Oh Boy!!! Oyster Mushrooms!!!!

[indaswamp]

Buddy of mine went on a rabbit hunt this past weekend. Ran across a huge flush of fresh oyster mushrooms that had just popped out after the snow melt. He just brought them to me...about 3#!!!

Oh the recipes floating in my head right now!!! Stay tuned....I got some ideas....

 

[Torch&Tone]

Fantastic! We have a pretty good supplier at the farmer's market but it's still kinda luxe. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

 

[indaswamp]

And these are wild...so much better flavor!!
These ones are the white oyster mushroom....the most delicate and aromatic of them all. MY God the smell is intoxicating as a super taster!!! I am stoked!!!!

 

[indaswamp]

Oyster Mushroom, Crab and Brie soup tonight! Going shopping now.....

 

[Astralogics]

Oh what the heck, that's so lucky! Fresh, wild oyster mushroom really are the best.

 

[DEERMAKER]

Buddy of mine went on a rabbit hunt this past weekend. Ran across a huge flush of fresh oyster mushrooms that had just popped out after the snow melt. He just brought them to me...about 3#!!!
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Oh the recipes floating in my head right now!!! Stay tuned....I got some ideas....

used to love picking! have to get back into it lol

 

[DRKsmoking]

I am not a mushroom guy but I know the price of them and how hard to get especially up around here. always nice to find or receive wild grown produce .
Good for you, can't wait to see what you do with them.

David

 

[Rafter H BBQ]

Wow, that is a great score Keith… looking forward to what all you do with them. That soup sounds amazing!

 

[indaswamp]

Wow, that is a great score Keith… looking forward to what all you do with them. That soup sounds amazing!

Thanks Rafter! It is amazing! I have made it before...
https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/threads/oyster-mushroom-crab-and-brie-soup.326295/

 

[indaswamp]

Oh what the heck, that's so lucky! Fresh, wild oyster mushroom really are the best.

Thanks Astra! They grow prevalent down here along the swamps and rivers. The most common edible mushroom we have here.

used to love picking! have to get back into it lol

Thanks deermaker!

I am not a mushroom guy but I know the price of them and how hard to get especially up around here. always nice to find or receive wild grown produce .
Good for you, can't wait to see what you do with them.

David

Thank you David. I have changed some minds on mushrooms. Wild oyster mushrooms are just special.

 

[Rafter H BBQ]

Thanks Rafter! It is amazing! I have made it before...
https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/threads/oyster-mushroom-crab-and-brie-soup.326295/

Thanks, I missed that… looks very tasty!

 

[DRKsmoking]

Thank you David. I have changed some minds on mushrooms. Wild oyster mushrooms are just special

I would take the challenge, but I really doubt it , lol but would try

David

 

[indaswamp]

Thanks, I missed that… looks very tasty!

As you found out, the soup is phenomenal!

 

[indaswamp]

I think next will be a nice steak, with sauteed oyster mushrooms with onion and butter.....and a bowl of that soup!!!

 

[clifish]

Fantastic! We have a pretty good supplier at the farmer's market but it's still kinda luxe. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

Is that King mushroom at the market? I had a great member send me some of them once, they were great. I need to time when they get morels so I can try them.

 

[jcam222]

Yum those will be good! We get huge flushes of the golden oyster here. I plan on looking for them this year. From what I can understand some of the flushes can be 20-30 lbs!

 

[indaswamp]

Oh WOW!!

Prime ribeyes grilled perfectly on the Weber, Sauteed oyster mushrooms with butter & onion, and steamed broccoli!

To make the shroom...I tear them by hand, but use a knife to chop the base and trim off any wood.

Saute the onion in butter until it gets a little brown, then Mushrooms added to the pan in batches to let them shrink down...then a little salt and pepper. Delicious! I could make myself sick eating them!

And done!

The broccoli...

Brother came over for dinner and grilled the steaks outside while I prepared the shrooms and broccoli. No pics...he forgot to take any.

 

[indaswamp]

I drove down to the Mississippi river today to walk inside the levee to look for more oyster mushrooms. It is a 5 minute drive from my house....Boy did I find them! Second flushes were popping out from the big first flush after the snow melted. Filled up 3 plastic grocery bags in about 30 minutes. Only walked a little over 100 yards...

You can see all the dried up shriveled mushrooms from the first flush in the pic. above......that log was covered with them!

Browns...

And the delicate and floral whites.....

 

[indaswamp]

I will be going back next time conditions are right...little cool with fog, possibly after a rain....

*edit...just checked the weather....thick fog next 4 days overnight and into the morning...more mushrooms should be popping out!

 

[DRKsmoking]

No sense me going through the woods looking yet around here -22C last night and couple inches of snow is falling right now on top of our other snow, lol

But spring is coming.

David