Stumbled across your channel a few weeks back and have thoroughly enjoyed your mushroom videos, so I'm glad to see more. It's only fairly recently that I've developed enough knowledge/confidence to move from photographing mushrooms to bringing them home for dinner, but I've found some delicious edibles this October (some not so delicious ones too...) but I wondered if you'd upload anything you'd found as well. Pleased to see another mushroom vid and look forward to seeing more in the future! Cheers, Richie.
Thanks for the comment! Glad you enjoyed the videos and great to hear you are consuming some of that which you find. There are still tons of mushroom vids I need to make. Hope to get a few more out this season. Having my first baby was a lot more time-intensive than I had first imagined :) Cheers
Ciao Mills! This year it was a terrible year for mushrooms. I disagree with the drying part. The fresh fresh small/young ones are absolutely incredible if you slice them thin with a truffle slicer and have with shavings of parmisan and olive oil. You can even add rocket salad to the mix. The medium one, as an Italian, always get cooked in a risotto or with a red sauce and pappardelle. The big ones we make a "timballo" with parsley and potatoes - basically slices of potatoes and mushrooms. We then also dry the big ones. Gosh I miss foraging in the U.K - it's so easy! In Switzerland and Italy people know their mushrooms and you can see the trails where people have been before - however, most people are still in the "bolete" only picking mentality and they leave the rest. I found an abundance of trumpets of death and a sea of lactarius resimus. The latter considered a delicacy in Russia.
Ciao! Thanks for the Italian insight. You guys are regarded as a the king of mushroom foragers, so it's interesting to hear some feedback. Nice tip about the truffle slicer and small ones. I'll have to give that ago!
My apologies for bloating your comment section, after this bit of long winded drivel i shall leave you in peace :) As i suspected British Morel hunters (like their American friends) have all the transparency of a potato and are highly secretive. Nonetheless I believe I can help improve your chances. Morel season for your area is right around the corner, as in just a few days from now. Online forum posts from last year are reporting finds in South Downs on 10 April, Cambridge on 9 April and way up in Glasgow on 21 April. The biggest mistake most people make is searching too late; sniffing the air, seeing what is in bloom and then heading out. We know better! An inexpensive meat thermometer to measure soil temp holds the key. When the soil temp is 48-50 degrees F / 8.8-10 degrees C its time to get stoked! Finally, stands of forest are not the limit. Morels love tall grass, shrubs and duff as well, provided there are trees nearby. Best of luck to you!
Thanks Rusty, that's great, I would have left it until May to look. Based on your advice I can think of a few good places to look that I believe have the right habitat. Thanks a lot!
Good video, thanks 👍
Enjoued orange cap bolets thanks to you but i didnt use the stems . I pan fried with garlic and ginger and a dash of salt. Foumd in oklahoma btw. 😊
Got really interested in mycology lately, your videos are great. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Cheers :-)
Cheers :)
Stumbled across your channel a few weeks back and have thoroughly enjoyed your mushroom videos, so I'm glad to see more. It's only fairly recently that I've developed enough knowledge/confidence to move from photographing mushrooms to bringing them home for dinner, but I've found some delicious edibles this October (some not so delicious ones too...) but I wondered if you'd upload anything you'd found as well. Pleased to see another mushroom vid and look forward to seeing more in the future!
Cheers,
Richie.
Thanks for the comment! Glad you enjoyed the videos and great to hear you are consuming some of that which you find.
There are still tons of mushroom vids I need to make. Hope to get a few more out this season. Having my first baby was a lot more time-intensive than I had first imagined :)
Cheers
Super helpful video thank you
You're welcome, cheers
Ciao Mills! This year it was a terrible year for mushrooms. I disagree with the drying part. The fresh fresh small/young ones are absolutely incredible if you slice them thin with a truffle slicer and have with shavings of parmisan and olive oil. You can even add rocket salad to the mix. The medium one, as an Italian, always get cooked in a risotto or with a red sauce and pappardelle. The big ones we make a "timballo" with parsley and potatoes - basically slices of potatoes and mushrooms. We then also dry the big ones. Gosh I miss foraging in the U.K - it's so easy! In Switzerland and Italy people know their mushrooms and you can see the trails where people have been before - however, most people are still in the "bolete" only picking mentality and they leave the rest. I found an abundance of trumpets of death and a sea of lactarius resimus. The latter considered a delicacy in Russia.
Ciao! Thanks for the Italian insight. You guys are regarded as a the king of mushroom foragers, so it's interesting to hear some feedback. Nice tip about the truffle slicer and small ones. I'll have to give that ago!
My apologies for bloating your comment section, after this bit of long winded drivel i shall leave you in peace :)
As i suspected British Morel hunters (like their American friends) have all the transparency of a potato and are highly secretive. Nonetheless I believe I can help improve your chances. Morel season for your area is right around the corner, as in just a few days from now. Online forum posts from last year are reporting finds in South Downs on 10 April, Cambridge on 9 April and way up in Glasgow on 21 April. The biggest mistake most people make is searching too late; sniffing the air, seeing what is in bloom and then heading out. We know better! An inexpensive meat thermometer to measure soil temp holds the key. When the soil temp is 48-50 degrees F / 8.8-10 degrees C its time to get stoked! Finally, stands of forest are not the limit. Morels love tall grass, shrubs and duff as well, provided there are trees nearby. Best of luck to you!
Thanks Rusty, that's great, I would have left it until May to look. Based on your advice I can think of a few good places to look that I believe have the right habitat. Thanks a lot!
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All i can think about is the beard hairs getting all over the food....oof.
Haha, it happens less often than you would imagine. Probably less often than someone with long hair getting their hairs in food.
Not a great mushroom to eat, it goes black and snotty.