Girolles are normally a Spring mushroom, but this Spring there were none. In fact I was beginning to think that 2015 was to be the very first year for over four decades that I would not have eaten a single one.
Luckily that situation has now been rectified, and there is a small late growth that will supply enough for a few meals.
The lot above will be fried with thin bacon 'matchsticks', garlic and parsley and tossed into spaghetti. It will also be given a liberal sprinkling of freshly grated parmesan and good olive oil. A surprisingly simple, yet delicious, almost free meal.
There should also be a few left over for a meagre Girolle omelet for Wills. With Kellogg and Bunny away in Sweden, he's at risk of veggie starvation.
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Is that the real color of them? so yellow and beautiful.
They vary from almost white, to pink, to bright orange.
They look so much more tasty than our 'button mushrooms' and the wild mushroom season is over, sadly.
By contrast, our meal of bought mushrooms with bacon, leeks and spaghetti bound with egg and cheddar was very low rent. We are not blessed withe unsual fungi here :(
I could eat a massive plateful of your pasta dish right now and it's only 8.30 a.m. !! ..... a combination of such delicious ingredients, and so simple too. XXXX
When fresh they smell of apricots.
Sounds very good though; it probably tasted quite similar too.
I would have called those Chantrelles, especially if they smell of apricots. I thought that Girolles were smaller and a little browner?
Simple is best; don't you think?
I love meals like that, easy, inexpensive, and good.
The knife's alright.
I'm sure they're the same thing, but you call them Chanterelles, and I'll call them Girolles.
What could be better!
It'll be alright (all right) on the knife.
On the rare occasion that Waitrose have wild mushrooms, they do make that distinction, but they are not experts.
There is a much slimmer and browner mushroom that the Swedes/Norwegians call Chanterelles, but I've never eaten them.
I've never heard of anyone gathering mushrooms here. I can only assume no good ones grow in this part of the world.
Actually most mushrooms are edible, but it's the few DEADLY ones that put people off. Don't eat anything unless you are 100% sure. However, it's worth getting to recognise a few edible species, and just sticking to those.
The thought of fresh mushrooms with an apricot scent is new to me. And enchanting.
Bacon, although not a new thought, is also got its own magic.
Thank you for the supper suggestion. Best wishes.
I wish you could pop round here to look at the mushrooms growing in my yard. As i'm unsure what kind they are, I leave them be.
Lick ya lips delish!
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