tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13695947.post118598201687266970..comments2024-03-28T07:47:44.433+02:00Comments on NAMI-NAMI: a food blog: Wild Mushroom Hunt: Saffron milkcaps (Lactarius deliciosus) & False Saffron Milkcaps (Lactarius deterrimus), plus a potato gratin recipePillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05817049547134774699noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13695947.post-13679700435466803702014-04-26T00:51:44.338+03:002014-04-26T00:51:44.338+03:00Mutukas is right, KJ. I've just picked 1.3 Kg...Mutukas is right, KJ. I've just picked 1.3 Kg of saffron milkcaps from a little stand of pines near the Governor-General's Yarralumla home in Canberra. If I had been able to get there one week earlier, the slippery jacks and field mushrooms would have been fresh too. It's good to know that the milkcaps last so long hiding under the pine needles. The 1.3 Kg bounty is why I am at Pille's blog more than 6 years after the rest of you. Tänan Pille!Ann Tündern-Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13162627848003952705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13695947.post-2913303443685579082009-05-02T14:37:00.000+03:002009-05-02T14:37:00.000+03:00Actually - there are false saffron milkcaps in Aus...Actually - there are false saffron milkcaps in Australia, in Blue Mountains near Oberon! We just got freshly picked ones from our friends today and plan to visit forest by ourselves soon!<br />And these mushrooms here are actually more taseful than in Estonia, I was very surprised!mutukashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03681127411527641322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13695947.post-75590342087661175272007-10-16T10:09:00.000+03:002007-10-16T10:09:00.000+03:00Hedgehog – thank you! Hope you’re still able to fi...Hedgehog – thank you! Hope you’re still able to find mushrooms in Finland. We were foraging again last weekend, and got a decent amount of mushrooms, but it does seem to be the end of the season. Many of the mushrooms we saw were frost-bitten unfortunately..<BR/><BR/>KJ – sorry to hear you’re not able to pick your own wild mushrooms – they’re delightful (if you like mushrooms, that is:) Thank you for your kind words about my blog & photos!<BR/><BR/>Lobstersquad – same here :) The ‘secret mushroom forest number two’ was the one we took you and J! <BR/><BR/>Wendy – I know that my Russian friends in Scotland regularly ventured to the forests, and Valvona&Grolla do supervised mushroom hunts, but both are staying within a driving distance from Edinburgh.. <BR/><BR/>TadMack – thanks for your compliments about the wellies! You’re not the only one – when I first showed them <A HREF="http://nami-nami.blogspot.com/2007/07/just-for-once-weekend-chicken-blogging.html" REL="nofollow">a few months ago</A> (click on the slideshow), then they got lots of compliments, too :) <BR/><BR/>K&S – yep, the bounty was pretty varied.<BR/><BR/>Veron – thanks! The actual picking things fresh from Nature is so refreshing and heavenly (plus you get to eat the stuff afterwards). <BR/><BR/>Gloria – thank you!<BR/><BR/>Meeta – I agree with you – hunting for wild mushrooms and forest berries is a satisfying way to spend time with your loved ones..<BR/><BR/>Lydia – well, with a good mushroom guide you should be fine!<BR/><BR/>Kelly Mahoney- thank you! The photos are taken by K and me – I’ve stopped specifying who took what, as I forget sometimes :) This time, the forest photo is by K, the gratin one by me. <BR/><BR/>Kevin Kossowan – good :) <BR/><BR/>Salulaid Solarte – thank you so much for your kind words. There was a good variety of mushrooms indeed. Earlier in the summer you can only find morels or chantarelles, but autumns are more varied. It’s a mixture of forests we cover on one trip – various conifer trees and birches etc, as well as wetlands, so it’s also a factor. Re: telling the edible ones from the rest – you need a good mushroom nose, personal experience and a good guidebook. We all recognise a chantarelle when we see them, and the various porcini mushrooms (you need to avoid the non-edible <I>Tylopilus felleus</I> and <I>Boletus satanas</I>, however). Last summer was the first time K’s mum learnt that gypsy mushrooms are edible, and we’ve been picking a lot of them. Last weekend I found my first ever trumpet chantarelles etc. Just find a mushroom, compare it thoroughly to your mushroom guide, and proceed. There are obviously lots of non-edible mushrooms, but you simply do not pick them..<BR/><BR/>Shayne – did you manage to head to the woods last weekend?<BR/><BR/>Katie – you’re welcome :)<BR/><BR/>Johanna – potato & morel mash sounds really fantastic, but yes, a gratin isn’t bad either!<BR/><BR/>elarael – thank you!<BR/><BR/>Angelina – well, I must obey then :) Give me a few days!Pillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05817049547134774699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13695947.post-22497637735026617122007-10-15T17:54:00.000+03:002007-10-15T17:54:00.000+03:00I'd love to see pictures of your pickled mushrooms...I'd love to see pictures of your pickled mushrooms. And a recipe!Angelinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05216322840161752535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13695947.post-21283333468693057062007-10-14T02:02:00.000+03:002007-10-14T02:02:00.000+03:00Mmm, delicious looking gratin!Mmm, delicious looking gratin!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13695947.post-58503965462456193812007-10-12T21:59:00.000+03:002007-10-12T21:59:00.000+03:00now that is right up my alley! i just made some po...now that is right up my alley! i just made some potato mash with morrels the other day... also heavenly! why hadn't i thought of mixing them into a gratin! e=thanks for the idea!thepassionatecookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10617713421812264990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13695947.post-22521955782551720542007-10-11T22:47:00.000+03:002007-10-11T22:47:00.000+03:00What perfect timing! I was just trying to think o...What perfect timing! I was just trying to think of how to best put mushrooms into a potato gratin - and there you have done it for me...Thanks! It looks delicious!Katie Zellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17498599461583826030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13695947.post-48589527739746732662007-10-11T15:45:00.000+03:002007-10-11T15:45:00.000+03:00My heart started punding just seeing those mushroo...My heart started punding just seeing those mushrooms popping up out of the ground. Thats it I heading to woods this weekend.Shaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00039465094950643599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13695947.post-77073576054435932742007-10-11T11:09:00.000+03:002007-10-11T11:09:00.000+03:00Hello Pille. You have a gift for reporting, and th...Hello Pille. You have a gift for reporting, and that includes documenting (photos). I enjoy everything you write, and most of all because it allows me to learn about Estonia. I am surprised by the variety of mushrooms you could find in only one trip. In any case, would you be able to explain how do you tell the differences between the edible sorts and the rest? <BR/>A nice and easy way to eat them is to pan fry the mushrooms and fresh asparagus in butter with chopped onion and herbs of your like. They taste fantastic and serve as a good topping for boiled potatoes.<BR/>Best, best!Mariajaanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00922888192047147894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13695947.post-76422265248928864852007-10-11T05:30:00.000+03:002007-10-11T05:30:00.000+03:00I'd been waiting for this post!!! And HOLY CRAP di...I'd been waiting for this post!!! And HOLY CRAP did you make out like bandits. That's some haul - and such a variety. Good for you!!!Kevin Kossowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00162563717624538222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13695947.post-76663785693183370482007-10-11T03:59:00.000+03:002007-10-11T03:59:00.000+03:00I am in love with your photos!I am in love with your photos!KellytheCulinarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17157742508302761756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13695947.post-52117656675562948782007-10-11T03:57:00.000+03:002007-10-11T03:57:00.000+03:00I wish I knew more about mushrooms -- I know there...I wish I knew more about mushrooms -- I know there are folks who go foraging in the woods around here, but I'm afraid of getting the poisonous ones. We do have morels in the spring, and that's a wonderful treat.Lydia (The Perfect Pantry)https://www.blogger.com/profile/18005372315838352874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13695947.post-91256697927212587982007-10-10T20:36:00.000+03:002007-10-10T20:36:00.000+03:00I simply adore mushrooms. Fresh picking from the w...I simply adore mushrooms. Fresh picking from the woods is not only brilliant - it's such a satisfying way to spend with the family and then coming home to make such lovely dishes like you have - simply awesome Pille!Meeta K. Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05431777565420421364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13695947.post-55127619840227876262007-10-10T17:43:00.000+03:002007-10-10T17:43:00.000+03:00I love mushrooms with everythings, I find so good ...I love mushrooms with everythings, I find so good this recipe and your pictures too. GloriaGloria Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03055543111865966546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13695947.post-83108649693420321772007-10-10T15:52:00.000+03:002007-10-10T15:52:00.000+03:00That's a beautiful bounty of mushrooms. There's no...That's a beautiful bounty of mushrooms. There's nothing like picking things fresh from Nature - wish I could do it more often over here where I live! That gratin looks and sounds divine!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13695947.post-69717313166745187972007-10-10T14:48:00.000+03:002007-10-10T14:48:00.000+03:00lots of lovely mushrooms! this gratin looks delic...lots of lovely mushrooms! this gratin looks delicious.K and Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15375282198168168331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13695947.post-14364156464515466012007-10-10T14:39:00.000+03:002007-10-10T14:39:00.000+03:00And you know I have to be totally aside from the p...And you know I have to be totally aside from the point of the post by saying, WHAT ADORABLE WELLIES!!!!<BR/><BR/>(Ahem.)<BR/>Okay. I have the shoe fetish out of my system for another week.<BR/><BR/>The mushrooms look amazing as well. We are finding that we are eating more and more mushrooms now that we are here, and they're so tasty in so many dishes. Yum!tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13695947.post-61802282032203162402007-10-10T12:26:00.000+03:002007-10-10T12:26:00.000+03:00What a harvest!I'm trying my best to find a mushro...What a harvest!<BR/>I'm trying my best to find a mushroom guide here in the Highlands. It's not easy though! Picking is not terribly common over here. The only mushroom I can find and definitely know is edible is the chanterelle. Getting a bit fed up of them...Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07157804056370219398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13695947.post-63502716101842829662007-10-10T11:37:00.000+03:002007-10-10T11:37:00.000+03:00oh, oh, what fun it´s reminding me of. I think thi...oh, oh, what fun it´s reminding me of. I think this year I have to get my act together and do some Spanish mushroom gathering.lobstersquadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16130188841853502828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13695947.post-5632572769521083662007-10-10T11:05:00.000+03:002007-10-10T11:05:00.000+03:00Oh I am so jealous. I love mushrooms. It would b...Oh I am so jealous. I love mushrooms. It would be great to be able to pick your own, and so many!!! It's not possible here in Australia I'm afraid.<BR/><BR/>Your potato gratin looks delicious. A great combination. <BR/><BR/>And such beautiful photos.KJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05715945613246233125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13695947.post-14036234282299766752007-10-10T10:39:00.000+03:002007-10-10T10:39:00.000+03:00Ooh - this looks delicious! Maybe I can try out m...Ooh - this looks delicious! Maybe I can try out my fledgling mushroom gathering skills this weekend - with some supervision, of course! If not, I will see if there are some wild ones in the marketplace!Hedgehoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03457631974666183374noreply@blogger.com