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@ Ginge. Happy remembrance.

@Steve. Fiddleheads are unique but think chard or rapini but not bitter.
I like a splash of malt vinegar on them. They always taste better after an hour in the bush picking them! The season is only 1-2 weeks in April.

Take your time, ginge. No worries pal.

Paul, there is a magazine called 'Saga' - maybe SAG is a 'piece' of the word?

@ginge Condolences on the loss of a friend.

@dorrien I'd never heard of fiddleheads, but apparently young bracken fern fronds were part of aboriginal bush tucker - supposedly like asparagus.

@mattrom. Yes asparagus could be in the equation. Interesting that it could be an Aussie experience too. I thought it was a European thing as well as N.American

Hi folks, thanks for all your entries, patience (as I correctly surmised by 6pm yesterday other than the well practiced mechanical process of finding my face with the glass, nothing cranial was possible) and kind words. Once the curative powers of this first pint take effect I'll give this my immediate attention.

After some thought my not so short shortlist is as follows, BBM2 3, pigale 8, mattrom 9 and the variation 39, skyewalker 12, paul 13, aristo18, Les 19, stevea 20, jws 22, mattrom 25 and 26, peterm 29, tatters 30, chrise35, ixion 36 and BBM2 38.
I'm not finding this easy, and not just because of my current condition butility hopefully back soon with the result.

@dorrien: add chard and rapini to the list of foodstuffs I've never heard of or experienced .... 'tis clearly an exotic world down there!

Some really nice touchest include BBM2's the Clash, paul's slump in, tatter's Royal family and ixion's Brussels but narrowly losing out are aristo 18, Les 19, peterm 29 and mattrom 39 with this week's winner being BBM2 38

Lots managed evacuation to get less radio-active fall out

I hope you're not easily offended by some of the language and this definition won't appear in Chambers but I think it hits the nail on the head.

https://youtu.be/6nu6JQXQYSY

Congratulations BBM2 - Thanks for hosting Ginge, and also for the mention; appreciated as always. (Sorry about your loss of a friend)

Now, I am going to show my ignorance and ask bbm2 (or anyone) to parse the winning clue for me please....

Well done bbm. Thanks ginge, including the mention in the long short list.

Sorry to be slow, but can we have a parse of the winner, please?