Anyone been out?

[minky]

Anyone been doing any foraging?

[Grainbelt]

I changed the chips and batteries out of my game cameras the other day. I tripped on a log in chest deep stinging vegetation getting swarmed by mosquitoes, deer flies and horse flies. Man I feel bad for the critters having to endure those bloodsuckers. Anyway the log was full of what I think was chicken of the woods. Not so much orange but yellowish white maybe because of being canopied by vegetation? 

 

I forgot to mention the wood ticks. 

[minky]

I was out for a while this morning. I found a few oyster mushrooms. The deer flies were out in force! I am looking forward to the lobster mushrooms next month.

[zzammon]

Lots of oysters found near Maple Plain this past weekend.

[jerkin'm]

Yep...

[minky]

What a haul! I found a few early lobster mushrooms today.

[pikestabber]

Awesome haul, Jerkin'm!

Was out a week ago and found about 150 lobsters, kept 103. Very few, VERY dry chants. Recent rains may turn the tide...I hope.

 

[minky]

Nice haul! With that many, do you end up drying them?

[Cicada]

Been finding some chants and lobsters and a few chicken of the woods.  Other than that, pickiing berries.  Wild plums, grapes and looks like lots of high bush cranberries to be had.  This is bad for a diabetic to be thinking about jelly making.

[caddisfly]

Found a perfect little hen yesterday in the east metro.

[Mike89]

that is a handful!!!! 

[minky]

Nice find!

[caddisfly]

I've been finding a few hens, but nothing like last year (which was great for me).  Here's one that was just shy of ten pounds sitting next to my daughter.

[pikestabber]

On 8/9/2017 at 5:38 PM, minky said:

Nice haul! With that many, do you end up drying them?

Sorry, haven't logged in here forever. I actually slice, fry in butter, then freeze in portions. Then thaw and re-heat in a frying pan with a bit more butter. They seem to have a much better texture after they freeze (freezing causes the cell walls to rupture which tenderizes the mushroom). I've eaten them after a full year from the freezer and they are still great!

I get the little fold-over plastic sandwich bags and put portions in there, squeezing out any air, then put those portions into a larger heavy duty freezer bag. Works great!

[Wanderer]

I have yay vote and a nay vote on these guys.  They just exploded in my yard the past couple days.  What am I holding here?

And as long as I'm asking... this one?  We have about a half dozen different kinds that pop up.  New yard to me so I don't know if I have a U pick garden on my hands or just wet turf.

[Mike89]

this year has been like that!!!

[monstermoose78]

I found some ginsign but I think I am going plant the berries 

[DrJuice1980]

Any idea on these Guys? I'm struggling to find a match.

[caddisfly]

Looks like honey mushroom, Armillaria mellea?

More info here: http://foragerchef.com/honey-mushrooms-the-pride-of-eastern-europe/

Some people can't tolerate them very well, so I haven't even tried them - not worth it to me.

[DrJuice1980]

Looks like thats a match.  I will leave the rest be then, that didn't seem like something I want in on.

[leech~~]

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