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Mat S

Joined: 07 Nov 2004
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Location: Leicester

Posted: Thu May 05, 05 11:12 pm Post subject:

mochyn wrote:

Found some yesterday evening a couple of fields away. Brought home a basketful and sliced them. They're now drying on the Rayburn and we'll be picking more at the weekend to make a mushroom and nettle top quiche. Duck eggs, creme fraiche, few herbs: yumm!

Thanks for the idea. Dinner tonight was leek (mine) and mushroom (St Georges of course) omlette (local duck eggs) with a side order of swiss chard (mine and delicious). Looked and tasted great.

Need to find some more mushrooms now. Didn't pick all the ones I found on Weds but don't want to further deplete them.

Mat

Bugs

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 10744

Posted: Fri May 06, 05 7:59 am Post subject:
Would you expect the same patch to have several flushes of mushrooms in this case? Maybe there will be some more next time you go back?

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429

Posted: Fri May 06, 05 9:39 am Post subject:

Bugs wrote:

Would you expect the same patch to have several flushes of mushrooms in this case? Maybe there will be some more next time you go back?

In a good year, yes, you get two or three batches of St. Georges from a patch. It's best to leave some, though.

Mat S

Joined: 07 Nov 2004
Posts: 282
Location: Leicester

Posted: Sat May 07, 05 2:46 pm Post subject:

Bugs wrote:

Would you expect the same patch to have several flushes of mushrooms in this case? Maybe there will be some more next time you go back?

I'll probably pass by that way next week.

Lloyd

Joined: 24 Jan 2005
Posts: 2699

Posted: Mon May 09, 05 1:27 am Post subject:

Madman wrote:

I think these are they, just come back from wood

This area has now gone quite barmy with mushrooms: If I'd had a carrier with me, I could have picked two or three kilo's. Funnilly enough, thats's exactly what I intend to do. Can anyone please advise how one dries them, as I have far to many to eat in a practical time. Thanks.

Lloyd

Joined: 24 Jan 2005
Posts: 2699

Posted: Mon May 09, 05 1:35 am Post subject:
And Mochyn, are those really MY duck eggs just been eaten?...or someone elses?....Can't believe they kept so well so long!

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Mon May 09, 05 5:54 am Post subject:
Well we've only found a small patch on a path which has always been great for fungi. They were just under a thin hedge. They look just like Phillips' photos and smelt sort of like old rice paper. We've not tried them as I'm still unsure and they were a bit old but fora whilte gilled mushroom they do look reasonably easy to identify.

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
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Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Mon May 09, 05 6:06 am Post subject:

Loyd, you fool! I get them from a hennery near here! That is, until my own ducks arrive.

We dry shrooms over the Rayburn on a cooling rack. For ones as big as St George's I slice them about 1/2cm thick and spread them out. Takes about 24 hours if the stove isn't too hot. Overnight they can go on top of the hob cover, and when I'm cooking they go on top of the plate rack.

If you haven't got a Rayburn, what about in the airing cupboard? I think it would take a bit longer but it should work, I guess.

Are you coming to the Smallholders weekend at Builth?

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
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Posted: Mon May 09, 05 8:28 am Post subject:

Madman wrote:

Can anyone please advise how one dries them, as I have far to many to eat in a practical time. Thanks.

Sure. See here for advice on drying:

https://cabd0.tripod.com/cabsmushroompage/id9.html

(Bugs, do you think that with some fiddling about this would be a useful article for Downsizer?).

Bugs

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Posted: Mon May 09, 05 9:16 am Post subject:
Ooo arr, haven't you seen it's on my list, but I kept moving it forward because of all the other ones - I think this one's season has come though. Got any pics of your nice jars of dried mushrooms/fairy rings on a string etc, that would make a nice thumbnail?

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
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Posted: Mon May 09, 05 9:30 am Post subject:

Bugs wrote:

Ooo arr, haven't you seen it's on my list, but I kept moving it forward because of all the other ones - I think this one's season has come though. Got any pics of your nice jars of dried mushrooms/fairy rings on a string etc, that would make a nice thumbnail?

I can take some. Got a dozen shots or so in my film to use up. Then there's the pics that are already there.

I'll also add in something on pickling and salting, which isn't in the original article.

Lloyd

Joined: 24 Jan 2005
Posts: 2699

Posted: Mon May 09, 05 10:18 am Post subject:

cab wrote:

Sure. See here for advice on drying:

https://cabd0.tripod.com/cabsmushroompage/id9.html
.

Brilliant. Cheers!

nettie

Joined: 02 Dec 2004
Posts: 5888
Location: Suffolk

Posted: Mon May 09, 05 5:44 pm Post subject:
I've discovered that drying on trays makes any maggots crawl out as the mushrooms shrink!

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Mon May 09, 05 5:47 pm Post subject:

nettie wrote:

I've discovered that drying on trays makes any maggots crawl out as the mushrooms shrink!

And you can dry them and have protein sprinkles for adding a twist to your fav dishes.

nettie

Joined: 02 Dec 2004
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Location: Suffolk

Posted: Mon May 09, 05 5:52 pm Post subject:

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