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jp

Joined: 09 Nov 2006
Posts: 302
Location: Salisbury, Wiltshire

Posted: Thu Sep 09, 10 6:51 pm Post subject: What a beauty!
Been watching one of my Giant Puffball sites over the last few days as a couple of puffballs have been steadily getting larger. Picked one today - yummy! Unfortunately got to go away for a week so the second one will have to turn into spores. Hey ho - I suppose abstinence is good for the soul & maybe more Giant Puffball's in the future [img] [/img]

Penny Outskirts

Joined: 18 Sep 2005
Posts: 23385
Location: Planet, not on the....

Posted: Thu Sep 09, 10 7:14 pm Post subject:
mmmmmmm

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35057
Location: Devon

Posted: Thu Sep 09, 10 7:32 pm Post subject:
It looks like the moon Fantastic!

oliveoyl

Joined: 18 Sep 2008
Posts: 425

Posted: Thu Sep 09, 10 7:58 pm Post subject:
I got one today too. How do you cook yours?

king rat

Joined: 29 Nov 2007
Posts: 79

Posted: Fri Sep 10, 10 4:58 pm Post subject:
I love puff balls. I like to slice them and fry them in bacon fat or scoop out the middle and fill with mild curried mince and bake. Drooling now

jp

Joined: 09 Nov 2006
Posts: 302
Location: Salisbury, Wiltshire

Posted: Fri Sep 10, 10 7:02 pm Post subject:
Slice & fried in bacon fat (aka john Ewright's Puffburger - yummy). Like the sound of curried mince though.

zigs

Joined: 02 Sep 2005
Posts: 524
Location: Somerset

Posted: Fri Sep 10, 10 7:11 pm Post subject:
Sliced & fried in herby butter or dried & added to winter stews ( drying concentrates the flavour. Not found any in somerset this year though.

blufawn

Joined: 08 Sep 2010
Posts: 47
Location: Lincs, UK

Posted: Fri Sep 10, 10 7:34 pm Post subject:
WOW, I have only ever seen these on the tv So jealous

king rat

Joined: 29 Nov 2007
Posts: 79

Posted: Fri Sep 10, 10 10:17 pm Post subject:

JP you must try it, it is superb mate. Don't over do it with the curry or it ruins it. I prefer lambs mince as it has more moisture and flavour. I must admit my absolute favourite was when I lived well out in the sticks. I would go out very early in the morning and take the air rifle with me. I would shoot a half grown bunny, pick a puffball and head home for brekkie. We had a rayburn at the time which just made it that much better. I would put a frying pan on the rayburn and with a knob of lard, some chopped onions and garlic, I would fry the saddle and the back legs of the young rabbit. Into the pan I would put some fatty bacon and when cooked I would remove it and add the sliced puff ball. It would absorb all the bacon fat and juices from the pan and make a breakfast fit for a king

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