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Eating and Drinking => Cooking, Storing and Preserving => Topic started by: muntjac on October 16, 2008, 21:31

Title: the fungal foray of a life time
Post by: muntjac on October 16, 2008, 21:31
aggy n myself ( posh  bit ) went on a fungy foray last weekend with the fife ranger service and mannnnnnnnn it was briliant we had loads of chanterels and yellow legs ( false chanterel ) some really large bay boletus , amethyst deciever and loads of other types some edible but only single specimens of , also found a magnificent stinkhorn for our guide .. he he heeeee :lol:  we were the only ones actually collecting so the other folks gave us enough to fill our basket to overflowing , 3 meals later .. day in between each meal i have to add . will post piccy when i can figure out how to download from my phone :roll: . oh and yes i made a note of where the chanterels are growing  :wink:
Title: the fungal foray of a life time
Post by: SnooziSuzi on October 16, 2008, 22:25
at least that's all you picked up this time!  I seem to remember that last time you managed to bag an Aggy too!  :lol:
Title: the fungal foray of a life time
Post by: agapanthus on October 16, 2008, 23:16
Quote from: "SnooziSuzi"
at least that's all you picked up this time!  I seem to remember that last time you managed to bag an Aggy too!  :lol:


and was'nt he the lucky one!!!!!!! :wink:  :wink:  :lol:
Title: the fungal foray of a life time
Post by: GrannieAnnie on October 16, 2008, 23:52
Oooh, that sounds good!!!!
Title: the fungal foray of a life time
Post by: agapanthus on October 17, 2008, 03:20
Quote from: "GrannieAnnie"
Oooh, that sounds good!!!!


It was very good!!! Learnt so much more hearing it from a professional than just by reading a book! :)
Title: the fungal foray of a life time
Post by: Trillium on October 17, 2008, 05:21
You folk are so lucky finding those great mushrooms. I have a few strange ones growing on my front lawn where my huge old acer tree used to stand, but with my luck they're probably very poisonous  :cry:
Title: the fungal foray of a life time
Post by: agapanthus on October 17, 2008, 09:46
Quote from: "Trillium"
You folk are so lucky finding those great mushrooms. I have a few strange ones growing on my front lawn where my huge old acer tree used to stand, but with my luck they're probably very poisonous  :cry:



Check them out Gloria....they may be edible! :) Check out Rogers Mushrooms on-line....it's a great site for identification.
Title: the fungal foray of a life time
Post by: Sadgit on October 17, 2008, 10:14
HEATHENS!!!! BURN YOU ALL!!! MUSHROOMS ARE THE DEVILS FOOD!!! that will be all... :)
Title: the fungal foray of a life time
Post by: kezlou on October 17, 2008, 12:57
mushrooms hhmmmmm
 
Was going to go mushroom picking but then i thought the only i know and recognise are the special kind. :drunken:
Title: the fungal foray of a life time
Post by: agapanthus on October 17, 2008, 19:43
Quote from: "Sadgit"
HEATHENS!!!! BURN YOU ALL!!! MUSHROOMS ARE THE DEVILS FOOD!!! that will be all... :)



.....that would be us then!!!!! :twisted:  :twisted:  :wink:
Title: the fungal foray of a life time
Post by: agapanthus on October 17, 2008, 19:44
Quote from: "kezlou"
mushrooms hhmmmmm
 
Was going to go mushroom picking but then i thought the only i know and recognise are the special kind. :drunken:


....plenty of those too!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;) :roll:
Title: the fungal foray of a life time
Post by: Yorkie on October 17, 2008, 23:04
Quote from: "Sadgit"
HEATHENS!!!! BURN YOU ALL!!! MUSHROOMS ARE THE DEVILS FOOD!!! that will be all... :)


SG, I never thought I'd find myself writing this, but you and I are definitely of one mind  :wink:  :wink:  :lol:
Title: the fungal foray of a life time
Post by: SnooziSuzi on October 17, 2008, 23:05
Quote from: "Sadgit"
HEATHENS!!!! BURN YOU ALL!!! MUSHROOMS ARE THE DEVILS FOOD!!! that will be all... :)


 :roll: no wonder you get on so well with Matt  :roll:
Title: the fungal foray of a life time
Post by: happy chick on October 21, 2008, 22:23
SG and Yorkie, I too agree.  I remember a kind friend giving me a puffball mushroom when I was pregnant and suffering from severe morning sickness.  I got as far as making a lovely mushroom soup and then the nausea hit. :shock: Gross. The offending soup pan was removed to the very bottom of the garden.  Needless to say I haven't had a single mushroom since! :cry:  :cry:
Title: the fungal foray of a life time
Post by: SnooziSuzi on October 21, 2008, 22:24
:(   I have a work colleague who has just found herself pregnant and is not having a good time  :pukel: of it.  I thought you were about to say that this is a good remedy  :roll:
Title: the fungal foray of a life time
Post by: happy chick on October 21, 2008, 22:41
Noooo - stay away from the mushrooms if you are pregnant!! No obviously the morning sickness depends on the person but nothing really worked for me to stop it.  I lost loads of weight though which was a good thing because I needed to and ended up having healthier pregnancy as a result.  Culminated in planned home delivery with just gas and air after nightmare c-section first time round.  Sorry, I digress!!

sorry for your friend's sickness;it's just horrible :x .  hopefully it'll pass after month 3 :D I've just remembered ice pops helped!! but not mushrooms :D
Title: the fungal foray of a life time
Post by: compostqueen on October 22, 2008, 08:58
Where I used to work they had Saturday morning mushroom forays and we'd have a cook-up. Chanterelles were quite common and when you think how much they cost to buy  :shock:  Gorgeous they are too. We had slippery jacks but I didn't like those, birch boletus, cocky lads, shaggy ink caps, puffballs (I didn't like those), field mushrooms which were delicious, and we got some lovely big fat horse mushrooms also delish.

Our chaps were taught by the Polish guys who knew all about foraging. They used to pickle them, but they look very strange in the jar  :D
Title: the fungal foray of a life time
Post by: agapanthus on October 22, 2008, 13:00
I don't like Slippery Jacks either Compost!!....they really are very slimey in your mouth :shock:  :shock:  :wink:
Title: the fungal foray of a life time
Post by: compostqueen on October 22, 2008, 16:50
you end up with a pan of slime  :lol:

I love the field mushrooms, the flavour is fabulous. They go black when cooked  :D
Title: the fungal foray of a life time
Post by: agapanthus on October 22, 2008, 20:37
We're hoping to go foraying again this weekend in a different location....I hope we are as lucky!!!!  :D
Title: the fungal foray of a life time
Post by: compostqueen on October 22, 2008, 22:41
Good luck  :D   Ooooh I could just eat some creamed blue stalks  :D