Mmmmm . . . mushrooms
When I go hiking with the hiking group in the fall, the forests just wreak of mushrooms. This drives me crazy because I love mushrooms! I have yet taken a course on identifying mushrooms (and there are lots of courses out here for that) something always seems to come up when they are offered - ‘09 for sure!. When the hike is over I drive over to Evergreen to see what they have in store for wild mushrooms - and I have found some that I think I may be addicted to. Black fungus (grown on the north side of the Tea tree - they come dried) these are so flavourful and highly nutritious! Wild pearl mushrooms - really good too. Us mushroom lovers all know about the Shitaki - big flavour there too!
I put some dried mushrooms in the mini blender and made the mushrooms very granulated. I used these as a binder in the homemade hamburger mixture that I made for myself (Bob doesn’t like mushrooms). The burger was fabulous!! I saw this on Rachel Ray last year for her Oscar Party menu. Mmmmm mushrooms!
Comment by Susan — January 23, 2009 @ 4:55 pm