What did you Forage today?

[Blackbird]

LMAO



I can't believe I missed that!

Here:

I didn't exactly forage it, it was on one of my mom's yellow roses. I checked all the rose plants and this was the only one with any. And by any, I mean one. I guess I got too excited, because I ate it anyway and I don't think it was ready yet. There wasn't MUCH taste. A little kick of sour but thats all.

 

[big brown horse]

LMAO



I can't believe I missed that!

Here:

I didn't exactly forage it, it was on one of my mom's yellow roses. I checked all the rose plants and this was the only one with any. And by any, I mean one. I guess I got too excited, because I ate it anyway and I don't think it was ready yet. There wasn't MUCH taste. A little kick of sour but thats all.

Much better!! (Heaven forbid anyone catch one of my many typos!!!! I thought it was cute!)

 

[davaroo]

Sassafrass. It grows everywhere here.

 

[mrs.puff]

Found a nice chicken of the woods mushroom a couple days ago. Really fresh and very tasty!! It's been unusually wet and cool here this summer.

 

[Hollyrose]

More black raspberries and black berries. I'll be picking them every day until they are done!

 

[Catalina]

I foraged mushrooms today with my mom.
Here are a few pics, if you want to see more, click on the link in my sig line to my blog.

This is the first puffball - I spotted this one.

We are waiting to try these if/when we find our mushroom field guide.
Anyone know what they are?

My mom spotted this one.
I walked right by it!

Underside of the puffball.

Cooking the puffballs in butter.

Yummy!

 

[Catalina]

Ok - so those pretty bumpy ones are NOT reccomended for eating.

We also picked some skullcaps - POISONOUS!

I threw them away. Guess we will stick with puffballs.

 

[Blackbird]

Do you know any other mushrooms Catalina?

You NEED to teach me some! I only know morels.

I think those others look like Shaggy Manes, according to my pamphlet - but don't take my word for it.

 

[Catalina]

Do you know any other mushrooms Catalina?

You NEED to teach me some! I only know morels.

I think those others look like Shaggy Manes, according to my pamphlet - but don't take my word for it.

I'm just starting to learn.
I wish I could find a morel!!
Last month while we were on vacation my mom saw a mushroom, picked it and cooked it. We ate it for dinner AND we didn't die.

THEN we bought a mushroom field guide and realized how easiy we could have died or poisoned ourselves!

I like sulfer shelf/ chicken of the woods the best after puffballs
http://mdc.mo.gov/nathis/mushrooms/mushroom/edible.htm
This link says shaggy manes ARE edible, so I might have to compare it with the field guide tomorrow.

It is so confusing!!!

 

[Blackbird]

I would love to find a Morel too, I only know about them because our nieghbor is really into mushrooms. I could probably ask him about the ones I've seen around but I don't want to bug him.

Oh, I also has a Shiitake mushroom kit, thats sitting in the corner of the kitchen. I got several from t once but I didn't know how to cook them and my mom threw them out, and now i've kind of neglected my slab of sawdust they grew on. I should probably add some more water to it and see if they come up..

I see a lot of 'regular' or common looking ones but I don't know what they are because a lot of different kinds look like them.

I'd love to find a fairy ring some time, just to take a picture, but I guess they're really rare.