puffball!

[invsblwmn]

We sauted with garlic and onion, as I remember, I was like 10 years old But here's a recipe from
**Puffball Soup **
From "A Cook's Book of Mushrooms"
By Jack Czarnecki

1/3 cup butter
1 large onion, finely chopped
4 cups chopped fresh puffballs, in ½ inch cubes
2 cups heavy cream
2 cups milk
3 tablespoons dried loose seaweed, such as nori (available at Asian markets)
Salt
Place butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion and sauté until lightly browned, about 5 minutes, Add puffballs and sauté 5 minutes more. Add remaining ingredients and simmer for 20 minutes. The soup will thicken slightly. Salt to taste

With all that butter and cream, I think a 100 mile ride might be in order. Save me a bowl, k?

[smilingcat]

Well Roadraven,

maybe in your part of the world, what may look like a puff ball is not the same as in the state and may very well be poisonous. Check with local mycological society or group.

Southern california is not condusive to mushroom hunting. Yes I tried. And yes I looked the part of true hippie. Long pony tail, bandana scarf, ... down to my tire tread sandles. And with my basket, hand trowel/shovel and some wax paper to hold my collection.

Tip toeing through the field, looking for the bumps on the ground. Biggest puff ball I ever found was golf ball size. I picked it up peeled it and nibbled at it while some tourists (not from california was looking at me). Another time I found some morels, black morels. Those you can't eat raw. Again people were just staring at me like I'm some oddball. Morel was yummy in my omlette.

Wood bolete no so good eats.

And why does chantrell always seems to be growing in the middle of poison oak patch. You forget, digging and all of sudden you realize you are standing in the middle of poison oak patch. oops.

Agaricus bisporus good eats common name horse mushrrom (humungous button mushroom). Problem is that in my area we also have Agaricus Xanthrothermus (sp) it gives you diahrea. not so good eats. One stains yellow on stalk the other don't (MOST OF THE TIME!)

Amanita Virosa so white and so pretty. pure white, white gills white cap white stem and vulva. not so good eat. common name death angel. There seems to be a population explosion of this mushrrom around here and no one knows why.

It's too much frustration around here so I gave up. Maybe when I move to Washington or Oregon... Yes I will get a permit. Also went collecting for pine nuts. Darn squirrels. All I coud find was empty cones and no seeds/nuts. Acorns can be made safe. Just have to remove all the tannins and I heard it makes a tasty nutritious meal.

if you want definitive collection of mushroom cookery/canning see
"Joe's Book of Mushroom Cookery" and if you live anywhere near his restaurant give it a try. I hope its still there.

oh wow...down memory lane... the article is pretty old.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...v19/ai_3738625

I wonder if the the book is still available?

if you have too much of good thing make mushroom duxelle. Classic french thing to do.

OK TMI bye now
Smilingcat

[OakLeaf]

yay! It's been way too long since I've been home early enough to hunt mushrooms. Yesterday I was out hunting, getting a little distracted and ready to pack it in (isn't it always that way) when I stumbled on the Mother Lode of Morels! I actually had to phone DH to come out with his GPS and mark the spot so I can find it again next year. I stopped picking when I had 65 mushrooms but there were lots more.

Sauteed them with butter, olive oil, garlic, salt & pepper and served them with pasta tonight. Deeee-licious!

[Zen]

stumbled on the Mother Lode of Morels! I actually had to phone DH to come out with his GPS and mark the spot so I can find it again next year. I stopped picking when I had 65 mushrooms but there were lots more.

WHERE?! WHERE?!



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[OakLeaf]

WHERE?! WHERE?!



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Zen, you know a mushroom hunter never tells. But I could pick you up at Columbus airport, blindfold you and take you there

[OakLeaf]

Acorns can be made safe. Just have to remove all the tannins and I heard it makes a tasty nutritious meal

You heard, huh. So did I when I was in high school. I don't remember HOW many times I boiled those acorns - by the end of it they weren't particularly tannic, and maybe they were nutritious, but tasty? Uh, no. Chacun a son gout I suppose. But I think it's more a matter of how hungry one its