Ok so lately since I have moved I can’t stop looking for mushrooms they are everywhere . The funny thing is growing up in new england I just never really thought to look for things like mushrooms until I went to maine and had some of the greatest chanterelle,Black trumpets and my now new favorite Lobster mushroom . Thanks to David Spahr who has taught me to open my eyes around me and look at what is growing . Since I moved to Rhode island I send him pictures everyday I have become a pain in the ass wondering what are the types of mushrooms I keep finding haha. After all I am a chef so I would like to know what I am cooking so I don’t poison the people I cook for . I live in a woodsy neighborhood so the neighbors are probably wondering who is this crazy girl that keeps inspecting our trees and grounds. Open your eyes everyone they are out there and delicious . This summer David is going to take me foraging for seaside vegetables another thing I never thought to look for . I just love the idea of what nature has growing around us that we didn’t plant !!!pretty cool.
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I’ve been discussing with a friend of mine (who’s also a chef) about foraging recently! Please share any tips for us newbies!
Best memories of mine…living in West By God Virginia, haha…and climbing the mountains, high up there, digging for Ramps…absolutely my favorite thing, delicious prepared simply, but the best part is how hard we had to work to get to them….There are definitely some beautiful, unusual things in nature we never know about until we explore.
Love the idea but I’d really have to get a good reference guide. Wondering how you would store them;thinking I wouldn’t have too many (of one type?) during an outing? Maybe?