Frizz1974
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It’s that time of year again. We are having days of rain & days of sun. Perfect mushroom growing weather.
What produce/ingredients did you buy or obtain today (2023)?
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Not here we're not. Widespread snow today and 0-2°C all day!
Did you pick any? I haven't gone foraging for mushrooms since we moved out to Australia. In the UK I was happy I could identify some of the edible ones, but I'm not so certain here.
Frizz1974
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We do have native edibles but mostly everyone forages the European mushrooms that came with the trees.
South Australia & Victoria are having a good porcini season.
I only know a few varieties & saffron milk caps are prolific & we are surrounded by pine plantations here in Lithgow.
And today was same weather as yours but yesterday was glorious. The 5th sunny day in a row after torrential rain all last weekend.
South Australia & Victoria are having a good porcini season.
I only know a few varieties & saffron milk caps are prolific & we are surrounded by pine plantations here in Lithgow.
And today was same weather as yours but yesterday was glorious. The 5th sunny day in a row after torrential rain all last weekend.
rascal
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I used to pick wild shrooms from open paddocks about a 10 min bike ride. Big field ones. We used to sell to our local dairy. It was my pocket money for a few months every year. It's all housing now.
Russ
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Bananas for the groundhog:
Well hubby can have a few if he wants.
Well hubby can have a few if he wants.
This arrived in the post as a thankyou for arranging a trip.
Hand blown glass bottle and tumblers. Very pretty and much appreciated.
I think this bottle‘s a keeper.
I can see Sloe Gin going in there when the Sloes show there berry faces again!
Hand blown glass bottle and tumblers. Very pretty and much appreciated.
I think this bottle‘s a keeper.
I can see Sloe Gin going in there when the Sloes show there berry faces again!
and this which wasn’t strictly bought today but I forgot all about it until I was checking my ‘kitchen bag’ in my panniers today.
The French do a great line in ambient pâté without nasties in them. Picked up this pork liver one in a bog standard supermarket.
The French do a great line in ambient pâté without nasties in them. Picked up this pork liver one in a bog standard supermarket.
Looks like matching bottle and glasses. Definite a keep. I would just have to find someone to drink the gin.
CD
Me too. Last time I drank gin was probably 1982. We went to a notable Italian restaurant in Caracas and I ordered a gin martini, or something like that. I was totally, utterly intoxicated before I even finished it. The bottle had been spiked.
Didn’t buy this, but I thought it was interesting enough to take a pic of and post here:
What do you do with those then?
I have no idea. We had a banana tree in our yard in Port Arthur, and it got big flowers like that every summer. They eventually become a bunch of bananas. I have never heard of anyone cooking with them, or eating them.
CD
This is what google says about them-
“Traditionally used in south-east Asian and Indian cooking, it can be used in a variety of ways. Our favourites are in salads, stir-fries, curries, tacos and crumbed for fish and chips. Banana blossom can be eaten raw or cooked.”
“Traditionally used in south-east Asian and Indian cooking, it can be used in a variety of ways. Our favourites are in salads, stir-fries, curries, tacos and crumbed for fish and chips. Banana blossom can be eaten raw or cooked.”
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