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Jam Lady

Joined: 28 Dec 2006
Posts: 2566
Location: New Jersey, USA

Posted: Tue Jul 30, 13 10:18 pm Post subject: Wonderful Mushroom Finding Day

The 2.6 inches of rain we got on Sunday must have worked its mushroom magic. I caught a glimpse of something egg yolk yellow off the side of the driveway this afternoon. And at this time of year that means chanterelles!

I got my Opinel mushroom knife, 2 small brown paper bags - and came scrambling back up the slope with 1 pound, 10.25 ounces of prime chanterelles. More on the way too.

Happy, happy.

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Tue Jul 30, 13 10:21 pm Post subject:
Nice. I do like a chanterelle or two.

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 13 8:04 am Post subject:
Fab! I have never been lucky enough to find them.

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35057
Location: Devon

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 13 8:05 am Post subject:
I have a spot, but I think its a bit early for them over here.

Treacodactyl
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Jumping on the bandwagon of opportunism

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 13 8:21 am Post subject:
They were appearing round here a month or so ago, just too small to pick as we hadn't had any rain. Things should improve now after we've had a few showers.

Northern Boy

Joined: 04 Oct 2010
Posts: 976

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 13 10:26 am Post subject:
Fabulous - lucky you to have chanterelles growing on the driveway!

Jam Lady

Joined: 28 Dec 2006
Posts: 2566
Location: New Jersey, USA

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 13 12:40 pm Post subject:
It does make life simple to have them growing so close to home. For dinner we had salmon with my go-to marinade of brown sugar, mustard, soy sauce and sherry; some mashed potatoes (blue fingerlings, gave a unique color) and the chanterelles sauteed together with shallots and some thyme. Yummy!

bubble

Joined: 13 Apr 2008
Posts: 960

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 13 2:07 pm Post subject:
chanterelles today in Bucks[yum yum]

thingamajig

Joined: 07 Apr 2012
Posts: 27
Location: Bucks

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 13 3:31 pm Post subject:

bubble wrote:

chanterelles today in Bucks[yum yum]

They're just starting to pop up then.I am planning a nosey at the weekend and your pic has given me hope.
Was there much else about or do you think this is the very start?
I think with the recent rain its looking hopeful and it should be even better by the weekend.

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35057
Location: Devon

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 13 4:18 pm Post subject:
Not a sausage here yet. But we haven't really had any rain either. I had to water when I put some seeds in yesterday as the earth is still dusty dry.

bubble

Joined: 13 Apr 2008
Posts: 960

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 13 5:35 pm Post subject:
this is the second flush,we had a flush 5-6 weeks ago,but the heatwave put a stop until now.

bulworthy project

Joined: 27 Jun 2011
Posts: 188
Location: Rackenford, Devon

Posted: Thu Aug 01, 13 3:35 pm Post subject:
Nothing here yet.

Jam Lady

Joined: 28 Dec 2006
Posts: 2566
Location: New Jersey, USA

Posted: Fri Aug 02, 13 4:13 pm Post subject: Oyster Mushrooms Today!

I picked all the oyster mushrooms off the two trees that I could easily reach from the ground, and without falling down the embankment. More than we can eat fresh, so will saute and freeze the excess.

More rain yesterday, another .70 inches. This morning I expectantly went to the area off the driveway where I got the previous haul of chanterelles and there is nothing! Not even the manky ones I didn't pick. My go-to villain for anything eaten are deer. Anyone know if deer eat mushrooms. No matter, I'll blame them anyhow.

Off to clean and saute mushrooms.

Duane Dibbley

Joined: 12 Nov 2009
Posts: 95
Location: Between Newbury and Andover

Posted: Sat Aug 03, 13 7:23 pm Post subject:
Nothing here yet either

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46169
Location: yes

Posted: Mon Aug 05, 13 11:02 pm Post subject: Re: Oyster Mushrooms Today!

Jam Lady wrote:

squirrels love shrooms,more likely the fluffy ones rather than deer
however shrooms make good stuffing for squirrels

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