Food

[Henry Krinkle]

Few things as nice as chanterelles just sautéed in some butter. Or simply pickled for that matter.

Either of those work for me. Tonight though, I'll make another favourite with chanterelles and that is turkey tetrazzini.

[meijlinder]

Either of those work for me. Tonight though, I'll make another favourite with chanterelles and that is turkey tetrazzini.

Had not heard of tetrazzini before. I have now googled and am now hungry and salivating...
And stuck on a train....

[Henry Krinkle]

Had not heard of tetrazzini before. I have now googled and am now hungry and salivating...
And stuck on a train....

Yes, many North Americans think tetrazzini is authentic Italian food, but it is not. I do not think it is very well known outside North America. It is however extremely delicious.

[skywatch]

I like cooked mushrooms, but people that eat them raw have a crossed wire somewhere. [snip]

In fact raw mushrooms really aren't very good for you. Even the bland Agaricus bisporus we find in the supermarket have trace amounts of carcinogen that cook off immediately after a little sautée or blanching. All wild mushrooms should be cooked first (the culinary ones, at least.) In other regards, it sounds like you have a trace of classic North American mycophobia. Certain mushrooms like chanterelles or porcini are so easy to identify and have so few toxic look-a-likes that almost any careful forager can learn to identify them reliably. However, caution is always a good idea!

[Seriously]

tetrazzini.

I thought I was in the car thread for a moment, and that was the new Ferrari model..

[geoffbot]

Curry for dinner

[CanadianStraps]

In fact raw mushrooms really aren't very good for you. Even the bland Agaricus bisporus we find in the supermarket have trace amounts of carcinogen that cook off immediately after a little sautée or blanching. All wild mushrooms should be cooked first (the culinary ones, at least.) In other regards, it sounds like you have a trace of classic North American mycophobia. Certain mushrooms like chanterelles or porcini are so easy to identify and have so few toxic look-a-likes that almost any careful forager can learn to identify them reliably. However, caution is always a good idea!

Not that I disagree, but open up a book on identifying wild mushrooms for my area sometime and tell me you wouldn't be overly cautious. I've been identifying wild edible flora almost my entire life and I still find mushrooms to be more risk than reward. We have some bad ones that mimic the fine ones, that alone makes digging up nasty fiddleheads much more appealing than dealing with an acre of mushrooms to choose from.

[skywatch]

Not that I disagree, but open up a book on identifying wild mushrooms for my area sometime and tell me you wouldn't be overly cautious. I've been identifying wild edible flora almost my entire life and I still find mushrooms to be more risk than reward. We have some bad ones that mimic the fine ones, that alone makes digging up nasty fiddleheads much more appealing than dealing with an acre of mushrooms to choose from.

If I were visiting you, I would bring baskets back from your back forty! heh heh... :-)

[CanadianStraps]

If I were visiting you, I would bring baskets back from your back forty! heh heh... :-)

Anyone here is more than welcome to come and enjoy the property, should they find themselves in Ontario with little to do other than hike or paddle several kilometers to get to my place and then go for a... hike or paddle. And, eat all the mushrooms you like. They keep coming back.

[skywatch]

Wrap them (dried ones) in a thin cigarette paper and swallow
.......I've been told

Peanut butter.... I've been told.
As for raw carrots - I always eat'em raw. yum.