Foraged for lunch. I love spring.
Lunch in spring
Category Archives: Forage
This years Ramps
Gathered ramps today. Every year I post on gathering ramps, but I think I evolve a bit each time. I now only get ramps that are no bigger then my index finger, and no smaller then my pinky. This is because I pickle the bulbs and the best bulbs for canning are that size. I also used a pressure washer to speed up processing a big time saver. I also now value the leaves more then the builds. I make pesto that I add to bread, noodles and hummus. It is one of my all time favorite flavors.
I made 7 cups of pesto, and pickled the bulbs.
Walk in the Fall
Today’s walk
Shaggy mane
Found a great bunch of Shaggy mains on my way home. Oh so good.
Bears head tooth
Scored on a rainy day walk today!
Wine caps
Nice big wine caps coming up. They have a different taste really good with lemon pepper not real good with garlic. Take while to cool down, very wet. Purple laccaria coming up too
Rooted mushrooms
Lots of rooted mushrooms today, might be time to make hot and sour soup. Really long roots.
Rain at last
It finally rained, Todays walk
Cauliflower mushroom
Score found huge cauliflower mushroom. So good! Little hard to clean.
Spring Ramps
Went out for late ramps with the neighbor and we got his 4 wheeler stuck in the middle of the woods.. in 2 feet of mud 30 min of digging it out mostly with our hands and arm shovels just got stuck to the mud, up to our knees…. still got the ramps beer for scale.
PS. If you harvest any roots you should get a plastic ceiling grate spray hard with a hose and it will speed up processing. I also recommend a box cutter instead of a knife.
PPS I am the nerd with the bucket I usually have a beard but I was Clark Kent for comic con last week.
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