Mushroom steak anyone?

Justme · Sep 28, 2006

Jeff Peterman said:
We have big white mushrooms that pop up on our lawn regularly. They
look just like giant "button" mushrooms that I buy at the
supermarket. When I pull them up, they even smell good. BUT, I
throw them in with the lawn trash and wash my hands afterwards.

I can understand your hesitation especially if it pops up on your lawn. You of course know if you use pesticides or not but would have no idea what is happening to the mushrooms on the lawn when you're not looking. Sure, if they're readily available at the supermarket then there's even less incentive to pick them off a lawn that everyone (human and wildlife including pets) has access to to. But I can see why some types of mushrooms are sought after such as the ones mentioned by Jano....I don't think those would be growing on your average city lawn.

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Justme · Sep 28, 2006

Todd Meucci said:
... is that an impact crater on the left side?

Sure looks like it eh? I wonder if mushrooms can bruise.

Todd Meucci said:
Holy Toledo that's one beefy shroom!

Heheheh...I'm learning some new terms. Mushroom hunting is referred to as shroomin' on the site linked to by Jano.

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Justme · Sep 28, 2006

**** Thomas said:
I had a similar mushroom in my front yard a few years ago. It
literally appeared overnight. I don't have any pics as good as
yours, but here's one taken with my old Olympus point and shoot.

Yeah, definitely looks familiar. Actually, looks like a giant Puffball. Pic looks fine to me. Whatever happened to it......did it wither away?

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Justme · Sep 28, 2006

JFaulconer said:
Although I wasn't as smart as the rest of you and show the size by
comparing it with a cell phone or a ruler but nevertheless it was
huge.

I got the idea to use the cell phone from another photographer. I would have used a Pepsi can.

JFaulconer said:
I first asked my husband what in the world would a volleyball be
doing here in the pasture field. But when looking on a realized it
was a mushroom.

Heheheh

Funny how we both thought it was a volleyball at first.

JFaulconer said:
Scary beast, I felt......lol I would estimate it was about 6-8
inches round.

JFaulconer said:
With a big dent in the side, like someone had kicked it.....lol

Maybe from someone who thought they found a new volleyball or soccer ball and kicked it.

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Justme · Sep 28, 2006

stefan marjoram said:
That's one mushroom you're not going to mix up with any poisonous
ones. I ate some a few weeks back. They're best when they're still
smallish (below football sized) and firm. Tastewise they're a bit
bland compared to the lovely meatiness of a parasol mushroom or the
crunchy, nutiness of a Cep - my favourite.

Man, you're making me hungry for mushroom with meatiness, crunchy and nuttiness. I have been told that the giant Puffballs can be bland tasting. How do you prepare it?

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Todd Meucci · Sep 28, 2006

Here in Oregon, above about 5000 ft we get Morels and Chantrelles... they're hunted vehemently by gun totin desperados who defend their fungi patches sometimes resulting in violence. It's serious business at $18 a lb for Chantrelles.. and get this...Morels for $12 an OUNCE! HA! Biiiig money out here. Big money.

Justme said:
Todd Meucci said:

... is that an impact crater on the left side?

Click to expand...

Sure looks like it eh? I wonder if mushrooms can bruise.

Justme said:

Holy Toledo that's one beefy shroom!

Click to expand...

Heheheh...I'm learning some new terms. Mushroom hunting is
referred to as shroomin' on the site linked to by Jano.

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stefan marjoram28795 · Sep 29, 2006

Most wild mushrooms are best fried in a little butter with perhaps a tiny bit of garlic. I like to eat them like this on a bit of toast. Eat them as fresh as possible.

The puffballs I sliced into half inch steaks and fried in olive oil but I also added mixed herbs and garlic, salt & pepper etc. Do them until they brown a little. I don't know if I'll eat them again - I did it more for the novelty. They were ok - just not delicious.

Like others have said, be careful - if you go looking for other mushrooms try to find someone to go with who knows what they're doing. I tend to stick to just a few that I know very well and that can't be easily confused with other dangerous types. Get a book that will tell you what to look out for. That said, there's nothing you can confuse a giant puffball with. We once found one about 80cms across.

Justme · Sep 29, 2006

jstrong said:
Here is the link to the Chantrelle's. You simply saute them in
butter and/or olive oil and eat them like that or add to anything
you wish. They are considered a delicacy and are very expensive.

Thanks for the link Jano. They must be quite tasty on their own to require only butter or olive oil.

jstrong said:
http://www.morelmushroomhunting.com/craterellus_fallax.htm

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Justme · Sep 29, 2006

jstrong said:
These are chantrelle's that we were actually looking for and found.
http://www.morelmushroomhunting.com/cantharellus_cibarius.htm

It was fun to find them as the color is amazing and they really
stick out. We hear the black chantrelle's are around also...but if
we saw them we didn't realize it

Well, now that I know what to look for I'll keep my eyes peeled next time I go for a walk in the woods. These mushrooms must not be so common and thus their expensive cost. I'm going to do some furtehr research to see what conditions favour this type of mushroom.

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Justme · Sep 29, 2006

Todd Meucci said:
Here in Oregon, above about 5000 ft we get Morels and
Chantrelles... they're hunted vehemently by gun totin desperados
who defend their fungi patches sometimes resulting in violence.
It's serious business at $18 a lb for Chantrelles.. and get
this...Morels for $12 an OUNCE! HA! Biiiig money out here. Big
money.

That is BIG money. Almost as if it were an illegal drug. I'm mushroom-challenged but learning quite a bit this past week.

Justme · Sep 30, 2006

stefan marjoram said:
Most wild mushrooms are best fried in a little butter with perhaps
a tiny bit of garlic. I like to eat them like this on a bit of
toast. Eat them as fresh as possible.

The puffballs I sliced into half inch steaks and fried in olive oil
but I also added mixed herbs and garlic, salt & pepper etc. Do them
until they brown a little. I don't know if I'll eat them again - I
did it more for the novelty. They were ok - just not delicious.

Yeah, I would try them as a novelty too. They are edible and I'm curious what the texture and the taste is like. Or just dice it up and toss into a salad.

stefan marjoram28795 said:
Like others have said, be careful - if you go looking for other
mushrooms try to find someone to go with who knows what they're
doing. I tend to stick to just a few that I know very well and that
can't be easily confused with other dangerous types. Get a book
that will tell you what to look out for. That said, there's nothing
you can confuse a giant puffball with. We once found one about
80cms across.

Yeah, Puffballs are hard to confuse with other types of mushroom due to their relatively unique shape, colouring and size.

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Justme · Oct 1, 2006

cellartroll said:
That goes for all plants and berries, yet people are happy to eat
raspberries, blackberries, apples, pears and all manner of other
things that they find in hedgerows.

Funny you mention this as I see people who pick off berries from hedgerows and eat them without even washing first. I know when I was growing up we were taught to never pick anything in the wild and just eat it like that. I suppose our family was more cautious and less trusting of such things. These attitudes often carry on into our adult lifes.

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tuttle5 · Oct 1, 2006

Justme said:
Yeah, Puffballs are hard to confuse with other types of mushroom
due to their relatively unique shape, colouring and size.

You do want to cut them in half first, both to check to see if they haven't spoored, but more importantly, some very nasty juvenile mushrooms (Amanita phalloides for one) can look a lot like a puffball, but if you cut them open, it is very easy to tell the difference, the puffball will be homogeneous throughout, while if it is a juvenile mushroom of some other type, even in this early stage, the parts of the mushroom will still be clearly defined.

Justme · Oct 3, 2006

tuttle5 said:
tuttle5 said:

Yeah, Puffballs are hard to confuse with other types of mushroom
due to their relatively unique shape, colouring and size.

Click to expand...

You do want to cut them in half first, both to check to see if they
haven't spoored, but more importantly, some very nasty juvenile
mushrooms (Amanita phalloides for one) can look a lot like a
puffball,

Interesting. I didn't know this. But are the Amanita phalloides as big as a Puffball, more specifically the Giant Puffball?

tuttle5 said:
but if you cut them open, it is very easy to tell the
difference, the puffball will be homogeneous throughout, while if
it is a juvenile mushroom of some other type, even in this early
stage, the parts of the mushroom will still be clearly defined.

Sadly, I went back to have another look at the Giant Puffball two days later but someone had smashed it into a few pieces. Why? I have no idea. I did touch the innards with a branch and it felt really squishy and soft. The inside looked yellowish green, perhaps from decay after it was smashed open.

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