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Do you collect mushrooms in your country? Poles in Poland do.


OP zetigrek
21 Jul 2010 #31
and where is a photo of miodownik?

never heard about miodownik. Well im not specialist, I've never been in forest in fall so how much can I know about mushrooms... ;)

but i've never eat them (i.e. mushrooms)- because they are nasty

You must be kidding. You dont like sos z kurek with poptatos? Mniam!
Velund 1 | 537
21 Jul 2010 #32
i've never eat them (i.e. mushrooms)- because they are nasty

You simply don't know how to cook them. ;)
ShortHairThug - | 1,101
21 Jul 2010 #33
but i've never eat them

You don’t know what you’re missing, nothing like a homemade mushroom soup after a successful mushroom hunt. Yummy :-)
rider - | 5
24 Jul 2010 #34
i think it's a tradition in poolish.but i heard about fishing of father and son but never heard about collecting mushrooms.

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123z 2 | 29
15 May 2011 #35
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.
pawian 221 | 23,970
15 May 2011 #36
.mushroom in my native language is 'pa',

Good it is not pooh.
123z 2 | 29
15 May 2011 #37
pawian- yes, maybe i should call it Pooh for your sake.
pawian 221 | 23,970
15 May 2011 #38
:):)

mushroom in my native language is 'pa',

Sorry, forgot to ask: which language exactly?

Yes, we do collect mushroom. . .

we means who?
EPICURIOUS
15 May 2011 #39
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.
pawian 221 | 23,970
30 Aug 2011 #40
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.
teflcat 5 | 1,032
30 Aug 2011 #41
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.
pawian 221 | 23,970
30 Aug 2011 #42
"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. :):):)
beckski 12 | 1,617
31 Aug 2011 #43
Do you collect mushrooms in your country?

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...



rybnik 18 | 1,454
31 Aug 2011 #44
Here in Central Jersey where the pine barens begin you can find some podpinki(that's what my father called them)
OWELL
31 Aug 2011 #45
where in central jersey? im in ocean county?
f stop 25 | 2,507
31 Aug 2011 #46
in US, when you mention picking mushrooms, most will assume you're into psychedelics.
rozumiemnic 8 | 3,861
31 Aug 2011 #47
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!
rybnik 18 | 1,454
31 Aug 2011 #48
where in central jersey? im in ocean county?

Old Bridge. Right at the Middlesex-Monmouth County Line

in US, when you mention picking mushrooms, most will assume you're into psychedelics.

Not in New Jersey! LOL Maybe in the Southwest eg peyote :)

I'll be in Zielona Góra soon, where I remember the picking was anything but slim ;)
LisaV - | 1
31 Aug 2011 #49
I live in Oregon and we collect lots of culinary mushrooms. Mostly chanterelles.
Teffle 22 | 1,321
31 Aug 2011 #50
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.

Oysters are really pretty common here.
AussieSheila 5 | 75
31 Aug 2011 #51
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.
Teffle 22 | 1,321
31 Aug 2011 #52
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

It's common in Scandinavia. To be honest, I think many people, in many countries would take advantage of this set-up though.
teflcat 5 | 1,032
31 Aug 2011 #53
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.

plk123

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.
pawian 221 | 23,970
31 Aug 2011 #54
How many Japanese die of eating their delicious poisonous fish?
teflcat 5 | 1,032
31 Aug 2011 #55
Six in 2002, but no more than three a year since then have died from eating Blowfish.
teflcat 5 | 1,032
31 Aug 2011 #56
Just a selection of nature's bounty in wonderful Podlasie.


  • Boczniak on a Poplar stump

  • Giant Puffball

  • Impressed Paw?

  • We love cats as much as mushrooms
Sasha 2 | 1,083
1 Sep 2011 #57
Species name - lejkowiec - funnel mushroom. Local name is cholewka - boot mushroom.

mozgovik

Do Poles eat milk-mushrooms?

milk-mushrooms

We love cats as much as mushrooms

Impressive pile of borowiks! :)
beckski 12 | 1,617
3 Sep 2011 #58
Here's possibly the largest mushroom in existence. It's located in the small town of Homeland, California.


  • Giant mushroom!
teflcat 5 | 1,032
3 Sep 2011 #59
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?
beckski 12 | 1,617
11 Sep 2011 #60
Becksi. Do you mean the tall thing near the right-hand corner of the building? What is it?

The whole building itself is meant to represent the shape of a giant toadstool. It must have been made by some hippies in the 1960's.


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