Autumnal heaven

[darkemeralds]

I just ate a precious few grams of chanterelle mushrooms (sliced lengthwise, sauteed in a little butter, a few grains of salt) and I swear I can hear angels singing. The really earthy kind of angels, who play string basses and snap their fingers.

That and a bratwurst and some Bubbies sauerkraut, maybe an apple for dessert and I can deal with the storm. Hot cocoa while I watch a DVD (Saiyuki Reload Volume I), and possibly I can work up the gumption to fix Clyde's flat front tire.

Even though it's now pouring down rain, I love October.

Comments

[emeraldsedai.livejournal.com]

There's just something subtly wonderful about them--they're pretty, they smell nice, they taste wonderful, and they're good for you! Which applies to lots of fruits and vegetables, too, I guess, but chanterelles and other mycoids have the additional distinction of being wild, rare, and kind of dangerous-seeming.

[kispexi2.livejournal.com]

And - occasionally - free! We found a whole load of them in the Trossachs only Mr Kis was in his paranoid/everything-is-poisonous stage and wouldn't eat them. :-(

[emeraldsedai.livejournal.com]

Heh. Like I said, dangerous! The perfect situation for "when in doubt, don't." I like my liver just the way it is, thanks.

I've only been wild mushroom hunting once, in France. I was with a very experienced family and we made a fantastic meal of mushrooms at the end of the day.

[kispexi2.livejournal.com]

Ooh, well, the next time you come over ... I'd love for you to try (if you haven't already, that is) my very favourite mushroom: the blewit.

[emeraldsedai.livejournal.com]

Well, I keep hoping to come back, and fall is my favorite time to go anywhere, so perhaps we'll find blewits--which sound wonderful!

[kispexi2.livejournal.com]

IIRC, blewits are a fairly late mushroom. They seem to like frost. The good news is, the park a few hundred yards from here has plenty of them!