I love mushrooms, it's amazing taste, but last time i went to pick up mushrooms 3-4 years ago

Teencat power :thumbsup

Well, I was up north this weekend. I only found 3 Chanterelles and they were past their prime. 1 looked like a deer had taken a bite out of it.

On the other hand, the fishing was fantastic :-)

http://i57.tinypic.com/r8ft39.jpg

I just cooked up some puffballs this weekend (and even blogged about it!) I love them because they are easy to identify, find, cook, and also one mushroom can feed an army. Not sure I would trust myself to go mushrooming for anything else though I will take some photos of any fungi I find.

yeah i really like mushrooming ...

http://cillik.com/gfyradio/mushroom.jpg

:winkwink: :thumbsup

What is the recipe? I do not pick them, again - does not look like "quality" mushroom to me :1orglaugh That is, of course, just subjective opinion based on the looks of it :)

That is solid! My biggest fish was maybe 500 grams :1orglaugh

I did that with goodgirl's family once; they love them. I was blown away at how they can spot them from the car as driving by. This was the first one I found.

http://www.gotbaddog.com/wp-content/...04/Day-114.jpg

I had her cook up a batch and was not impressed.

http://www.gotbaddog.com/wp-content/...04/Day-115.jpg

They sell for a pretty hefty price.

Here in Eastern Europe and Asia we have many sorts of eatable mushrooms. E.g.:

Белый гриб:

http://ya-gribnik.ru/images/beluy-grib/3.jpg

Лисички:

http://www.udec.ru/big-images/11608a-19.jpg

Подберезовик:

http://www.nedug.ru/common/data/pub/...509/normal.jpg

Боровик:

http://www.kladovayalesa.ru/wp-conte...3310249979.jpg

Волнушки:

http://ya-gribnik.ru/images/volnushka/5.jpg

Маслята:

http://gribnik-club.ru/images/opisan...v/maslenok.jpg

Опята:

http://ya-gribnik.ru/images/opyata/1.jpg

Груздь:

http://ya-gribnik.ru/images/gruzd/10.png

Сыроежки:

http://www.udec.ru/big-images/1809a-95.jpg

Подосиновик:

http://ягоды-грибы.рф/foto/podosinoviki2.jpg

Краснушка:

http://www.udec.ru/big-images/karasnushka-5.jpg

Рыжик:

http://www.novostioede.ru.opt-images...30582384687611

Гладыш:

http://supercook.ru/griby/images-griby/grib-b-36-2.jpg

Млечник дубовый:

http://for-grib.ru/IMAGES/gladysh-ml...is-ll2zez.jpeg

Свинушка:

http://ya-gribnik.ru/images/svinyshka/4.jpg

Вешенки:

http://178.159.242.153/uploads/posts..._veshenka1.jpg

Дождевик:

http://gribnik-rossii.ru/wp-content/...1%86%D0%B0.jpg

and many more...

You guys definitely have no idea how to properly cook the mushrooms :1orglaugh

That's how properly cooked mushrooms must look like:

Жареные грибы:

http://recipes.vartus.ru/img/ok/20130726153649.jpg

http://v.img.com.ua/b/600x500/d/d8/a...c17139fd8d.jpg

Царский суп из белых грибов:

http://cookmaster.org/uploads/recipe...ribov_3006.jpg

Суп из подберезовиков:

http://www.allwomens.ru/uploads/post...ezovikov-3.jpg

Соленые грузди:

http://club.foto.ru/gallery/images/p.../12/692704.jpg

http://edaland.ru/images/article/ori...gruzdi--15.jpg

Маринованные гибы:

http://www.vseodetyah.com/editorfile...ye-maslata.jpg

http://www.vsyasol.ru/wp-content/upl...8/IMG_3975.jpg

http://ovkuse.com/img/sx0T.jpg

http://gotovobed.ru/wp-content/uploa...B1%D1%8B2.jpeg

Тушеная картошка с грибами:

http://leomerian.ru/wp-content/uploa...-bolgarski.jpg

Жареная картошка с гибами:

http://rutxt.ru/files/3915/original/787579896b.jpg

Грибной салат:

http://v.img.com.ua/b/600x500/3/d7/f...ef90b73d73.jpg

http://www.recipes4us.co.uk/images/M...to%20Salad.jpg

http://vsyasol.wpengine.netdna-cdn.c.../Salad-008.jpg

http://www.gratin.ru/sites/default/f...?itok=JYdrziFq

Крем-суп:

http://v.img.com.ua/b/600x500/1/67/5...4ea9af4671.jpg

Паста с лисичками:

http://v.img.com.ua/b/600x500/2/a9/5...b0a38e4a92.jpg

Гибы запеченные в сметане с сыром:

http://v.img.com.ua/b/600x500/a/c3/e...7ecae10c3a.jpg

Пирожки с грибами:

http://pirozochki.com/images/stories...-i-gribami.jpg

http://www.h-atenea.com/wp-content/uploads/pie-rrrr.jpg

not sure if you did it on purpose, but that hat is actually supposed to represent a mushroom/christmas:

http://i.imgur.com/ImJ59j1.jpg

connected with Saturnalia.. everyone used to wear the hats for the holiday

A salad I bought yesterday: mushrooms, eggplant, peppers, carrots, cabbage, parsley, dill - tasty, healthy and organic food from farmer's plants (no GMO shit)

http://s019.radikal.ru/i616/1510/16/d753925df080.jpg

Just started the Autumn rains here and still a good temp 20c.
So the mushrooms should start popping this week.

I live in Amsterdam and we have some other mushrooms here.. also fun but you can just buy them at the smartshops

How can you tell if a new species is edible or not?

And why does Whole Foods charge $250-425/lb for Morel mushrooms?..

I love champignons. :)

They are tasteless.

Rogers Mushrooms | Mushroom Pictures & Mushroom Reference

Start with the easy ones, like giant puffball, parasol, bolletus.

Isn't it just French for mushroom?..

It's fucking Indiana; they fry everything or cover it with cheese.

https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...10&oe=569693BC

Like I said, after she cooked up the first batch we gave them all to her dad.

Like I said above, they are pretty pricey. I can only presume that the price is solely based on how hard they are to find.

http://www.gotbaddog.com/galleries/1...ting31_big.jpg

You guys from other states do it too. When I've been to Louisiana, I ate a crocodile and was barely able to feel a taste of meet, because it was fried in batter. I really hate your way of cooking...

Like the south is known for healthy eating.

Everything in the South is fried.

My guess is it's an old tradition carried over from when food was scarce and they needed to spruce up things like raccoon, possum, etc. It is tasty, but with good quality meat you can certainly make a much tastier dish without batter. I stay away from it myself, I'm more of a meat purist.

So I went mushrooming for the second (and probably last) time this year.

This time most of the mushrooms were great ones:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactarius_deliciosus

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...deliciosus.jpg

I posted about king of the mushrooms - king bolete, but these are also in the top of the top of the food chain. Many/some people and experts value them even more than bolete.
As the name in latin suggest - they are delicious!
Contrary to the mushroom in OP, these ones does not seem to be mentioned in wiki as the ones that could be found in the states. Of course wiki is not always right :) Maybe someone will post the contrary.

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Nope. These are mushrooms that grow from the shit (literally) and can be eaten w/o cooking.

http://www.lovemysalad.com/sites/def...hampignons.jpg

The wild mushrooms are much tasty than champignons.

Actually it's french for mushrooms...

From Wikipedia:

champignon ‎(plural champignons)

Agaricus bisporus, the mushroom species most commonly used in cooking
2007 January 31, C. J. Chivers, ?A Soviet Agricultural Success: Vast Greenhouse Complex?:

Moscow?s food stores, formerly famed for bare shelves and long lines, are now kept stocked with fresh champignons and greens [?] .

Synonyms

(Agaricus bisporus): button mushroom, cremini, crimini, cultivated mushroom, portobello mushroom, table mushroom

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:...us_1_70149.jpg

It's french for mushrooms - Any mushrooms - Jebus...

I don't know French but in Russian and in English it always means Agaricus Bisporus (aka champignon mushroom).

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I enjoy doing it each fall. Just picked a huge batch of these ones:

https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traktk...is_Karonen.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanterelle (second favorite)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boletus_edulis (favorite)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydnum_rufescens (close in taste to chantarelle - awesome, and you cant go wrong)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leccinum_versipelle (close to porcini, but needs treatment to avoid stomach issues. Tastes great)

And a few other ones I am confident I wont get in trouble eating.

Picking mushrooms is to me like others do meditation - and I also love cooking with them. Glad seeing others appreciate the good things in life as well.

I love mushrooms, but we are buying only one specie

Respect :thumbsup

I love 2nd, 3d and 5th in your list (as most/all of the mushrooming guys do).
1st and 4th are unknown to me, everything that looks like Chanterelles I do not take, as I know at least one of them are bad, and I am not an expert on determining which, so I do not take anything similar to Chanterelle at all :)

These? :winkwink:

http://www.lovemysalad.com/sites/def...hampignons.jpg

A small offtopic. What's about Tea Mushroom (aka Medusomyces gisevi, aka Kombucha). Is there anybody who uses it? :)

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/CfVN-bvfMV4/maxresdefault.jpg

wild mushrooms do not grow on shit.
in the wild do not have so much shit.
industrial cultivation using hydroponics
:1orglaugh

wow looks amazing !

Indeed, fine sire :thumbsup

Giant puffballs meet ordinary Russian.

Yes because they cook the same way across the entire country.... Louisiana has some amazing food, yet you chose to eat fried crocodile.

Only wild mushroom I ever ate got me high as fuck, lol, But I eat mushrooms atleast once a week

If I saw this picture elsewhere, I would guess that it was a fish :1orglaugh
I never saw mushrooms cooked like that, but looks great, I would definitely want to try these :thumbsup

Yeah really.. New Orleans has some of the best food i've ever had. probably my favourite cuisine out there, and I enjoy a lot of different cultures food--even Russian...

oh, are there even crocs in louisiana? all aligators

My Mother-in-Law's neighbours gave us a huge basket of wild mushrooms. Made a delicious Mushroom and Potato soup, Pork and Mushroom pie, Chines Port and Mushroom and battered mushroom.

And the Apple Tree has a bumper crop this year. So looking for recipes. :thumbsup

Good times :thumbsup