/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.9270842]

>he doesn't forage for mushrooms

[Anonymous No.9270853]

My mind expanding days are better off left in the past.

[Anonymous No.9270863]

>>9270853
The only thing these mushrooms expand is your taste buds.

[Anonymous No.9270873]

>>9270842
>he's so poor he eats literal mold

[Anonymous No.9270880]

>>9270873
I don't even like eating them that much. But they're fun to forage.

[Anonymous No.9270881]

>>9270842
I forage for mine at the local whole foods in the new forest section

[Anonymous No.9270884]

>>9270881
Do they really sell wild mushrooms?

[Anonymous No.9270886]

>>9270842
I live in the city otherwise I'd at least try. I took a walk once by my parents' place which has oak/maple forest and swamp but didn't find anything

[Anonymous No.9270893]

>>9270886
You don't always find them. It depends on the year--some years are entirely dead of mushrooms. The better kinds also don't tend to grow in areas where it's TOO wet, so look on edges of swamp instead of venturing too deep.

[Anonymous No.9270928]

>>9270842
Nice fucking haul dude. We have shiitake by me big time, its more than minimum wage to hi them in season. My neighbors across the street grow them thye have wood and a hose + lighting and yield 50+ stumps worth each season, Its cook shit! I dont even cook with them and I love it.

[Anonymous No.9270994]

>>9270928
Thanks! I had to can a bunch, and the rest are drying outside.

[Anonymous No.9271026]

>>9270842
>he doesn't grow his own mushrooms

[Anonymous No.9271040]

>>9271026
Growing porcinis is a pain in the ass, and it's fun to forage! I've never had factory-grown porcinis, but I assume they'd lose some of the characteristic flavor.

[Anonymous No.9271671]

I live in the desert

[Anonymous No.9271682]

>>9271671

[Anonymous No.9271683]

I wish I could, but I don't live near a forest or any kind of greenery

[Anonymous No.9272613]

>>9270842
How is Utah?

[Anonymous No.9272696]

I want to forage but scared of picking the wrong ones. Help.

[Anonymous No.9272728]

>>9272696
Try this book. Audubon guides are usually solid. Just be careful and pick only ones that you're sure are good--porcinis like pictured above are obvious when you find them, and among the best to eat. As a very general rule of thumb, avoid mushrooms with gills, and pick ones with pores.

>>9272613
Hello, friend.

[Anonymous No.9272764]

>>9271671
>he doesn't forage for cacti

[Anonymous No.9272775]

>>9270873
Mold and fungus are not the same thing.

[Anonymous No.9272807]

Which mushrooms will make me feel euphoric

[Anonymous No.9272822]

>>9272807
Any edible mushroom when you feel the joy of spotting one in the wild!

[Anonymous No.9272840]

>>9270842
>>Not pairing your mushrooms with wild Polish blueberries

[Anonymous No.9272865]

>>9271026

>he doesn't have a sterilized still-air box fitted with tyvek sleeves and gloves, a 10 gallon pressure cooker, syringe needles and a dehydrator

Kek, like why even live?

[Anonymous No.9272947]

>>9272822
That's cute, anon. But I'm hunting for some top quality good feels shrooms.

[Anonymous No.9273051]

>>9270842
"xhe" is the universally agreed apon method for addressing people. Do not assume gender.

Anyway, what is your method for drying them?

[Anonymous No.9273763]

>>9273051
How about if I go with "they" for everything? The drying method isn't complicated--they dry out pretty quick sliced and in the sun.

[Anonymous No.9273777]

>>9270842
i'm not a mushroom expert. why would i waste my time and possibly risk my life (like i said, not a mushroom expert, so fuck me if i can't tell the difference between an edible and poisonous one) for something that i eat infrequently (once a week tops) and can be purchased for a $1 a serving

[Anonymous No.9273787]

>>9270880
maybe you should spend less time foraging and more time improving your mushroom cooking skills (protip: fresh herbs like thyme and crushed garlic are essential, plus a squeeze of lemon, some parsley and final adjustment to salt at the end)

[Anonymous No.9273793]

>>9273787
also, you put too much oil.

[Anonymous No.9273798]

>>9273777
>and can be purchased for a $1 a serving

Because the stuff you can forage isn't just plain 'ol boring shit that costs $1. You can get god-tier stuff that you'd never find at a supermarket.

As for the risk? If you use a guide and pay attention the risk is minuscule. You take bigger risks every day. You don't let the fear of wrecks stop you from riding in vehicles, and you don't let fear of electric shock prevent you from using electronics.

[Anonymous No.9273806]

>>9270873
Lol

[Anonymous No.9273822]

>>9272807
Ew wtf is that thing?

[Anonymous No.9273832]

>>9273822
Perfection. That's what that "thing" is.

[Anonymous No.9273873]

>>9273832
K

[Anonymous No.9273894]

>>9273798
puh lease. i'm not even talking about button mushrooms. go to a local farmers market or whatever and cremini, porcini, portabello etc aren't that expensive. especially doesn't make it worth my while to go galavanting in the woods

[Anonymous No.9273907]

>>9273894
those are still easy to get at a supermarket.

Come back to me when your local market sells morels, hen-of-the-woods, chantrelle, matsutake, etc.

[Anonymous No.9273910]

I like to put em in my butt

[Anonymous No.9274241]

>>9273873
OLD and BUSTED

[Anonymous No.9274403]

>>9272807
Look for this

[Anonymous No.9274418]

>>9270884
Yes its sweet

[Acbn !7CUUUUUUUU No.9274681]

>>9273798

>You don't let the fear of wrecks stop you from riding in vehicles

Actually, I do

>and you don't let fear of electric shock prevent you from using electronics.

Not an actual risk