Mushroom hunt 2013

[Tania]

Lots of mushrooms this year. We picked a lot, dried, marinated, fried, froze, made soup, etc. It's a mushroom bounty!!!

[Douglas_OW]

That's an impressive haul of mushrooms, both quantity and variety. One of these days, I hope to find someone locally that can educate me in the art of wild mushroom hunting (without doing myself in).
As I was looking thru your photos, and what you had written about your preparation of them, I was reminded of Forrest Gump and his buddy, Bubba.

Perhaps you are the Bubba of the mushroom world:

Anyway, like I was sayin', mushroom is the fruit of the woods. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey's uh, mushroom-kabobs, mushroom creole, mushroom gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple mushroom, lemon mushroom, coconut mushroom, pepper mushroom, mushroom soup, mushroom stew, mushroom salad, mushroom and potatoes, mushroom burger, mushroom sandwich. That- that's about it.

Jim

[MrBig46]

Beautiful mushrooms and beautiful coniferous forests in Anmore (I viewed Google map).
Vladimír

[Tania]

Thank you folks

Here in Anmore mushrooms certainly grow much better than tomatoes or peppers!

[Tania]

When I was a little kid, my parents or my grandmas would take me with them to the forest for a mushroom hunt, so I am quite good at identifying edible vs toxic shrooms.

In Russia back in the 70s it was essential to pick lots of mushrooms and dry them for winter, it was a very important part of our family diet. Same as growing potatoes Food was hard to come by, at least for my family back then.

Anmore's forests have lots of mushrooms, many more than what I remember in Russia (but perhaps there were many more mushroom hunters in Russia - and nobody picks mushrooms here in ANmore, only darn squirrels!)

[Durgan]

Marvellous collection. I was in Kitamac for about three free days about fifteen years ago and had a great time amongst the logging trails looking at the mushrooms.

My area around here is not mushroom country, meaning one has to walk for miles to find a few.I know two places about 100 miles away to collect Oyster and Morels in season, but it is generally too far and if I miss the window it is all in vain.

I know about 20 mushrooms by sight and am knowledgeable enough to detect the major poisonous ones. It sure is fun finding a large patch and is a great excuse for walking in the bush.

I like photographing them.

[KarenO]

A gourmet delight! those gourmet wild mushrooms would cost a mint if you could find them for sale at all. Not something inexperienced folks should do though. Tania has much experience clearly and can forage safely. Take a course in your area with an expert before you have a go at it as you can become very ill from eating the wrong wild mushrooms.
KarenO

[Tania]

Karen, thank you for bringing up the safety point! This is very important.

My grandma taught me not to take any mushroom that looks unfamiliar. This was the most important safety rule I learned as a kid, and it worked for me. Never had any mushroom poisoning in our family as long as I remember.

Tatiana

[Tania]

The other safety tip for mushroom hunters here in PNW is to watch for bears when picking mushrooms!

This probably explains why nobody does it here, as we see bears coming out of the forest pretty much every day.

[Tania]

Originally Posted by Douglas_OW

That's an impressive haul of mushrooms, both quantity and variety. One of these days, I hope to find someone locally that can educate me in the art of wild mushroom hunting (without doing myself in).
As I was looking thru your photos, and what you had written about your preparation of them, I was reminded of Forrest Gump and his buddy, Bubba.

Perhaps you are the Bubba of the mushroom world:

Anyway, like I was sayin', mushroom is the fruit of the woods. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey's uh, mushroom-kabobs, mushroom creole, mushroom gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple mushroom, lemon mushroom, coconut mushroom, pepper mushroom, mushroom soup, mushroom stew, mushroom salad, mushroom and potatoes, mushroom burger, mushroom sandwich. That- that's about it.

Jim

[ddsack]

Tania, I am salivating looking at your pictures! I am so jealous of your mushroom bounty! My mom knew her mushrooms well and made the best mushroom gravy. I found a few withered boletes this year, but we were too dry for the best weeks of fall mushrooming, and I didn't look very hard. Enjoy your many meals of mushrooms!

[Worth1]

Very nice Tania.
When I was young we used to pick mushrooms by the burlap sack full.
I wont do it here in Texas.
I love mushrooms.

Worth

[NarnianGarden]

Lovely pics! Congratulations.
I'd love to know the English names (or Latin) for these varieties... some look familiar like the ones we have here in Finland.
Would be lovely to go mushroom hunting abroad one day - I recognize quite a few of our local ones, but would be excited to learn some 'exotic' ones

Edit. Pics number 3 and 4 - I think I recognize those 'families' - picture 4 has varieties that are called 'hapero' in Finland - Russula in Latin toxonomy...

[BucksCountyGirl]

Wow...what a wonderful wild harvest you have there! I absolutely adore wild mushrooms, but I don't have the identification "chops" to go searching for them myself. Cheers to you, enjoy :-)

[MrBig46]

Originally Posted by Tania

When I was a little kid, my parents or my grandmas would take me with them to the forest for a mushroom hunt, so I am quite good at identifying edible vs toxic shrooms.

In Russia back in the 70s it was essential to pick lots of mushrooms and dry them for winter, it was a very important part of our family diet. Same as growing potatoes Food was hard to come by, at least for my family back then.

Anmore's forests have lots of mushrooms, many more than what I remember in Russia (but perhaps there were many more mushroom hunters in Russia - and nobody picks mushrooms here in ANmore, only darn squirrels!)

Tania, I can to write too: When I was a little kid, my parents or my grandmas would take me with them to the forest for a mushroom hunt.
On the photos impresseded me pictures (9,10 opyata). They are my favorite mushrooms (for the forest danger), I cook only one food from them- czech „guláš“. This mushroom is called Václavka, b/c it vegetate along 28.9.- in calender is this name day of St.Václav. No mushrooms plant by us now.
Vladimír