This was always a St. Patrick's Day favorite with my boys. I would wrap a penny in tinfoil and stick it in the dough before baking. Whoever got the penny received good luck. Even in Maine, spring will come. And when it does, those delectable little green curlicues will sprout all over the woods.
Fiddleheads are the sprout of the ostrich fern.
They appear in May as little tightly coiled spirals that resemble the scroll on the end of a fiddle. Mainers comb the woods and stream banks for the treat with a wild but delicate taste. If you haven't picked before then go with someone who knows the difference between the ostrich fern and all the others which aren't edible. With a little on the job training, you won't have much difficulty. Pick fiddleheads that are only a couple inches tall and tightly curled.