Yes, we do collect mushroom. . . But I never really got the chance to do myself. . .mushroom in my native language is 'pa', we have numerous mushroom, i like them, some taste like meat you may say.
I have a few questions about Polish cuisine.The lovely polish girl who took care of my wife when she was ill,used to cook me a vegetable stew like a ratatouille(French dish) that was fantastic.She used a tomato base and also made a version using milk/cream aslo fantastic.What is this dish called?She told us that Poles outside the cities eat mostly vegetable dishes since beef is not widely available.Michealina another lovely Polish women who worked for my parents for 20 years cooked meat dishes with apples and pears(delicious).Is this also typical of Polish cusine?
Why is it when I go to American supermarkets signs scream "Polish Kielbasa"? Isnt Kielbasa automatically Polish?What are some typical Polish dishes besides pierogies and keilbasa thats all they sell in US supermarkets.
Chantarelles! Is it already a season for them in Poland?
The season started in July. Half of my holiday prey this year was chantarelles. As usual. When I run into a gang of them, I usuall use a scythe - it is esasier and quicker. :):):):)
Do you pick the black ones?
Yes, I am one of few Poles who collect them. But we seldom eat them on the same day - I dry them and make spicy powder.
What's the most common name for them in Polish?
Species name - lejkowiec - funnel mushroom. Local name is cholewka - boot mushroom.
Species name - lejkowiec - funnel mushroom. Local name is cholewka - boot mushroom.
Would that be Lejkowiec dęty/Craterellus cornucopioides? Unfortunately, they don't grow (or don't grow in abundance) round our way (Podlasie). My wife says they need a chalky soil. Where are you?
Boczniak (Pleurotus ostreatus) are seldom picked around her; there just isn't a local tradition for collecting them. As a result, we are able to find lots of them, usually growing on the sawn stumps of poplars. Once we took three kilos from one stump. People buy them in the shops for quite a lot but don't think to just stop by the side of the road and pick them. These Oyster mushrooms fetch a very good price in western Europe. I wonder how they cultivate them there.
It has been another poor season for Chanterelles (Cantharellus cibarius) in our region. I'm looking forward to zielonki (Tricholoma equestre) season. For me they make the most wonderful soup as they keep a little al dente texture and have a lovely flavour. Now I'm salivating like a bloodhound.
"Oh, no," he replied, "We sold them to the Germans...got a good price, too."
I read in a few sources that, unfortunately, mushrooms absorb radioactive fallout and other harmful elements.
Wow, I have never picked so many noble mushrooms on one day! ::):) Were they clean?
Would that be Lejkowiec dęty/Craterellus cornucopioides? Unfortunately, they don't grow (or don't grow in abundance) round our way (Podlasie). My wife says they need a chalky soil. Where are you?
We pick them in Beskid Niski mountains when we go on holiday there.
Boczniak (Pleurotus ostreatus) are seldom picked around her;
We pick them up in winter, in Krakow shops. :):):):)
People buy them in the shops for quite a lot
Not so much, come on. :):):) About 9 zlotys for 0.5 kg.
Strange but I have never seen wild oyster mushrooms.
It has been another poor season for Chanterelles (Cantharellus cibarius) in our region.
Yes, the season was poorer than in last years but I know some places of which other pickers have no idea so my mushroom hunts were always successful. Soon, I will post pics. :):):):) After 3 years` break, I made two dozen pickles. :):):)
Not much mushroom picking in California, except for some areas such as Sonoma. On the way to Treblinka, I noticed an area where mushroom picking is supposed to be great. Not enough time for picking on my last Polish vacation though. Perhaps next trip, if time allows...
ha ha same here in Wales, full stop. Although I did collect a few normal field type mushrooms last year, they were delicious, but will leave it to the babcias of POland to be more adventurous, don't wish to poison myself!
Strange but I have never seen wild oyster mushrooms.
It sounds strange to me too.
I don't really do it (mushroom picking) but oysters (in Ireland anyway) are known as one of the so called "safe four" i.e. relative amateurs, whilst obviously employing some common sense and caution, can identify and find them all over the place.
Incidentally, the other three of the safe four are, I think, morel, puffball and chanterelle.
There were hundreds of people selling mushroom and berries along Warsaw-Bialystok road. I didn't see anyone buying though. In many countries/areas people just left their produce (mostly vegetables and fruits) on the side of the road with a box to drop money but I didn't see one like that in Poland. I think it could be used as a measure of the honesty of general populace in the area.
Pawian. Wow, I have never picked so many noble mushrooms on one day! ::):) Were they clean?
Most of them. We took the pic because it was an exceptionally good day!
Teffle. Incidentally, the other three of the safe four are, I think, morel, puffball and chanterelle.
Be careful when looking for morels (Morchella esculenta). There is a similar-looking one, Turban Fungus (Gyromitra esculenta) which can be fatal. Both are pretty much the same colour and have a similar stem, but The Turban Fungus looks a bit like a brain, while the morel is more honeycomb-like.
Pawian. Strange but I have never seen wild oyster mushrooms.
Look out for poplars at the side of the road which were felled a few years ago. Boczniak spread all over the stump and can be found at any time of the year.
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Eurola: I never heard of anybody dying, here in the states yes but in PL that is very common where folk croak from eating the ones that they shouldn't have. every year they make the news in the fall, when the PL mushroom picking season is.
According to a spokesman for the Chief Sanitary Inspectorate Jan Bondar, 80 people were treated in hospital last year for serious mushroom poisoning. Seven people died. Source: thenews.pl
In the autumn (fall, if you prefer) literally tens of thousands of people go mushrooming in a single day. Seven deaths is a very small number when you consider that each incident of poisoning probably affects several family members. When you consider the huge number of active mushroomers in Poland, the casualty rate is in fact astonishingly low, and is itself a tribute to Poles' knowledge of nature.
A giant fungus of the species Armillaria solidipes (honey mushrooms) in the Malheur National Forest in Oregon was found to span 8.9 km2 (2,200 acres),[4] which would make it the largest organism by area. Whether or not this is an actual individual organism, however, is disputed: some tests have indicated that they have the same genetic makeup,[5] but unless its mycelia are fully connected, it is a clonal colony of numerous smaller individuals. Source: Wiki
Becksi. Do you mean the tall thing near the right-hand corner of the building? What is it?
