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[Chief Longwind Of The North]

I went to the Secretary of State today to renew my car registration and get my drivers license renewed. While walking up to the door, I noticed some very large mushrooms growing in the lush lawn outside the building. I checked them after getting done what had to be done and found 1 very large field mushroom (about 10 inches diameter), 1 slightly smaller mushroom, and about 5 more mushrooms larger than the button mushrooms you'd buy in a store. The caps were white and the gills were pink. This is a variety of perfectly safe and edible wild mushrooms around here that have wonderful flavor. I now am the proud owner of three batches of home made condensed mushroom soup of amazing flavor. Oh how I love wild mushrooms. It makes spending 135 bucks for the privilege to drive a little (tiny bit) easier to swallow.

Seeeeeya; Goodweed of the North

 

[DaveSoMD]

Congratulations! That is a find. I have not had fresh wild mushrooms since my grandfather and great-uncles all passed away. They and my dad new how to pick the right one. Unfortunately I wasn't interested in learning when I was younger and now they are all gone. I still remember the beet soup made with wild mushrooms that was served every Christmas.

 

[PrincessFiona60]

Great! Now you need to keep an eye on it! Around here people will their wild asparagus patches and won't tell anyone about them.

 

[Kayelle]

Congrats GW but mushrooms on a lawn make me really nervous, I'm glad you know what you are doing. This brings back a very old memory of my 2 yr old son helping himself to lunch in our yard. I called his doctor, and he wanted him into the ER to have his stomach pumped!! Not a pleasant memory for child or mommy.

 

[LPBeier]

Very nice find, GW. I remember on day at school our Chef brought in five different varieties of wild mushrooms he had collected on a weekend hike. After a lesson in what to look for, we turned them into the most awesome mushroom tarts I have ever tasted.

If mushrooms were the only food left on the earth I would never go hungry!