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HeySal

11 years ago

Not familiar with oyster mushrooms (that I know of). Do they taste like regular mushrooms?

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ThomM

11 years ago

Supposedly they taste like oysters. I don't think so, but what do I know

I'm thinking tonight I'll saute them and finish them off with a little ACV and pink salt. Not sure what I'll have with them yet.
Tomorrow night I'm thinking Rib Eye and I'll saute the shrooms with some peppers (hot and sweet), red onion, and garlic.

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Karen Blundell

11 years ago

Originally Posted by ThomM

Supposedly they taste like oysters. I don't think so, but what do I know

I'm thinking tonight I'll saute them and finish them off with a little ACV and pink salt. Not sure what I'll have with them yet.
Tomorrow night I'm thinking Rib Eye and I'll saute the shrooms with some peppers (hot and sweet), red onion, and garlic.

oh yummy - that sounds amazing, Thom!

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ThomM

11 years ago

It was real good Karen. I did it a little different. I first sauteed some fresh red sweet pepper in organic butter and added the mushrooms to it. Then I served it over thick sliced bread with cheese melted on it (on the bread that is).
I think tomorrow I'll do a steak stir fry with peppers (hot and sweet), onion, garlic, mushrooms and then top it off with Feta cheese.

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sbucciarel

Banned 11 years ago

Originally Posted by ThomM

It was real good Karen. I did it a little different. I first sauteed some fresh red sweet pepper in organic butter and added the mushrooms to it. Then I served it over thick sliced bread with cheese melted on it (on the bread that is).
I think tomorrow I'll do a steak stir fry with peppers (hot and sweet), onion, garlic, mushrooms and then top it off with Feta cheese.

That sounds delicious. I'll be in the neighborhood tomorrow. What time is dinner?

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Karen Blundell 11 years ago

Originally Posted by sbucciarel

That sounds delicious. I'll be in the neighborhood tomorrow. What time is dinner?

I am flying over - I'll bring the wine
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sbucciarel

Banned 11 years ago

Originally Posted by ThomM

I think tomorrow I'll do a steak stir fry with peppers (hot and sweet), onion, garlic, mushrooms and then top it off with Feta cheese.

You've got me excited and curious. My house is surrounded by trees and woods. I'm going to look for Maitake. When do they appear?

A lot of people around here look for morels in the Spring. One guy showed me his morel at a chicken swap. All day hunting and he only had one little morel.

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ThomM

11 years ago

Originally Posted by sbucciarel

You've got me excited and curious. My house is surrounded by trees and woods. I'm going to look for Maitake. When do they appear?

A lot of people around here look for morels in the Spring. One guy showed me his morel at a chicken swap. All day hunting and he only had one little morel.

They may be out now. It depends on the weather, but usually after a couple cold fall nights they'll start to show up. Down in your area they may come out in Oct. or even Nov.
Look for Oak trees as them grow at the base of the tree, they'll also grow on Oak stumps and occasionally on Maple trees.

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sbucciarel

Banned 11 years ago

Really big mushrooms. I've never picked mushrooms and eaten them. Probably why I'm still alive! Come to think of it ... I did eat mushrooms before years ago but it wasn't a "for dinner" thing.

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ThomM

11 years ago

Originally Posted by sbucciarel

Really big mushrooms. I've never picked mushrooms and eaten them. Probably why I'm still alive! Come to think of it ... I did eat mushrooms before years ago but it wasn't a "for dinner" thing.

Number one rule of mushroom hunting is to know what you are picking.

I'm sure I pass up many edible mushrooms because I'm not 100% positive as to what they are.
It won't be long before these guys will be poppin up among the Oak trees (I can't wait). Hen of the Woods - Grifola frondosa - Maitake

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LynnM

11 years ago

How lovely being able to get them fresh out of your own garden.

There's a company over here who grow oyster mushrooms in used coffee grounds, collected from cafés in the area. Eco-friendly!
Home - Espresso Mushroom Company

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ThomM

11 years ago

Originally Posted by LynnM

How lovely being able to get them fresh out of your own garden.

There's a company over here who grow oyster mushrooms in used coffee grounds, collected from cafés in the area. Eco-friendly!
Home - Espresso Mushroom Company

To be fair the mushrooms came out of the wood pile

What's interesting though is I inoculated my garden with oyster mushroom spores two years ago. I never got any shrooms from the garden, but they did increase my vegetable yield tremendously. The logs those mushrooms came from were about 20 ft. from the garden. Normally I get a lot of Turkey Tail from the logs in fact I should go out tomorrow and harvest some. I dry it out and either chew on it like gum or grind it and make a tea.
Like Sal eluded, my yard is like a grocery store

It wasn't intentional but as my knowledge of wild edibles grew I let the variety of them in my yard grow. I also use an unofficial rule of not planting anything I can't eat, including flowers. I don't use any chemicals at all so everything is as safe to eat as it can be.

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sbucciarel

Banned 11 years ago

Originally Posted by ThomM

Number one rule of mushroom hunting is to know what you are picking.

I'm sure I pass up many edible mushrooms because I'm not 100% positive as to what they are.
It won't be long before these guys will be poppin up among the Oak trees (I can't wait). Hen of the Woods - Grifola frondosa - Maitake

Wow .. those Hen of the Woods are something. I've never seen those. I am so unfamiliar with all types of mushrooms in the wild that I don't pick them, but I've never seen the ones on your facebook page or the Maitake here. I love mushrooms with all kinds of meals.

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ThomM

11 years ago

Originally Posted by ForumGuru

Nice! I love to eat almost all varieties of edible mushrooms! Morels are my absolute favorite though. I sometimes substitute mushrooms for the protein when I am cooking for my wife. Delicious, delicious, delicious!

I'm jealous of your mushroom score!

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I haven't found an edible mushroom yet I didn't like, except for maybe truffles. Mushroom hunting was one of the major side benefits I had when landscaping. At one time there were around 4 or 5 properties I cared for that had Morels on them. Puff Balls being as common as they are, are another favorite of mine. I tried growing Shitakes here a couple years back but did it all wrong. I've got a couple trees here to take down and when I do I'll match the proper Fungi to the trees and grow them. When I do that I'll also take down a couple small trees from the woods in back of me for growing Hen of the Woods and Shitakes.

Originally Posted by sbucciarel

Wow .. those Hen of the Woods are something. I've never seen those. I am so unfamiliar with all types of mushrooms in the wild that I don't pick them, but I've never seen the ones on your facebook page or the Maitake here. I love mushrooms with all kinds of meals.

They are flat out delicious. Italians make up a dish with them tomato sauce and garlic that's incredible over pasta.

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HeySal

11 years ago

Well that tells me a lot. LMAO - I"m allergic to oysters.

I can't remember the name of the mushroom - I know it when I see it but not the name - that is supposed to taste like lobster. It doesn't really - but I can see where they get the comparison. They're pretty good.

Anyway - your yard is one of my favorite grazing areas. From the flowers and plantain to the crop foods.

Suzanne - Oregon (where I am now) is famous for their mushroom seasons (both psychedelic and food). I've been invited on hunts - but never had the nerve to trust that I would not accidentally pick the poisonous ones. Some of them look soooooo much alike.

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ForumGuru

Banned 11 years ago

Nice! I love to eat almost all varieties of edible mushrooms! Morels are my absolute favorite though. I sometimes substitute mushrooms for the protein when I am cooking for my wife. Delicious, delicious, delicious!

I'm jealous of your mushroom score!

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HeySal

11 years ago

Puff balls are edible? I never knew that.

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AprilCT 11 years ago

What a nice harvest from your garden. Our soil is just clay and some rocks up here, and weeds grow exceptionally well. Grass, well not so much.

I'd never bother with trying to learn to identify the edible ones because we have too many neighbors that either have their lawn sprayed or dump their own lawn chemicals trying to make their grass grow.

What surprises me is that all this doesn't seem to knock off all the four-legged creatures that roam freely around or even make them glow in the dark.
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waterotter 11 years ago

Originally Posted by HeySal

Puff balls are edible? I never knew that.

Yes, they are edible, but I think they stink while cooking them.
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ThomM 11 years ago

Originally Posted by HeySal

Puff balls are edible? I never knew that.

The key is to harvest them when they are white all the way through. I like to saute them in butter and garlic
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- Cali16 11 years ago
  
  Hey Thom, where do you live? I want to come do some fresh produce shopping in your yard!
  
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  ThomM 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Cali16
  
  Hey Thom, where do you live? I want to come do some fresh produce shopping in your yard!
  
  That's funny because I'd like to go where you are and do some produce shopping
  
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  Cali16 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by ThomM
  
  That's funny because I'd like to go where you are and do some produce shopping
  
  We do have some good farmers' markets here, but not all of them follow organic practices, so I always ask before purchasing. I grew up on a farm and we always had a huge garden. There's nothing like truly fresh-picked vegetables that you've grown yourself!
  
  I'm pretty clueless about mushrooms, although I love mushrooms sauteed in butter, as well as stuffed mushrooms (e.g. with cheese or sausage). But I don't think I've ever had the kind of mushrooms you have in your photos. I know a lot of mushrooms grow wild here, but I'd probably pick the poisonous ones!
  
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HeySal

11 years ago

Oh heck yeah, Thom - come on out. - Of course, for wild produce, you have to go to the cascades and west of for the best. Out here, I'm in a desert, and it's not the type with edible cactus....all juniper and sage. Occassional patches of asperagus or dandelion or planain if you get close to canals The Cascades and West have tons of wild berries every summer, though. LOVE wild berries.

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Cali16

11 years ago

Sal, where in Oregon are you? I thought you lived in Colorado. I'm in the Portland area now, but I grew up in Eastern Oregon (Ontario) - semi-arid desert with lots of sagebrush and rattlesnakes (which I don't really miss, although the desert does have it's own beauty certain times of the year). I do miss the much more frequent sunshine, though!

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HeySal

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Cali16

Sal, where in Oregon are you? I thought you lived in Colorado. I'm in the Portland area now, but I grew up in Eastern Oregon (Ontario) - semi-arid desert with lots of sagebrush and rattlesnakes (which I don't really miss, although the desert does have it's own beauty certain times of the year). I do miss the much more frequent sunshine, though!

I'm in Central Oregon. Love it but it's being destroyed now (big box cops and tourism corporations are taking it into bad directions and population is exploding - jobs, half time, minimum wage.

I did live in CO - I've lived in 7 western states. Going to go back to NV most likely because it will be a good place to take my bus offline into terra mode. I wanted to do that here, but the real estate is crazy. They think this is the rich part of Palm Springs. A LOT of people are trying to move out and finding nobody will buy their homes at the prices they are asking. Those coming in are either college or the corporate rich. It's changing the whole place.

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Dennis Gaskill

11 years ago

I see Dave Patterson liked your post. Good to know he's still around. Too bad he doesn't stop in here anymore. He's a nice guy and I liked his sense of humor.

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Khemosabi

11 years ago

@ Sal,
I loved Oregon!! I would love to move back to the Willamette Valley. I lived on the McKenzie River for a few years and wow, those people think their properties are worth WAY more than they are worth.

What part of Nevada are you looking at? I was born in Reno, lived there until I was 18-ish.

~ Theresa

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Khemosabi

11 years ago

@ Thom!

So jealous of those mushrooms! I am still learning about gardening, but I think I am becoming addicted! I have seen those types of mushrooms around, but was always afraid to pick them.

We have a lot of mushrooms here as well, I am just not sure what kind they are. We get a lot that grow in the horse poo.

~ Theresa

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Richard Van 11 years ago

Every year in Autumn a pub near me does a mushroom hunt. I went last year and you meet at the pub (some people like me make sure we get there a good hour before kickoff) then we all walk into the woods with the mushroom expert. He shows you what's good, what's mind blowing and what can kill you. We all have a basket and pick edible ones then go back to the pub where we have a barbecue with a massive bacon baguette and shove the freshly cooked and picked mushrooms in with it.

I'm going again this year but if you pick mushrooms here and you're not sure if they're good to eat you can take it to any chemist and they'll tell you, which is handy.
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