Mushrooms

RE: Mushrooms (MichiBill)

Sun, 01 Jul 2007 18:32:18 GMT

If you ever get to Mackinaw City, MI, you have to try them at Dixie Saloon. They're nearly the size of baseballs. Oh, by the way, they taste great too.

RE: Mushrooms (Sundancer7)

Sat, 30 Jun 2007 19:18:59 GMT

We are past the spring mushroom season in Tennessee. All I can get is at Food City which is my neighborhood grocery story. Regardless I get the shrooms and enjoy them sauteed, fried, in the salad or whatever. Always very good;.

Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN

RE: Mushrooms (RubyRose)

Sat, 30 Jun 2007 18:19:17 GMT

We like grilled mushroom and bacon kabobs. They're even better when we add some small precooked redskin potatoes.

RE: Mushrooms (roossy90)

Thu, 16 Mar 2006 20:00:03 GMT

Oops, I forgot to add, I do NOT like them battered and fried.
Any other way...and especially NO RANCH!

RE: Mushrooms (roossy90)

Thu, 16 Mar 2006 19:58:31 GMT

Shrooms for me too!
Like the Mayor says.. anyway, type.. I eat them all, cooked or raw.. Yum..
But I really like them sauteed with shallots, and butter and either white wine or a tiny bit of marsala wine. I could eat a pound of them like that...

RE: Mushrooms (mayor al)

Sun, 12 Mar 2006 09:53:11 GMT

I have always loved mushrooms prepared in almost every fashion. However since Gall Bladder removal in 2002 It has been very difficult for me to deal with the immediate aftereffects of even a small side dish of them, fried,sauted, or raw in salad or sandwich, it seems that they really do a job on me.

RE: Mushrooms (the ancient mariner)

Sun, 12 Mar 2006 07:45:30 GMT

If you like mushrooms, as I do,you would think you had received a blessing when, by accident, I attended the Kennett Square festival. On a trip for other reasons I made reservations at a bed and breakfast in town and when I got there the place was jumping. Why, I wondered, in a sleepy little Pa. town was this B&B so busy ????? When I asked the landlord told me of the festival. I had never heard of Kennett Square before, and had no idea it was the mushroom capital of the world. I rearranged my shed-you-all and spent the following day sampling and tasting and enjoying.

On Loooooooong Island many years ago an entire family died from eating the wrong wild mushrooms. So be careful out there or the boggy man might get ya !!!!!!

RE: Mushrooms (Rick F.)

Sat, 09 Jul 2005 15:17:14 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by linus
Anyone still love good old fashioned button mushrooms, battered and deep fried?

Yep: I do. But I'm not too big on the dips; I like 'em on their own.

RE: Mushrooms (linus)

Sat, 09 Jul 2005 07:53:46 GMT

Anyone still love good old fashioned button mushrooms, battered and deep fried? With a side of tartar sauce, I've been told thats the dip of choice in Vienna.
When You're lucky enough to find a place that uses fresh mushrooms this dish is heaven on a plate.

RE: Mushrooms (jellybear)

Fri, 08 Jul 2005 09:17:25 GMT

Ive been doing a Stuffed Portabllo Mushroom this past week and I cant belive how much the people around here loved it!

RE: Mushrooms (chrisjczar)

Fri, 08 Jul 2005 08:52:31 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by RC51Mike

Joe's in Reading is no more. Several years ago I heard Jack Czarnecki moved to the Pacific northwest and may have opened a place out there.

The name of the new Restaurant is the Joel Palmer House. It's located in Dayton Oregon about 45 min from Portland and 30 min from Salem. Get more info at: http://www.joelpalmerhouse.com

RE: Mushrooms (DanaJ)

Sat, 25 Oct 2003 03:16:02 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by clothier

Heck no I can't rememeber. Our trips to the east are always filled with hometown eats, and all the places start to have the same names after awhile.

I hear ya. Well next time you're in the area, keep in mind the places you like, and I'll see how familiar I am with them.

RE: Mushrooms (DanaJ)

Tue, 21 Oct 2003 17:02:34 GMT

I've been to Pottstown. There's a pretty good sandwich shop there, isn't there? Nice italians, if my memory serves me. We are heading back to Reading next summer to show my kids (who'll be 6 and 4) where their grand parents are from.

There are a few good sandwhich shops. Can you remember the specific shop that comes to mind?
Yeah, Reading isn't far, right up 422. I only really go there a few times a year, if that, to get some stuff at Vanity Fair. Even that is rare.

RE: Mushrooms (DanaJ)

Tue, 21 Oct 2003 15:34:33 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by clothier

quote:

It's too bad it closed. My folks are from Reading, and for years we wanted to go there, and for years my grandfather said "it's a clip joint, you don't want to eat there." Eventually we ate there (he had died) and it was great. This was, of course, before I met my mushroom-fearing wife.

I'm not far from Reading. Pottstown area actually.
Although I never heard of the place, it sounds like something that would have been great.

RE: Mushrooms (meowzart)

Mon, 20 Oct 2003 16:46:10 GMT

There is a vegetarian restaurant in Rockville, MD called Vegetable Garden that does great things with mushrooms. In season they usually have at least one dish centered around hen-of-the-woods mushrooms. And I'm not that into tofu, but they have something called tofu steak with mushroom sauce. The mushroom sauce has every kind of mushroom you can imagine, including inoki, ****ake, and oyster.

I think chanterelles are my favorite.

BTW, Attention all your morel lover/hunters out there: hubby and I took a mushroom-identification class with the Audubon Naturalist Society and I learned that morels especially like to grow under and around tulip poplars.

Mushrooms rock!
Meowzart

RE: Mushrooms (UncleVic)

Mon, 20 Oct 2003 14:47:45 GMT

Hmmm... Growing your own morels from a kit... I did a quick search and ya sure can!

http://www.gmushrooms.com/GmNet/?OVRAW=mushroom%20kits&OVKEY=kit%20mushroom&OVMTC=standard
http://www.arrowweb.com/MUSHROOM/
http://www.groworganic.com/a/item_SPR206_GiantMorelMushroomKit.html
http://www.fungifest.com/article1013.html

RE: Mushrooms (DanaJ)

Sun, 19 Oct 2003 17:51:22 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by RubyRose

CheeseWit, have you ever been to the Kennett Square mushroom festival? I haven't but remember seeing it on the Phila. news.

I don't live far from there. I had planned on going to the festival one year, but when I found out the dates for it, we had already scheduled our vacation:(
Mushrooms are incredible, and I guess I'm pretty lucky to live right in the area of the mushroom capital! :)
My mouth waters at that thought of a portabella mushroom sandwhich. mmmm.

RE: Mushrooms (RC51Mike)

Mon, 16 Jun 2003 10:28:09 GMT

Joe's in Reading is no more. Several years ago I heard Jack Czarnecki moved to the Pacific northwest and may have opened a place out there.

RE: Mushrooms (muzzlehatch)

Sat, 14 Jun 2003 19:29:07 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by kland01s

Oh morels, what a tresure! I get them from a roadside stand just south of Lake Geneva Wisconsin. I have't found a spot to find them "in the wild" close to home. Have you ever had a puffball mushroom? Very good! Paul, I am glad the mushrooms weren't ruined by the storms.

Wow! Someone else who's had puffballs. I grew up in S. Wisconsin (near Beloit) and we had loads of puffballs and morels every year. Didn't realize just what a delicacy morels were until moving to Chicago and seeing them for $40 a pound or more (when you could get them). We ate them mostly just fried in butter w/salt and pepper. Simple and great.

Love all mushrooms. I've actually had truffles a couple of times as part of expensive dishes..I don't know if they're worth hundreds of dollars a pound, but I see (or taste) the appeal, certainly.

RE: Mushrooms (EliseT)

Wed, 04 Jun 2003 15:03:15 GMT

A few years back my brother gave me a bag of dirt and told me to keep it damp. It exploded with beautiful pink oyster mushrooms for months. I'm not sure where he bought it, but it was sure effortless.

As for the kind "that change the world a little" they grow wild on Vancouver island in the spring. But they are reputed to be one of the worst-tasting things on the planet.

RE: Mushrooms (RubyRose)

Fri, 30 May 2003 10:55:56 GMT

No morels here but wouldn't this be a great gift for "the person who has everything" and likes mushrooms? Many years ago, I bought a button mushroom kit similar to these for my stepfather and he had so much fun watching them grow and then eating them.

http://www.mushroomadventures.com/kits.html

RE: Mushrooms (kland01s)

Fri, 30 May 2003 10:10:14 GMT

I think I have seen ads for growing mushrooms in Organic Gardening mag.

RE: Mushrooms (Sundancer7)

Fri, 30 May 2003 08:09:57 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by JulesF

Sundancer7-I did not know you could buy Morel-saturated wood! Do you know where to get it? (I live in Ohio-north central area.) Great gift idea for Dad... Thanks for the info! JulesF

I really can't tell you. I was surfing one day and I came up on it. In addition they had several other species available.

Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN

RE: Mushrooms (JulesF)

Thu, 29 May 2003 21:25:39 GMT

Sundancer7-I did not know you could buy Morel-saturated wood! Do you know where to get it? (I live in Ohio-north central area.) Great gift idea for Dad... Thanks for the info! JulesF

RE: Mushrooms (Sundancer7)

Thu, 29 May 2003 17:35:29 GMT

We are always very careful when we collect Morel's. We shake them without bruising them in the enviornment they were growing.

The motherlode is precious and we want it to continue.

You can buy wood that is saturated with morel's to grow in your enviornment.

Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN

RE: Mushrooms (JulesF)

Thu, 29 May 2003 08:11:50 GMT

Here's a tip for harvesters of wild mushrooms: collect them in a mesh bag or something with holes so the spores can escape and grow again next year! This was from a newspaper article earlier this spring. My dad in his 80's and still farming, hunts and collects morels every year (he also usually uses his hat to collect them.) Some years are a total bust, others are great. This year was good-he got 2-3 dozen, enough for our extended family of 10 to have a few with a meal. Mom flours them and fries them in butter. Dad is in his glory. And wouldn't you know only one of the four kids would even try them. Goody, we adults say. All the more for us.

My favorite mushroom the rest of the year is the deep fried appetizer variety. Beats fries and onion rings most days.

RE: Mushrooms (1bbqboy)

Tue, 20 May 2003 21:18:03 GMT

I reread it. yep. kids have no rights. I would have turned around too! happy eating.

RE: Mushrooms (Sundancer7)

Tue, 20 May 2003 21:03:27 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by bill voss

hey sundancer, if I read your post correctly, you turned around with your mother and never made it to your sister's house. yeow! I hope she doesn't like mushrooms. my sister would not be happy.
Mr. Voss: I was not going to my sisters house, it was my daughter and she does not cook like my mom. I go where the flavor is

Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN

bill

RE: Mushrooms (1bbqboy)

Tue, 20 May 2003 20:59:22 GMT

hey sundancer, if I read your post correctly, you turned around with your mother and never made it to your sister's house. yeow! I hope she doesn't like mushrooms. my sister would not be happy.

bill

RE: Mushrooms (Sundancer7)

Tue, 20 May 2003 18:25:36 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by pigface

Got two Morels playing Golf last night ...
Not the Mother lode, and they weren't growing in the fairway either
Yes I took Stroke & Distance

Morel's are my favorite mushrooms

Walmart sells portobello's and a few other kinds.

Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN