Re: Question for LadyFisher on mushrooms
This from eating experience and not from picking experience. Although I have NO idea on how to dry mushrooms ( seems obvious , but....) the flavor is greatly intensified in the process. There are few things more flavorful than a mushroom gravy made from the "tea" ( thickened of course) of reconstituted dry mushrooms. Also, I'm not sure all mushroom species are " dryable" or are worth the effort.
I too wish I knew mushrooms for picking. Many times while trekking to a distant stream in NW Wyoming, the nutty aroma of mushrooms fill the air ( that after being, unfortunately, stepped on). So count me as a mushroom "eating" aficionado.
Mark
Re: Question for LadyFisher on mushrooms
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Originally Posted by arend003
one thing to remember with mushrooms.. there are a lot of old mushroom pickers and a lot of bold mushroom pickers but there are NO old BOLD mushroom pickers. I will pick morels .. but that and puff balls is it ..
Tom
I'm sorry Tom but this is the attitude that keeps people away a very enjoyable (and tasty) hobby
If you educate yourself there is nothing to fear.
Marco, most wild mushrooms are great dried, an exception would be puff balls
Here's a photo of some Black Trumpets, a variety of chanterelles
Because they blend in to their surroundings they tend to be kinda hard to spot, but they're very tasty and worth the effort.
http://mushroom-collecting.com/8-11-06_36_small1.jpg
I know of a good patch not too far in to the woods out back. If there's enough maybe a local restaurant would want some.
They retail for $35.00 a pound fresh, $44.00 dried, :shock:
Re: Question for LadyFisher on mushrooms
Bam,
Coincidentally, just a minute ago on CNBC "SQUAWK" , Kennett Square PA was mentioned as "Mushroom Capitol" of the world. Along with Gilroy Calif as
Garlic Capitol" (been there).
Mark
PS: Just corrected at 8:57 CT on CNBC, CHINA is the Garlic Capitol of the world by a REAL long shot.
Re: Question for LadyFisher on mushrooms
We had two rings in our lawn in northern Montana. A pain tp pick because they are so small, but fried down 'rather tight' they have an incredible nutty flavor. One of the very best.
Re: Question for LadyFisher on mushrooms
Dudley was meant tongue in cheek .. I often collect mushrooms and they are good
and actually that was a quote from Clyde Christenson who till he retired was a professor here at the Univeristy of MInnesota and a published and recognized authority on mushrooms.Tom
Re: Question for LadyFisher on mushrooms
Got these the last Saturday in August.
http://members.aol.com/thefishbum/pix/mushrooms.jpg
They were really GOOD.
Re: Question for LadyFisher on mushrooms
Re: Question for LadyFisher on mushrooms
Sorry, I should have posted the varity.
Medow mushrooms. Learned to gether these from my dad when I was just old enough to go with him picking. My grandmother's sheep pasture used to be just loaded in the fall. These come from a golf course.
fishbum