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boisdevie1

Joined: 11 Aug 2006
Posts: 3897
Location: Lancaster

Posted: Wed Aug 28, 13 9:58 am Post subject: Giant puffball
One of the joys of cycling as I've discovered (apart from a sore arse) is that you spot stuff easiser than you would if you whizzed along by car. I've spotted a giant puffball, about 10inches in diameter. Should I pick it now or leave it to get bigger? When's the best moment to eat them?

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 42219
Location: North Devon

Posted: Wed Aug 28, 13 10:04 am Post subject:
Pick it now.

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

Posted: Wed Aug 28, 13 10:04 am Post subject:
I'd get it now before some other beggar does.

DorsetScott

Joined: 23 Oct 2011
Posts: 500
Location: Bournemouth

Posted: Wed Aug 28, 13 10:55 am Post subject:
Puff Burgers ahoy!!! One of my favourite uses for any mushroom!

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 16002

Posted: Wed Aug 28, 13 7:35 pm Post subject:
If you leave it any longer it may get tough too.

anoia

Joined: 14 Nov 2010
Posts: 47
Location: Hertfordshire

Posted: Thu Aug 29, 13 12:01 pm Post subject:

DorsetScott wrote:

Puff Burgers ahoy!!! One of my favourite uses for any mushroom!

This might sound stupid, but is the puffball the "bread"or the "meat"? I ask because I have 2 grapefruit sized ones in the fridge and no idea what to do with them! Last time I found one I believe I used it as a sponge to mop up an enormous amount of oil, which was tasty but a bit rich.

DorsetScott

Joined: 23 Oct 2011
Posts: 500
Location: Bournemouth

Posted: Thu Aug 29, 13 1:36 pm Post subject:

anoia wrote:

DorsetScott wrote:

Puff Burgers ahoy!!! One of my favourite uses for any mushroom!

The puffball is the meat. Basically get a couple of pieces burger sized, I fry it in bacon fat as the mushroom soaks it up and makes it extra tasty, then stick both bits in a bun with some tomato/lettuce/whatever you fancy (maybe even the bacon you got the fat from).

Nomnomnomnom

Now I want to find a giant puffball!!!!!

boisdevie1

Joined: 11 Aug 2006
Posts: 3897
Location: Lancaster

Posted: Thu Aug 29, 13 3:35 pm Post subject:

Jamanda wrote:

I'd get it now before some other beggar does.

Damn damn and blast. Went back just 24 hours later and somebody has beaten me to it. Bloody French foragers. Merde merde merdy merde.

thingamajig

Joined: 07 Apr 2012
Posts: 27
Location: Bucks

Posted: Thu Aug 29, 13 6:13 pm Post subject:

boisdevie1 wrote:

Jamanda wrote:

I'd get it now before some other beggar does.

Damn damn and blast. Went back just 24 hours later and somebody has beaten me to it. Bloody French foragers. Merde merde merdy merde.

You snooze,you lose!

vegplot

Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 21301
Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd

Posted: Fri Aug 30, 13 5:55 am Post subject:

sean wrote:

Pick it now.

These words will stay with you.

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 16002

Posted: Fri Aug 30, 13 7:48 am Post subject:
When I first came across that word I looked it up in my school French dictionary and it wasn't there. Hard luck, and hope you find another puffball ready for eating.

bubble

Joined: 13 Apr 2008
Posts: 960

Posted: Fri Aug 30, 13 4:42 pm Post subject:
heres one you ve missed.A giant puffball in the basket is worth ten in the meadow!!! got it today at Mildenhall.

thingamajig

Joined: 07 Apr 2012
Posts: 27
Location: Bucks

Posted: Fri Aug 30, 13 11:47 pm Post subject:
Nice find! Its a shame they're not around for Halloween,they make great human skulls.

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 16002

Posted: Sat Aug 31, 13 6:28 am Post subject:
That looks a lovely one. Hope you enjoy it.

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