Fiddleheads ($7 per pound), young ferns that never got to spread their fronds, make a snappy stir-fry, provided you uncover them during their brief late-spring appearance.
On a previous occasion: Though Deep Mountain offers maple candy ($13 per pound) in coconut and ginger versions, I went for the pecan (native to the mainland, albeit south of the Mason-Dixon, I told myself; seems more traditional). Call me a maple sugar purist, though; another time I'll take the unflavored version, and maybe a jar of maple butter for back home.
Deep Mountain Maple
West Glover, Vermont
(at the Union Square Greenmarket)
