2020 shrooms!

[Jamie]

found this today while I was doing a little scouting. first Hen's I've ever found in good enough shape to eat. anxious to eat some tonight. any suggestions for cooking them @Redhunter1012?

 

[Outdoorsfellar]

Get the bugs out & slice & fry 'em up in flour , butter. Lots of butter.

 

[Redhunter1012]

Get the bugs out & slice & fry 'em up in flour , butter. Lots of butter.

Yeppers. That's my favorite on top of some deer steaks or any steaks for that matter. Im gonna can what's left of mine in some gravy tomorrow

 

[Jamie]

this was only about 3-4 lbs worth. I like to use half olive oil and half butter when I sautee Chanterelles. I'll fry some up like that with salt and pepper for us to get a good taste tonight, make sure there are no ill effects on either of us, then chow down on them for the next couple of days until they're gone. will these last 3 or 4 days in the fridge once they are cleaned, separated and dry?

 

[Jamie]

if there are mushrooms in heaven, they are surely Maitake mushrooms. better eat as many as I can while I'm still here. these are fabulous!

 

[Redhunter1012]

Yes they are. I like morels, but I love hens. They are ridiculously good

 

[giles]

Really?

 

[Bowkills]

saw these driving through town. Stop and got permission to cut them (with puzzled thoughts going through their heads). There was a large chunk between the trees. Freshness. Scouting and shroom ing sounds like a good way to spend the morning tomorrow.

 

[Redhunter1012]

Really?

I been telling ya, my favorite fungus hands down

 

[Jamie]

yes, these are every bit as delicious as fresh Chanterelles. it's a different experience, but equally pleasing. and from what I've read very powerful medicinal properties, too.

 

[Outdoorsfellar]

Ever year at my other camp, one of the guys always brings a hen of the woods, and I get stuck having to fry it up. They do taste better than morels, but it's a lot of work.

 

[Bowkills]

found this today while I was doing a little scouting. first Hen's I've ever found in good enough shape to eat. anxious to eat some tonight. any suggestions for cooking them @Redhunter1012?

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I've always been to late with hens. I have a neighbor a mile south of me that has them around oaks in his front yard every year, but I can never time it right, seems like I need to drive by every day. I thought I had found old rotten ones in the woods last week. I'll be checking his trees routinely after these rains.

 

[giles]

I'm gonna have to try these.

 

[Bowkills]

Young little, I'll try them.

 

[Bowkills]

Fuukin A!!!!!!!!

 

[Redhunter1012]

6.6 lbs more Hen of the Woods today. Same stump as last week

 

[giles]

First pheasant back I've seen.

 

[Redhunter1012]

Gotta get them young and smaller. Otherwise they're tougher than toenails

 

[Jamie]

do you guys find Hens in the same places year after year? should I look around in the same vicinity and even the same trees or stumps? I have occasion today to walk by the stump I got the Hens from last week.

 

[Bowkills]

do you guys find Hens in the same places year after year? should I look around in the same vicinity and even the same trees or stumps? I have occasion today to walk by the stump I got the Hens from last week.

my neighbor has 5 oak trees next to the road in his yard. They r there every year. Someone else will have to answer same tree I'm thinking yes. I'm guessing it's like your chicken logs u have, check every year.