Mushroom Hunting!

[ChaosCatalunya]

A scietist friend of my dad's died in the 70s from a wild one, he was a veteran shroomer too..

Oooer, not good


I have been up in the mountains a few times here recently, getting Ravellones, Bollets, Patatas and Patas de Perdix, all very good. I will take some piccies next time... The Patas de Perdix - Partridge Foot turns a stunning dark Red when cooked, Ravellones with their distinctive Orange/Green colour are truly superb, the same price as Fillet Steak and possibly tastier.


The story goes from the locals, that if you fry a few Garlic cloves whole, with the paper still on, that if the Garlic turns black, then the Mushrooms you are cooking are poisonous..... All mine has cooked right, never turned black and I do not appear to be dead yet. Foolish words really, with an empty stomach, a fridge full of Mushrooms and 4 hours of Friday 13th still left...

Apparently nothing mushroomwise in Spain will really kill you, just make you ill. If you take the skin off and do not eat it you are probably OK. Not quite definite enough for my liking, so I stick to the few I know...

 

[quadracer]

Are those shaggy manes?

Na, they are Amanita pachycolea and there is one picture of Boletus Edulis.


They are really good, but you have to be absolutely sure what you are picking. A family recently was hospitalized for eating Amanita phalloides, the Death Cap.

The Grisettes are different and grow in a different habitat, so not too risky. They do give my stomach a bit of a kick moreso than other species.

 

[humboldtlocal]

I had a friend go crazy from eating fly amanita years ago. He tried to kill his best friend by hitting him in the head with a hammer. Luckily our friend survived. We later found out that the vikings would eat the fly amanita to go into bezerker mode before battle.

 

[steppinRazor]

all this shroom talk im gettin hungry!!
never had a morel before but i gotta say im intrigued, did a quick search and found they do grow around here so im waitin for april
how do morels taste in comparison to other 'well known' edibles??

 

[quadracer]

all this shroom talk im gettin hungry!!
never had a morel before but i gotta say im intrigued, did a quick search and found they do grow around here so im waitin for april
how do morels taste in comparison to other 'well known' edibles??

They are the best, hands down. Morels go good on everything!!! Fish, steak, eggs, by themselves, chicken, not to mention all the pastas and other goodness.

I have a huge jar of dried morels. They smell like a rich chocolate. The texture is amazing too, morels have all these little nooks and crannies (dirt can easily get in there so clean them properly).