I have a problem. Not a big problem, in fact, it’s not even a bad problem – just one of those nagging life issues which force a man to call on his or her creative juices – just the kind of thing that has, for millions of years, separated us from our mammalian friends [...]
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The Doctor Revisits the Woods
Posted in Oregon, mushrooms, tagged chanterelle sauce, Lydia Bastianich, mushroom bloom, mushroom mycelium, mushrooms, Robert Frost, the woods, white chanterelle on October 24, 2009 | 5 Comments »
“… The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep …”
In this, arguably, most famous of poems of Robert Frost, the poet is suggesting that we are often tempted in life by things along the way – things that are lovely, dark, and deep. And I [...]
‘Shroom’n Season Nears
Posted in Oregon, mushrooms, tagged BLM, chanterelle, chanterelle affinity, Douglas Fir, Evergreen Huckleberry, forest, forest road, forest road signs, Mahonia, mushhump, white chanterelle, yellow chanterelle on September 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s true that the Pacific Northwest is a mushroom wonderland, but mercifully, the many varieties are spread throughout the year well – but my favorite season for mushrooming hereabouts is the fall. It’s not because autumn brings my favorite mushrooms, because there are probably 6 or more that I appreciate finding more than chanterelles, [...]
Stalking the Elusive Mushroom – Part III
Posted in Oregon, mushrooms, tagged bucket, ferns, field cleaning, forest road, hedgerow, moss, mushhumps, mushroom picking, mushrooms on November 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
As part three of this ongoing series, I want to do something that I, at least, have not seen written yet – a discussion of what it is that mushroom hunters do, once they are in the woods, and hard at work finding the object of their desire. By that I mean the nitty-gritty stuff [...]
Some New Chanterelle Ideas
Posted in mushrooms, tagged chanterelles, Lydia Bastianich, freezing mushrooms, dry saute, chanterelle sauce, cleaning chanterelles, cooking chanterelles, washing chanterelles on November 2, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Chanterelles provide the cook some very real challenges, not the least of which is cleaning them enough to cook them. Frankly, I wash the hell out of mine, all the time thinking how unsuccessful a brush cleaning of a chanterelle would be – I sure wouldn’t want to eat any dish made with brush cleaned [...]
