The Nine Carries is an awesome canoe route in the Saranac Lake region of the Adirondacks. I had the weekend available after other attempts at plan-making never really materialized. Without […]
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Category: Mushrooms
Lots of Rain = Mushrooms
I’ve been neglecting my mushroom hunting duties after having rain every day for many weeks. I finally went for a run with B and G and found at least five […]
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Golden Oyster Mushrooms
I found some nice Golden Oyster Mushrooms on the Mohawk-Hudson Bike Path today. These are some of the best smelling and tasting mushrooms I have ever cooked up. When I […]
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Reishi Mushroom
We found a lot of young Reishi Mushroom in a nearby park today. I picked one and put it in my pack and brought it home. I tried making a […]
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Giant Puffball Recipes
At Shmaltz running club tonight, R brought in a giant puffball mushroom. It created a lot of discussion about how one prepares giant puffball mushrooms. In my experience, I have […]
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Pickled Hen of the Woods
I had seen what I thought to be a small Hen of the Woods mushroom during the day, and went to fetch it at night. I reached down to pluck […]
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Five Mushroom Chowder
A.K.A. “Bad Idea Chowder”, with Oyster, Painted Suillus, Shaggy Mane, Puffball, and Cinnabar Red Chanterelle mushrooms. Using apples instead of potatoes which worked pretty well:
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Tiny Hen of the Woods
I found some really tiny Hen of the Woods (Maitake) mushrooms today: Also found a few honey mushrooms, and cooked them up with maitake in a creamy wine sauce over […]
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Meadow Mushroom
After a long summer with hardly any rain at all, we have finally gotten a steady rain. So far only for a day or so, but it should continue throughout […]
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3 Mushroom Stroganoff
Harvest season is here, what a great time of year! Today we enjoyed Three Mushroom Stroganoff with fresh pressed grape and apple cider. I used this recipe, with some modifications […]
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