Wild mushrooms (was Re: gluten/appetite)

[Guest guest]

> However, I'd have to hang around with a real mushroom expert and get

> LOTS of

> information before I ever ate a mushroom in the wild.

If you're truly interested in this, find your local mycological

society--a wilder bunch of folks you're not likely to find, a very fun

crowd, not least because culinary mushrooms are not their only

interest. Ahem. But the culinary ones are definitely their focus as a

group, and during my first marriage we hung out a lot with the Oregon

Mycological Society and learned a great deal. I still love oyster

mushrooms fried in (what seemed at the time to be) an insane amount of

butter with lots of black pepper. Needs nothing else. My daughters

fight me over them!

Lynn S.

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[Guest guest]

>But the culinary ones are definitely their focus as a

>group, and during my first marriage we hung out a lot with the Oregon

>Mycological Society and learned a great deal. I still love oyster

>mushrooms fried in (what seemed at the time to be) an insane amount of

>butter with lots of black pepper. Needs nothing else. My daughters

>fight me over them!

>

>Lynn S.

If you are not QUITE that adventurous, there are a few outfits with

" plugs " and spores you can innoculate an area of your

lawn or an old log with, so you can be pretty sure of what is

growing there. Or if you aren't even that adventurous, you can get

these nice hay blocks you just water. I did one of those for oysters ...

gotta do it again now, with a post like that! They were really, really

yummy and the harvest goes on for a fairly long time. Oyster

mushrooms in butter are pretty close to nirvana ...

--- Heidi

[Guest guest]

> Oyster

> mushrooms in butter are pretty close to nirvana ...

And my husband hates them! Which means more for me and the girls!

Lynn S.

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Lynn Siprelle * Writer, Mother, Programmer, Fiber Artisan

The New Homemaker: http://www.newhomemaker.com/

Siprelle & Associates: http://www.siprelle.com/

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