Mushroom foragers

[duluthralphie]

Jeez that's unreal. Can I ask what part of Canada? E or W? What a haul.

What is amazing to me is how long I went through life passing up all this great free food nature provides us. The other thing is how I could overlook the beauty of a mushroom. There are some truly beautiful fungi out there.

 

[blackchisel97]

What is amazing to me is how long I went through life passing up all this great free food nature provides us. The other thing is how I could overlook the beauty of a mushroom. There are some truly beautiful fungi out there.

Not just food but also medicinal remedies. I was too busy in a spring and only managed to harvest small bucket of Balsam Poplar buds and Douglas Fir tips. I made over 3 Qt of Gilead Balm but never got time to distill tips, despite having all glassware. Too many projects and not enough time for everything I wish to explore and get done. Those and many others are amazing gifts of the woods and nature.

I'm in N-W New Brunswick, about 35min from Maine border.

Thanks
Vtech

 

[Bogtown Chick]

The info I'm getting here is just amazing. I'm addicted to hunting up these mushrooms. Plenty of rain in the forecast. And I'm not at all disappointed by that! Lol. Because of mushrooms!

 

[blackchisel97]

Kind of late supper but what the heck! Sauteed Leccinum/Boletes and one Hedgehog with onions and chopped sausage (which I smoked last night) on top of pancakes from cooked potatoes. I stuffed myself like a royal pig...and fortunately, there is no emoticon to express such state.
I have an extra plate, if someone feels hungry

and couple hours of cleaning the remaining few pounds ahead but this task will be undertaken by my Better 1/2

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Vtech

 

[Lynn-n-JimsVT]

Agreed, it's almost like once you see them for the first time, this whole world opens up and you begin to notice more and more of them. They are amazing.

 

[katsdar]

I think we have just been too dry this summer and going into fall to find any

 

[duluthralphie]

Well dang, I have no luck.

That over 10 pounds of chicken when processed to take out the hard dry over ripe and bug/worm damaged part became just over a pound. It was just too big. I think the smaller ones are better in my limited experience.

I ended up with just over a pound of good stuff which I am boiling down for jerky now.

 

[blackchisel97]

We had some rain, much needed and more goodies showed up. There is something weird as we found Boletes growing in quite damp locations but their caps have dry appearance and some stems are cracked, almost like they have been microwaved from the above. I'm not going to expand this subject any further as it may be controversial for many. Just saying.
The one circled in red looked like Boletus but bitter taste suggests Tylopilus felleus. Too bad as it is in perfect condition.
Biggest (smaller are already cleaned and ready for cooking) Lobster a bit overgrown but should be still edible. A few Leccinums, couple Boletes and chunk of larger Chaga cluster which will be extracted tomorrow. We had a little debate as Chanterells seem a bit too orange but false gills are unmistakable.



Vtech

 

[duluthralphie]

We had homemade beef veggie soup, with our own beef ( well, kind of our own, we owned him from the farm we bought him at until he got to the locker plant.)

Our own veggies from the garden and puffballs I picked and dried.

The puffballs really gave it a good earthy taste!

 

[Chicken girl 15]

We had homemade beef veggie soup, with our own beef ( well, kind of our own, we owned him from the farm we bought him at until he got to the locker plant.)

Our own veggies from the garden and puffballs I picked and dried. 

The puffballs really gave it a good earthy taste!

oh yum!!!!