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Post by jamesp on Jul 21, 2013 18:56:31 GMT -5
And she taught me about mushrooms(we snuck out of the dog party for spell) She took me a quarter mile away to the north tip of the property under some massive White Oaks. A favorite spot for deer eating acorns in winter  She pointed down at awful looking yellow ground monsters and said 'pick'  It took 7 minutes to collect 5 pounds  Next to the bowling ball pond  A close up of the Golden Chantrelles. About $100 worth at a good price of $20/pound.  Sautéed they will absolutely destroy you with flavor. I have eaten 3 pounds in 36 hours.... |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2013 19:04:53 GMT -5
Stingy!!! You need to send one to all of us to prove that they are that good.
Jim
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2013 19:16:21 GMT -5
Woohoo!
Chanterelles, I believe, cannot be misidentified.
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Post by jamesp on Jul 21, 2013 19:41:30 GMT -5
They are unreal Jim. The last batch was sautéed w/almost nothing other than their own moisture and they are still flavor rich.
Fill fry pan up, turn burn to 40%, come back in 20 minutes, turn to high and caramelize whilst stirring for 5 and your done.
Like eating squid or sting ray wings.
You are correct Scott. They are essentially unmistakable. We baked a couple of 5 pound batches up and I walked through the group
and they ate every bit of em. Most had never eaten wild ones. We were all excited about them. A su chef at the party said their
restaurant chain would buy a bunch .
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Post by Rockoonz on Jul 27, 2013 9:27:55 GMT -5
We had a neighbor who would go picking in the woods in the coastal range.
When he returned he would bring us a brown paper shopping bag full of them.
I miss that neighbor.
Lee
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Post by jamesp on Jul 27, 2013 9:39:28 GMT -5
That was a special neighbor Jim. By the time I bend over to fill a bag that big my back is
is reminding me of the abuse it received over the years. Susan is on Facebook every minute and showed
us how many people were getting these mushrooms. Like every oak had a crop all over Atlanta. Some were huge making the
bag fill up real quick ha. I think your rainforests on the coast are notorious for them.
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Post by helens on Jul 29, 2013 0:27:01 GMT -5
Wow... Chanterelles!!! I've never had them fresh, they're pretty good dried, so I can imagine. Morels are still my favorites tho, but lucky you!!!
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Post by kk on Jul 29, 2013 2:31:16 GMT -5
Yikes James, don't make me homesick.
They are huge!
Can just about taste them.
Chantarelles direct from the Forrest, laying down and filling up on blueberries, plus proper hiking, those are the things my dreams are made of. Had them naturally as a kid, but now its nothing but distant memories.
I'm afraid, I gotta admit; those are the things, I really want to go home to, visiting people come in far behind that.
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Post by jamesp on Jul 29, 2013 7:45:47 GMT -5
These things are delicious. I see you have had these Helen. I heard opinions on various mushrooms. This variety holds it's own w/the best.
You got to cook em hot and caramelize them a bit is the trick. They were not so good raw or lightly cooked. I still had wild dreams. leftover
spirits I guess
I see a sacrifice moving off like that Kurt. Looking at your photos I would say they got you spoiled rotten. Come back here and your
just another one of us. But if you need replacing I am on my way:)
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