Oyster Mushrooms Again

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While we were out photographing covered bridges, John found quite a big bunch of oyster mushrooms. He harvested them and cooked them up that night and I tasted them for the first time. Supposedly, Campbell's Cream of Mushroom Soup is made with oyster mushrooms. They tasted the same and looked the same as the tiny bits of mushroom in the Campbell's cans. I e-mailed Campbell's Soup and asked them if this were true, but they never responded.

Clean and slice the mushrooms. Saute in a lot of butter.

They tasted, to me, just like the Campbell's mushrooms. They were good! Just a bit too much mushroom for me.

Oyster Mushrooom Set

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More Oyster Mushrooms

While I was re-organizing my Flickr mushroom sets, we found that I had misidentified these photos. These are oyster mushrooms. We found these freeze dried on sugar maple trees in Barton, VT during sugaring time. In Japan these are called hira-take mushrooms. Since they are so well dried, we ground them up to put in casseroles, stews, sauces, and gravies. They look quite different than the fresh oyster mushrooms we have been collecting and eating.

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Oyster Mushrooom Set

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Oyster Mushrooms

Pleurotus ostreatus

I've read that some people think these mushrooms are the most delicious thing on the face of the earth. We didn't harvest any on this hike because we sadly had nothing to carry them in. We were unprepared! We'll never be unprepared again.

Oyster Mushroom Set

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