OK, What's For Lunch or Tea Today? II

[Barry]

Salmon steaks, with baked potatoes and vegetables.

Mango and yogurt for dessert.

[Barry]

Meatballs on fusilli pasta with vegetables:

A couple of glasses of Chateau Le Vieux Serestin, Médoc 2020 to drink. (https://theartofsound.net/forum/show...Thread/page527. Post 5269)

[Barry]

Chilli con carne with boiled white long grain rice and peas.

An orange for dessert, and a glass or two of a 2021 Château La Clarière, Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux to drink.

[Barry]

Gammon, egg, chips and beans:

An orange for dessert, and a glass of a 2023 Moulin Du Prieur, Bordeaux.

[Barry]

Tonight

Feeling a bit lazy, so a double pepperoni pizza, with mixed veg:

Again an orange for dessert and another glass or two of the above mentioned Bordeaux.

[Pigmy Pony]

Last year we put bark chippings under our acer. All of a sudden we find we have some really weird looking mushrooms growing in it. Did a bit of research, and found it is called black morel (Morchella importuna), a highly prized edible mushroom... pretty poisonous when raw, but apparently really nice when cooked. So I'll give them a go on Tuesday and report back (hopefully not from a hospital bed)



Looks ok cooked. Note: this isn't my effort, mine will be rather more basic

[Alex_UK]

Wow, that’s brave! Hopefully we will hear the report back!

Leg of lamb, slow cooked 6 hours, delicious!

[Barry]

Last year we put bark chippings under our acer. All of a sudden we find we have some really weird looking mushrooms growing in it. Did a bit of research, and found it is called black morel (Morchella importuna), a highly prized edible mushroom... pretty poisonous when raw, but apparently really nice when cooked. So I'll give them a go on Tuesday and report back (hopefully not from a hospital bed)



Looks ok cooked. Note: this isn't my effort, mine will be rather more basic

There were many mushrooms and fungi that would appear from time to time in my parent's garden. My father was always willing to see if they were edible. One clue was to look at the underside gills, if pink it was best avoided. Those that looked credible he would fry, but only try a very small piece: reckoning that if they were inedible he would not be poisoned.

You can buy books which illustrate edible fungi and the best way to cook them. Good luck!

[Pigmy Pony]

There were many mushrooms and fungi that would appear from time to time in my parent's garden. My father was always willing to see if they were edible. One clue was to look at the underside gills, if pink it was best avoided. Those that looked credible he would fry, but only try a very small piece: reckoning that if they were inedible he would not be poisoned.

You can buy books which illustrate edible fungi and the best way to cook them. Good luck!

I don't even need to do that - the internet is awash with info about identifying and cooking these and other mushrooms. Your dad sounds like he was pretty cool, what with the mushroom trials and the car building

[Barry]

Further to our discussion of edible and inedible fungi, here is the book I bought for my father:

ISBN 0-330-26441-9 (1981)