take only ostrich ferns. Some other kinds are said to cause cancer in cows or stomach upset in humans.
“They all kind of look like fiddleheads, ”said Butch Wells, owner WS Wells and Son, “I’ve had people drive for two hours with 90 kilograms of the wrong kind. ”
He said he believed he was having some fiddleheads for supper that night, “I’ve had them in stews , and I’ve had them in quiches, which all sometimes called Impossible Pie. And we just have them plain, as a side dish. ”
Even his kids cat fiddlebads.
“They like pickled fiddleheads, ”Wells said.
“They don’t like them any other way. ”
1. Fiddleheads are______.
A. musical instruments B. young ferns
C. Vermont pickup truck D. Ashley Stevens
2. The young plants look like______.
A. photograph discs B. hunches of asparagus
C. he head of a violin D. a fish
3. The ferns must be gathered when they are young because when the plants mature they______.
A. lose their green color B. weigh close to 90kg
C. can cure cancer D. uncurl
4. The tightly curled discs______.
A. grow in the Northeastern United States
B. are picked 45 weeks a year
C. can cause stomach problems
D. must be eaten within five hours
5. People who harvest fiddleheads______.
A. look for the plants all year round
B. sell the ferns for a good price
C. are usually able to cook side dishes
D. needed to keep an eye on their canoes
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BOLTON，Vermont-Fourteen-year-ole Ashley Stevens fell out of his canoe into the frigid Winooski River in Vermont, US, climbed onto the muddy bank and picked fiddleheads for five hours as his wet clothes stiffened and dried in the frosty spring air.
It was worth it. On that early May day. Ashley made $50 for the 86 pounds of ferns he hauled in to the weigh station.
And he’s made about that much every day of the fiddlehead season.
“I know where to go, ”said Ashley, who grew up along the Winooski.
For four or five weeks a year in Vermont, fiddleheads, young ferns found near water in the northeast, are big business for anyone who cares to pick them. Before they uncurl to their mature height, the plants resemble violin heads.
The ferns, which taste like asparagus when cooked, are usually fried in butter or olive oil and served as side dish.
Restaurants offer them as a seasonal specialty; supermarkets sell them by the pound.
John Farrar, the fiddlehead king of Richmond, Vermont, parks his pickup every evening and waits for the pickers to bring in their mesh bags of fiddleheads for weighing. Farrar often collects more than 450 kilograms of the tightly curled green discs.
He drives them to WS Wells and Son in Wilton, Maine, where they are prepared for sale fresh, in cans, and dried in soup mix. Wells processes about 35 tons a year, all from local pickers who bring in the fiddleheads by bag or bucket.
Farrar is careful to take only ostrich ferns. Some other kinds are said to cause cancer in cows or stomach upset in humans.
“They all kind of look like fiddleheads, ”said Butch Wells, owner WS Wells and Son, “I’ve had people drive for two hours with 90 kilograms of the wrong kind. ”
He said he believed he was having some fiddleheads for supper that night, “I’ve had them in stews , and I’ve had them in quiches, which all sometimes called Impossible Pie. And we just have them plain, as a side dish. ”
Even his kids cat fiddlebads.
“They like pickled fiddleheads, ”Wells said.
“They don’t like them any other way. ”
1. Fiddleheads are______.
A. musical instruments B. young ferns
C. Vermont pickup truck D. Ashley Stevens
2. The young plants look like______.
A. photograph discs B. hunches of asparagus
C. he head of a violin D. a fish
3. The ferns must be gathered when they are young because when the plants mature they______.
A. lose their green color B. weigh close to 90kg
C. can cure cancer D. uncurl
4. The tightly curled discs______.
A. grow in the Northeastern United States
B. are picked 45 weeks a year
C. can cause stomach problems
D. must be eaten within five hours
5. People who harvest fiddleheads______.
A. look for the plants all year round
B. sell the ferns for a good price
C. are usually able to cook side dishes
D. needed to keep an eye on their canoes
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The hotel was in a 31 street and seemed to agree with one who 32 a good sleep after a tiring trip. The woman manager 33 me to my room. When I asked her about dinner, she said it was 34 at six and I had 35 it." 36 , I'm not very hungry." I said in a friendly voice. " I'll just have a 37 and then go to a restaurant." "What!" she said, raising her eyebrows (眉毛). "This is a respectable (体面的) hotel, young man. If you want, 38 go somewhere else. " She spoke as if a glass of beer were a 39 liquid. I felt my 40 back through the dark streets after dining outside. I knocked loudly on the door but nobody 41 . It was a long time 42 the lady opened the door. "What's going on?" she said 43 ." Guests are to be back by ten. The rule is for everyone." I went to my room and tried to sleep. The bed was 44 and the sheets and blankets were damp. 45 of all, the whole hotel trembled when the church clock 46 every quarter of an hour. Just before dawn, I finally went to sleep. "Did you sleep well last night, young man?" asked the old lady the next morning. " 47 speaking, I don't think I could 48 another night here." I replied. "I 49 slept at all." "That's because you were 50 all night drinking!" She said disapprovingly.
1.A. modern B. dark C. crowded D. quiet
2.A. needed B. took C. slept D. tried
3.A. called B. showed C. pointed D. sent
4.A. eaten B. prepared C. cooked D. served
5.A. forgotten B. taken C. missed D. ordered
6.A. Thank you B. Never mind C. I'm sorry D. Too bad
7.A. sleep B. cake C. drink D. rest
8.A. have to B. must C. rather D. better
9.A. dangerous B. ugly C. cruel D. strange
10.A. direction B. feet C. path D. way
11.A. answered B. heard C. opened D. went
12.A. before B. when C. after D. until
13.A. in surprise B. kindly C. coldly D. cruelly
14.A. hard B. easy C. comfortable D. difficult
15.A. Above B. Last C. Worst D. First
16.A. struck B. broke C. beat D. hit
17.A. Correctly B. Generally C. Really D. Truly
18.A. need B. spend C. afford D. manage
19.A. never B.hardly C. seldom D. haven't
20.A. dreaming B. awake C. up D. down
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