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Mmmmm....field mushrooms!
Posted by Dawn
Mmmmm....field mushrooms! April 20, 2020 04:33AM |
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Field mushrooms at long last! Now that we've finally had some rain and the temperatures are perfect, we're enjoying our mushroom picking, peeling and eating. For us, the last couple of years there have been very few, if any, so this year's a boomer! I hope others who enjoy them are having the same pleasure as we are!
Regards,
Dawn.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/20/2020 04:33AM by Dawn.
Regards,
Dawn.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/20/2020 04:33AM by Dawn.
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Re: Mmmmm....field mushrooms! April 20, 2020 11:20AM |
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Hi Jenna,
Jenna, we seem to get two types. The familiar white flat cap mushrooms with thick peeling skin and pink gills The other type are very similar in colour and looks to a Portobello mushroom with a brownish thinner peeling skin and pink gills For you to get an idea I have included a photo of some of what my husband and I picked early evening today just as the mist was settling down on the paddocks for the night on a lovely windless, warm evening.
What I'm supposed to be doing right now: peeling mushrooms and my other half is doing just that in front of TV......I will get back on to it as soon as I've posted this.
Regards,
Dawn.
Edited: Just adding that in one of the photos you will see the white caps and the brown (Portobello) type caps to give you an idea of what they look like.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/20/2020 11:23AM by Dawn.
Jenna, we seem to get two types. The familiar white flat cap mushrooms with thick peeling skin and pink gills The other type are very similar in colour and looks to a Portobello mushroom with a brownish thinner peeling skin and pink gills For you to get an idea I have included a photo of some of what my husband and I picked early evening today just as the mist was settling down on the paddocks for the night on a lovely windless, warm evening.
What I'm supposed to be doing right now: peeling mushrooms and my other half is doing just that in front of TV......I will get back on to it as soon as I've posted this.
Regards,
Dawn.
Edited: Just adding that in one of the photos you will see the white caps and the brown (Portobello) type caps to give you an idea of what they look like.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/20/2020 11:23AM by Dawn.
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I think you're right Stephanie - we tend to do what we and our mother's before us have always done! I don't think there really is a need.
Except, I have a sense of satisfaction knowing I've peeled them, as there can be a certain amount of minute bits of grit and also bits of dried grass which adhere to the cap as they push up through the soil, especially when it's dry soil which is what happens in the hilly parts of the paddocks. The other thing is we both find it quite therapeutic sitting down having a peeling session - we get into a sort of peeling rhythm! I think I'd rather do that than wipe each one with a damp cloth. It would be different when there's only a few mushrooms, but when you have buckets full having to rinse grit off the cloth all the time as Lorna does would drive me bonkers I think!
Regards,
Dawn.
Except, I have a sense of satisfaction knowing I've peeled them, as there can be a certain amount of minute bits of grit and also bits of dried grass which adhere to the cap as they push up through the soil, especially when it's dry soil which is what happens in the hilly parts of the paddocks. The other thing is we both find it quite therapeutic sitting down having a peeling session - we get into a sort of peeling rhythm! I think I'd rather do that than wipe each one with a damp cloth. It would be different when there's only a few mushrooms, but when you have buckets full having to rinse grit off the cloth all the time as Lorna does would drive me bonkers I think!
Regards,
Dawn.
Re: Mmmmm....field mushrooms! April 21, 2020 03:39AM |
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I am so envious. I remember going “mushrooming” as a family when we were children. We lived in a rural area in Taranaki at one stage and farming friends would let us know when they were ready to be picked. I couldn’t stand them when younger but love them now.
I too never peel mushrooms. I have an old pastry brush which I use which works really well.
With your reminder I’ll have to put them on the shopping list.
I too never peel mushrooms. I have an old pastry brush which I use which works really well.
With your reminder I’ll have to put them on the shopping list.
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When I was little, as a family we used to gather and eat field mushrooms often. Well, I remember peeling them and rinsing them but I didn't actually eat them back then. I used to like the young pink ones the best because they hadn't been so obviously attacked by those tiny burrowing insects that create lots of tiny holes as the mushrooms age and I always assumed the peeling was partly to help get rid of some of them. Harmless to eat but pays not to think too much about it. Plus, of course, the fields are full of animal excreta so some cleaning was wise.
Re: Mmmmm....field mushrooms! April 21, 2020 11:35PM |
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I saute the mushrooms in a little butter and freeze them in meal lots and that's another reason for peeling as I'm not sure whether the skin might be a bit tough after freezing. The little insects arrive when there's been a lot of moisture, which hasn't happened in our patch yet and no rain in sight for the next week which means the mushrooms will also stop growing.
Regards,
Dawn.
Regards,
Dawn.
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...and Helen, be careful of the 'mushrooms' that have appeared in your lawn - they may well be toadstools, some varieties of which look similar to mushrooms but are poisonous. I had a couple of those red ones with white spots that you see in children's storybooks appear down the bottom of the property under a big old pine tree a couple of years ago - apparently something to do with the acidic environment created by falling pine needles.
We used to be up at the crack of dawn to gather mushrooms when I was growing up on the farm. The trick appeared to be gathering them before the little worms burrowed in. I remember having them often with bacon and eggs and toast for breakfast and taking some to my teacher. Lovely memories...
Regards,
Barbara Anne
We used to be up at the crack of dawn to gather mushrooms when I was growing up on the farm. The trick appeared to be gathering them before the little worms burrowed in. I remember having them often with bacon and eggs and toast for breakfast and taking some to my teacher. Lovely memories...
Regards,
Barbara Anne
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