I was asked for mushroom recipes in a recent comment. Here’s one. First go collect some puffballs. You need two pans for this. In one, add a little olive oil and start some onion cooking. Add garlic, tomatoes from the garden, perhaps some zucchini or… Read More
Most of my friends know that I like to forage for edible wild mushrooms, and from time to time I’m asked about the best ways to cook them. There’s no short answer to that question, and really it depends on what kind of mushrooms you… Read More
Yesterday, someone landed on this little chunk of paradise after entering “King Bolete Ontario Map” in a search engine. King Boletes are Boletus edulis. They have a number of common names, but you may know them best as Porcini – the little pig mushrooms. These… Read More
When you come across lobster mushrooms in the forest, they don’t always look appetizing. Often they’re partially covered with leaves and dirt. Part of the mushroom might look nice and firm, but another part could be deep red and mushy. Sometimes they are partially bug-eaten… Read More
I took Friday off work and headed up to the secret enchanted mushroom forests to do some foraging. I didn’t have high expectations because the rain we received mid-week wasn’t nearly enough to encourage a good flush of tasty edibles. However, wandering around a forest… Read More
In the spring, the first tasty edible mushrooms to appear in Southern Ontario are morels in May. Those are followed at roughly the beginning of June with oyster mushrooms, and then we don’t see anything much happening on the edible mushroom front for some time.… Read More
…and what a pie it was!!!
After a dental cleaning appointment and an oil change on Monday, I decided to treat myself to lunch in the neighbourhood and opted to try Woody’s Burgers, located on Lakeshore and 40th, at the west end of Long Branch (in the South West corner of… Read More
I hope the weather cooperates and the rain goes away. I plan to roast a ham on the bbq, roast a variety of veggies in the oven, and serve pierogi and kielbassa as a side. We have one vegan in the crowd and for him… Read More
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