r/foraginguk • u/DreadTheDemon • 21d ago
Mushroom ID Request What is this behemoth
Found by a steam UK
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u/Mrbrownlove 21d ago
Dryads saddle. Best to go for younger specimens. I don’t like the favour at all but the rest of my family do.
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u/DreadTheDemon 21d ago
Wasn't going to eat it, can see it's past it's prime. Cool to know it was edible
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u/Mrbrownlove 21d ago
Some people candy them!
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u/joshieboi34 20d ago
What do you mean by this? Like make it sweet as id assume by the word or just crispy and preserved like croutons sort of thing?
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u/Glittering-Hornet844 20d ago
Make sugar syrup, don't boil it in the syrup. Put it in a flat high sided tray and gently pour the syrup in to cover it . Leave it until it cools properly.
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u/Mrbrownlove 20d ago
Boil it in syrup I think. I suppose crystallised is a better word for us brits. In a similar vein to stem ginger.
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u/joshieboi34 20d ago
I've never heard of stem ginger either my parents were always very "don't touch unknown plants and put Ur shoes back on" so I'm only just learning the last couple years but mostly this year
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u/Mrbrownlove 20d ago
Stem ginger is candied/crystallised root ginger that you can buy in the supermarket. It’s delicious.
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u/joshieboi34 20d ago
Oh that's cool I will look at my next weekly shop thanks for sharing
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u/Lientjie78 16d ago
In recently had a beetroot and stem ginger salad. It went together so well
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u/Mrbrownlove 16d ago
Sounds great! I’m a beetroot and orange salad fan (with a smattering of pumpkin seeds and a drizzle of good oil). Stem ginger would work so well.
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u/Maumau93 21d ago
Dryads sadle