You are a Mushroom nut ?

[deputydon]

I myself watch for them and look for them every chance I get. It's funny how they kinda pop up right behind you.

[bounce]

Seem's I'm blind to them, I have to rely on friends to bring me over some!!

[klsm54]

I'm like Bounce. I'd eat the heck out of a mess of them, but have never been much of a gatherer... ;D

[Bill]

Thats the one thing I miss about Kansas City Area. ???All the rain,mold, and heat they have really brings out the mushrooms.
Out here its so dry that they don't even talk about mushrooms I don't think they even know what they are.

[stumpjumper]

I do most of my shroom huntin in the late summer to early winter. However the Morels are kickin' in around here at this time. I like them shrooms that I find while out scoutin' for deer. There's no tellin' what I am gonna come home with.The occasional Shiitake, or the Trumpet Of Death. Both good eaters. The Boletes are probably the most abundant bunch of mold I bring home. These dandies are great for drying out for the season. But with the biggest in the bolete family, the Boletus Edulis, I cut these into steaks & fry them. Some times just in butter, or I might bread um & deep fry them. I like drying out sulfur shells as well (poor mans chicken nuggets ;D) They go well in soups & such. Every so often I run across a shroom that goes by the name Big Laughing Jim. Now don't mistake this ol' boy for a Chicken Nugget. It has a tuff leathery skin to it, & has a bitter taste as well. But the dang thing will make even the color blind see pretty rainbows ;D

There are alot more edible ones that I like stockin' up on that I haven't listed here, because quite a few of these ones fall in the LBM catagory (LBM's/ Little Brown Mushrooms) In which there are literally 1000's that fall in this group. Some are very edible,while some are prized for there Psilcybin quality's, & still others are highly toxic & Deadly. These are the type that you need to no what you are doin' & what it is before you eat um. You might not get that second chance. So with these type, IF I DESIDE TO EAT THEM, I will spore print them first, & this isn't always safe. So when in dought, throw them out.

[deputydon]

You are even more nuttier than I am!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I too like the huge fall ones we get off the sides of Box Elder trees, cut in steaks & fryed in butter

[deputydon]

We got 2" plus Saturday night now if the sun comes out and gets it good and warm we should have shroons everywhere!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[stumpjumper]

DD* ~
What type are available to ya out there in the spring? Morels has got to be one of them.

[dakota]

I find that mushroos are easy to find. I look on aisle 5 at HyVee, they can be easily spotted, sometimes in a can and sometimes in a glass jar.

[deputydon]

stumpjumper said:

DD* ~
What type are available to ya out there in the spring? Morels has got to be one of them.

Yep, Whites;Blacks, and Giants. As well as a few others. I eat 'em tell I'm just plain a pig; then I de-hy. the rest and throw 'em in the freezer till I'm ready to cook w/ 'em.

[deputydon]

That too!!!!!!!!!

[stumpjumper]

Dakota ~

I like those poop shrooms as well. They are an excellent source after my fresh ones are et up

[stumpjumper]

Dakota ~

I like those poop shrooms as well. They are an excellent source after my fresh ones are et up

[dakota]

The Dinner Party


A group of country neighbors wanted to get together on a regular basis and socialize. As a result, about 10 couples formed a dinner club and agreed to meet for dinner at a different neighbor's house each month. Of course the lady of the house was to prepare the meal.


When it came time for Jimmy and Susie Brown to have the dinner at their house, like most women Susie wanted to outdo all the others and prepare a meal that was the best that any of them had ever lapped a lip over.

A few days before the big event Susie got out her cookbook and decided to have mushroom smothered steak. When she went to the store to buy some mushrooms, she found the price for a small can was more than she wanted to pay.

She then told her husband, "We aren't going to have mushrooms because they are too expensive."

He said, "Why don't you go down in the pasture and pick some of those mushrooms? There are plenty of them right in the creek bed."

She said, "No, I don't want to do that because I have heard that wild mushrooms are poison." He then said, "I don't think so. I see the varmints eating them all the time and it never has affected them."

After thinking about this, Susie decided to give this a try, got in the truck and went down in the pasture and picked some.

She brought the wild mushrooms back home and washed them, sliced and diced them to get them ready go over her smothered steak. Then she went out on the back porch and got Ol' Spot's (the yard dog's) bowl and gave him a double handful. She even put some bacon grease on them to make them tasty.



Ol' Spot didn't slow down until he had eaten every bite. All morning long Susie watched him, and the wild mushrooms didn't seem to affect him, so she decided to use them.

The meal was a great success. After everyone had finished, they all began to kick back and relax and socialize.

About this time the lady from town came in from the kitchen and whispered in Susie's ear. She said, "Mrs. Brown, Spot just died."
With this news, Susie went into hysterics. After she finally calmed down, she called the doctor and told him what had happened.



The doctor said, "It's bad, but I think we can take care of it. I will call for an ambulance and I will be there as quick as I can get there.

It wasn't long until they could hear the wail of the siren as the ambulance was coming down the road. When they got there, they got out with their suitcases and a stomach pump and the doctor arrived shortly thereafter. One by one they took each person into the master bedroom and pumped out their stomachs.



After the last one was finished, the doctor came out and said, "I think everything will be fine now," and he left.

They were all looking pretty peaked sitting around the living room, when about this time the town lady came in and said,

"You know, that fellow that ran over Ol' Spot never even stopped."

[dakota]

Seriously though, there are a lot of mushrooms around this spring. I am not sure which ones are edible and I normally leave them alone. I heard of mushrooms that are like LSD, I don't don't need that either. When I was in Nebraska there were some huge mushrooms along the Platte. I forget what the locals called them, but they picked them like mad. They sort of looked like huge round sponges.