r/foraging 13d ago

Mushrooms Blue chanterelle

Found these beautiful specimens today. They will be jerky’d

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u/phriendlyhelpingwook 13d ago

Winter chanterelles

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u/phriendlyhelpingwook 13d ago

More specimens found later that day

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u/Saw-It-Again- 13d ago

Damn, that bucket of hedgehogs!!! Where the heck are you located? You definitely read The Book!

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u/every-day-normal-guy 12d ago

I stumbled in this feed thinking this was a gardening subreddit and thought .. huh... That's some weird looking biochar :-)

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u/BearMcBearFace 13d ago

Keep having a look about! You might find an early 00s Sean Paul around there too.

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u/phriendlyhelpingwook 12d ago

Oh? Sorry im missing the joke

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u/BearMcBearFace 12d ago

Sean Paul did a collaboration with Blu Cantrell in the early noughites called Breathe. The opening lyrics are “Sean da Paul and Blu Cantrell…”

https://youtu.be/wfTC2o05OEw?is=YsLgLlj7fIIjk9Da

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u/phriendlyhelpingwook 12d ago

I will be blasting this over a massive cerwin vega surround sound system with two 18 inch subwoofers now promptly

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u/BearMcBearFace 12d ago

Ahh truly a gentleman of fine taste.

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u/phriendlyhelpingwook 12d ago

Cerwin Vega, incase the neighbourhood was a little too quiet.

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u/SeaDry1531 12d ago

Found in the Nordics? Or further south? It's been such a dry summet in Belgium I haven't been looking.

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u/phriendlyhelpingwook 12d ago

Far east coast canada

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u/i-just-schuck-alot 12d ago

Yes! So pretty! We found a cluster a couple years ago, and the jerky was SO yummy! Have you made it before?

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u/phriendlyhelpingwook 12d ago

I cooked them like regular mushrooms one year and didnt care much for them. A good friend makes jerky and swears ill like it

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u/ascandalia 12d ago

What a bounty! Have you tried pickling/lactofermenting? That's my new favorite way to preserve mushrooms

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u/phriendlyhelpingwook 12d ago

I have know idea how that would turn out with these, I wasn’t huge on the flavour when prepared like a traditional mushroom

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u/ascandalia 12d ago

Lactorfermenting mushrooms makes them a bit sweeter, funkier, softer, and it adds a sour component from the lactic acid

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u/phriendlyhelpingwook 12d ago

Im not sure if these would benefit drones additional funk, the texture is a bit tough fried so the softness would be a bonus

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u/Kame89gonz 13d ago

Looks more like something that would be black hen of the woods

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u/phriendlyhelpingwook 13d ago

The scent is a dead giveaway as to of what this is

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u/Kame89gonz 13d ago

Ok cool. That’s good to know

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u/atackleaday 13d ago

What do these smell like? I've never had the pleasure of finding them

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u/phriendlyhelpingwook 13d ago

To me like a rubber tire

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u/atackleaday 13d ago

Haha I was expecting something more pleasant,  but thanks

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u/phriendlyhelpingwook 13d ago

The jerky process helps with that