From the Yard

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Good day out in the yard today.
Picked some Oyster Mushrooms for dinner and some Red Onions.
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  • Not familiar with oyster mushrooms (that I know of). Do they taste like regular mushrooms?
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    • 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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    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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    • 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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  • 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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    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!

    Cheers

    -don
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  • Puff balls are edible? I never knew that.
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    • 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.
    • Yes, they are edible, but I think they stink while cooking them.
    • 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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  • 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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    • 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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  • 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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  • @ 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
  • @ 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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    • 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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    Good day out in the yard today. Picked some Oyster Mushrooms for dinner and some Red Onions. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...1&l=f2259b097b