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themapper In reply to RoninGaleria [2005-08-03 06:12:52 +0000 UTC]

Chantrelles are totally delicious! You have great taste!

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RoninGaleria In reply to themapper [2005-08-03 08:59:19 +0000 UTC]

ty

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themapper In reply to JoeyJoeJoeJrShabbadu [2005-07-12 00:21:54 +0000 UTC]

I love mushrooms too. I have two kinds growing at my place - Oyster and Shiitake mushrooms. So far, only the Oyster logs have started producing. I expect them to produce many times over the summer and autumn. Thanks for the +fav!

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JoeyJoeJoeJrShabbadu In reply to themapper [2005-07-13 16:01:00 +0000 UTC]

Mmm...mushrooms... I may have to hunt you down and take some
No problem ^_^

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themapper In reply to mistressmirandah [2005-07-12 00:31:19 +0000 UTC]

I do indeed. Oysters and Shiitakes so far. Thinking of adding Enokitakes and Lion's Mane mushrooms next. Delicious!

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themapper In reply to medievalgoddess [2005-07-11 09:14:13 +0000 UTC]

well, it was definitley the ostreatus...

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medievalgoddess In reply to themapper [2005-07-11 21:01:34 +0000 UTC]

Oh.. okay. Did you cultivate it yourself, or just find it growing and harvest it? ^^ And what does it taste like? o.o

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themapper In reply to medievalgoddess [2005-07-12 00:20:24 +0000 UTC]

I cultivated it myself... inoculated the logs in May of last year, and have been watching them ever since. I see that on one of them there is a huge swelling of mushroom spawn coming, so I think this means I will quite suddenly be inundated with mushrooms. Which is great, cos Oyster mushrooms are much, much better tasting than your standard supermarket button mushroom. They taste like a mushroom... hard to describe, really. They are extremely good just fried in a little butter, and also extremely good made into an omelet.

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medievalgoddess In reply to themapper [2005-07-12 12:41:02 +0000 UTC]

o.O How do you "inoculate" a log with mushrooms? *salivates* Mmm.. mushroom omelette... :3~~

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themapper In reply to medievalgoddess [2005-07-13 02:34:28 +0000 UTC]

easy... I bought two mushroom spawn kits by mail order. Then for the Shiitake logs, I drilled holes into the logs and pounded in 250 of these little dowel plugs that were already colonised by the mushroom spawn. Then I covered the holes with beeswax to seal it all in and threw the logs onto the ground.

For the Oyster spawn, it arrived as a bag of straw and grains that had been colonised as well. Then I wrapped the ends of those logs with a bundle of straw/grains, held in with a piece of aluminum foil and a rubber band. Left them in a plastic bag for about a month so the spawn could latch onto the logs and then buried them halfway down in a hole, one end of the logs sticking out.

Then I forgot about them for a while.

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medievalgoddess In reply to themapper [2005-07-13 12:58:47 +0000 UTC]

O.O I didn't know you could buy mushroom "seeds". That's utterly groovy. Especially the "forget about them for a while" bit.

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