Mushrooms - my absolute favourite thing to forage for - have finally appeared. At least the types I pick; I know there always are some mushrooms out there, but I don't pick anything I don't recognise.
I already have two tubs full of sliced mushrooms in the freezer, and a third one about half full. And it's just the beginning!
My latest find is the beautiful large porcini mushroom pictured below - found it yesterday 5min from my house. S pointed out to me today that a certain gourmet online store sells them for £17 a piece!! Now that's a saving, I got it completely free :-)
I also stumbled upon a big patch of lovely chanterelles in the same spot a couple of days ago. I adore them - they make such wonderful sauce! They weighed in at 250g, I wonder how much that would have cost to buy!
I can't wait to go for a proper ''hunt'' to a large forest - maybe this weekend!
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| Porcini |
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| Chantarelles |
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| Chantarelles |
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| Birch boletes |
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| Bay bolete |
i have such mushroom envy!
ReplyDeleteI hated mushrooms. I hated them since I was a child. But then I realized that I didn't know why I hated them. All I knew is that I have always hated them. Sometimes you have to unlearn things you learned in your youth.
ReplyDeleteMushrooms rock!