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Apr 27, 2019 06:17AM
I'm guessing Hannah is a storm? Bad Hannah. Good tree for not falling on the house. Hope it's all sorted soon.
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And hope you slept on the flight Peggy, but YAY HOLIDAYS!
Good thing the tree never fell onto your house, Margo! Scary thought.
Today Lexx, I, and two of our friends went on a mushroom forage for Lexx's birthday. It was in a pine forest, where Death Caps are infrequent (people die from eating Death Caps here every year).We were taught about the easiest mushrooms to identify and pick. Everything we picked was checked by a mycologist before we went home, which was a really good thing for an overly anxious person (esp with hard and fast rules like "don't ever pick mushrooms") like me. And I would be confident to do it again. Also a lovely sunny, autumn day wandering around forests with some of your best mates is always highly recommended.
Eaten a whole heap of Slippery Jacks for dinner and can report in as not dead. Will keep you updated.
Say happy birthday to Lexx from myself and Rob!! Sounds like you had a good time. The walk sounds great and very reassuring that everything was checked.
Wow that was close Margo. There was a tree come down on a boat near us.
Rusalka wrote: "Today Lexx, I, and two of our friends went on a mushroom forage for Lexx's birthday. It was in a pine forest, where Death Caps are infrequent (people die from eating Death Caps here every year).W..."
LOL' it is not as dramatic as it sounds! The tree was less than 10 yours old so the very worst outcome would have been a broken window ;-)
@Rusalka, happy birthday Lexx! I used to go mushrooming a lot as a kid. Nothing better than coming home with a haul and frying them up for breakfast *yum yum* :-D
Most of the fields we used to get out our best loads from have been built on now, and the rest just don't grow many mushrooms anymore. It must be to do lack of fertilization. Cows just don't poop like they used to hehehe
It's mushroom time around here, too. We mostly hunt Morels, and there is nothing better than frying them up in flour and butter until they're just starting to get crispy and then eating them straight out of the pan. My parents are actually pretty avid mushroom hunters. They travel to several different states over the course of a month or so from about now to the middle of may. My stepdad is crazy good at finding them in places where no one else can, but the locations of his favorite woods are like government secrets or something. He doesn't take anyone else with him except my mom who is directionally challenged and couldn't find her way back even if she wanted to.
Rusalka wrote: "Eaten a whole heap of Slippery Jacks for dinner and can report in as not dead. Will keep you updated. ."You need to report in as not dead again, Rusalka.
Yes, Rusalka. I am starting to get nervous.
Not dead!Sorry. Sorry. Busy.
But ate a second batch tonight of different mushrooms. So will have to report back again.
LOL! Well that's one way to emerge from the busyness to post. Keep on eating the mushrooms!
We've always been jealous of those of you who have been able to do it. So going with a scientist was a great idea. Particularly as the local Government got wind of it and made them hand out fact sheets that said "never eat anything you pick yourself"... not just mushrooms. ANYTHING. My carrot in the garden, SUPER NOT SAFE.The State Government next door had a super useful fact sheet with pictures, descriptions, and the like. So much more reasonable.
P.S. Still not dead.
Tricia wrote: "It's mushroom time around here, too. We mostly hunt Morels, Lexx just bought a whole heap of morel spores. He wants to inoculate the backyard. What ever floats your boat, I say.
Rusalka wrote: "Tricia wrote: "It's mushroom time around here, too. We mostly hunt Morels, Lexx just bought a whole heap of morel spores. He wants to inoculate the backyard. What ever floats your boat, I say."
Might be interesting. Let us hear back how the experiment works. Maybe bringing home some dirt from where they grow, if you have access might work too. It is not just the spores - it is the conditions and the soil make-up too, I believe.
Glad you are not dead again.
Rusalka wrote: "P.S. Still not dead."Good. Keep it that way.
I love the low bar that this has set for this thread.
Rusalka wrote: "I love the low bar that this has set for this thread."lol. I just happened to read this quote:
“If you're reading this...
Congratulations, you're alive.
If that's not something to smile about,
then I don't know what is.”
― Chad Sugg, Monsters Under Your Head
Rusalka wrote: "Tricia wrote: "It's mushroom time around here, too. We mostly hunt Morels, Lexx just bought a whole heap of morel spores. He wants to inoculate the backyard. What ever floats your boat, I say."
Oh fun! You'll have to let us know how it turns out.
Tricia wrote: "It's mushroom time around here, too. We mostly hunt Morels, and there is nothing better than frying them up in flour and butter until they're just starting to get crispy and then eating them straig..."I love shrooming. I love the butter and flour!! I’m going this weekend.
I love the butter and flour too. I think I'll go to the store for my shrooms though.
You are a wise woman Cherie! They don't taste the same though - the fresh air whets the apetite!
Margo wrote: "You are a wise woman Cherie! They don't taste the same though - the fresh air whets the apetite!"I go for a hike then, before I go to the store. :0)
Jannene wrote: "Look what I found today..."
Ooh, nice!
Jannene wrote: "Look what I found today..."
sorry to be dumb Jannene but, what are they???
Lol, I had the same response Margo. But I read back a bit and the talk was about mushrooms and Jannene said she was going mushroom hunting in the weekend, so I'm guessing that's what they are.
Wow, they don't look like any breed of mushroom that grows around here!Hope you had a good trip Peggy :-)
Haven't seen anything like that here either. Which might be why I didn't recognize them as mushrooms.Yes, it was good! Sao Miguel is a beautiful island and it was nice to be away for a week. The weather was a bit disappointing though. It's not a super sunny and warm island anyway, but we had lots of clouds and wind. Almost no rain though :) But still, I always had to wear jeans and a jacket, and I think I really need sun, warmth, dresses, flip-flops and outside dinners and drinks to get a real holiday feeling ;-)
Oh wow, that's a haul! Lexx is very very jealous.I had to ban Lexx out of mushroom hunting today. He really wants to but I cannot eat other mushroom. I just need a week... urgh. There is a special level of hell that is eating the same thing every meal...
Peggy wrote: "Haven't seen anything like that here either. Which might be why I didn't recognize them as mushrooms.Yes, it was good! Sao Miguel is a beautiful island and it was nice to be away for a week. The ..."
So glad you had a good time away. You just need to factor holidays into two baskets as we do.
Tropical: As you described your ideal.
Europe: As you described reality.
I also didn’t recognize the mushrooms, but assumed that’s what they were based on the previous conversation. Rus, I can’t imagine eating mushrooms at every meal. I’m not a fan of them to begin with and only rarely eat them.
Peggy, I can’t believe how fast your week away went. I’m glad you had a good time even if the weather wasn’t the best. At least it wasn’t raining the whole time! I also need sun and warmth to feel like I’ve really had a vacation.
Glad to see you back, Peggy. I agree when you think on vacations on an island you expect lots of sun, etc. It is always good to get out of the routine, though.
Margo wrote: "Wow, they don't look like any breed of mushroom that grows around here!Hope you had a good trip Peggy :-)"
They are Gyromitra Montana or false morels. You can boil them for 20 minutes in a ventilated area and they are no longer poisonous. A lot of people in the Upper Peninsula just cook them like they do morels. They taste good and I’ve never had any issues neither have my parents. If you google them it looks like many people sell these to the restaurants and they use them. In Germany they can them according to some articles.
My dad did find two real morels but they were extremely tiny. I’m guessing next weekend will be better for them.
No longer poisonous! 😬 You are brave.
Lol, I thought the same thing! I guess I would wait at least 40 minutes, and probably make my husband try one first. :)
It is one of those cumulative things. You may not have any reaction the first few times and then you start feeling sick. This is if you don’t boil them. My husband read the articles too and decided we are boiling twice and then letting air dry. Then cooking one and trying a little piece. Like I said, I haven’t had issues before but then again I didn’t know they could be poisonous. We’ll see if we decide to eat them. I had a blast looking though.
Sandra wrote: "Lol, I thought the same thing! I guess I would wait at least 40 minutes, and probably make my husband try one first. :)"LOL! Smart approach to the problem, Sandra. :)
What's good folks. I been awol again. So this girl came to breed my cows this morning and I was thinking I know this person. She left and I was thinking I don't know any Allies but I swear I've met her. Then it clicked. I follow her on Twitter. Been a few people I've had this feeling with lately. Now I wonder if I followed them on Twitter, Instagram or Goodreads. You mean you're all real? Lol
GRRM posted an update. He's been feeling creative and has been writing on the last 2 books. No date for release and says they'll be done when they're done but says the tv show skipped a lot and left some plot lines out completely and he needs to fill in those holes and give fans the full story
Travis wrote: "GRRM posted an update. He's been feeling creative and has been writing on the last 2 books. No date for release and says they'll be done when they're done but says the tv show skipped a lot and lef..."Good news, Travis!!!
How many cows did you have bred? breeded? How about artificially inseminated?
Good news about GRRM. I'd better get reading book 4 & 5.
Cherie wrote: "Travis wrote: "GRRM posted an update. He's been feeling creative and has been writing on the last 2 books. No date for release and says they'll be done when they're done but says the tv show skippe..."3 today
Janice wrote: "Good news about GRRM. I'd better get reading book 4 & 5."No rush I'm sure lol
I'm still waiting for Scott Lynch to finish The Gentlemen Bastards series. I follow him on Twitter, but there is never a mention or suggestion that he's writing.
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