I harvested some heat stricken mushrooms tonight. I was very upset with them, bleached white with dark edges on the caps, looking forlorn. They were tough compared to my fresh oysters from the last post, and there was no reason to think of getting the camera. I cut them and took them to the kitchen and everyone that saw them said that that was what you'd expect from the store. I explained that they were over-ripe, too mature, non-virginal, (the evidence is everywhere) but the consensus was that they were at least what you'd buy at the market.
So, tonight I made the same recipe, with fruits that I was not proud of, including some tubular caps, upside down cones really, from the top of the basket. Actually, I am proud of those ones.
THE RECIPE
This time I cooked with red wine, it imparts the same desirable quality to the dish as the white.
Make sure that the pan is hot enough, add butter and good olive oil, then the mushrooms, season with salt and pepper, I like more than less. experiment with other seasonings/herbs Add garlic, onions, and optional herbs basil, thyme, etc.
Mix and sear and allow to dry a little, the way that you want your burger or chicken to look on the outside. Oyster looks like white meat, when you cook it with oil/grease it turns light brown then dark brown then burns When you cook with onions it is easy to watch what the onion do.
then with the pan hot so that it makes sizzles when it hits moisture, you add the wine, so that it burns itself on the pan, stir for a little, you will smell the desirable quality i was speaking of that you get from the wine!! (important ingredient)
Next mix it all up and add half and half, Parmesan or other cheese, and reduce while stirring to get awesome sauce.
I am amazed that the oyster will stand up to everything like that. I can't wait till the next flush. Thanks for the knowledge.
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This looks awesoem dude, I just got some pearl oyster LC in the mail. I plan on making a bunch of second run LC's then a bunch of grain spawn from WBS.
Approx how much spawn / # of wet cardboard? If I want higher yields should I add in nutrients such as rice flour, gypsum, sucrose or wood chips?
Thanks...
-------------------- Here's what we can do to change the world right now, to a better ride. Take all the money we spend on weapons and defenses each year and instead, spend it feeding, clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would pay for many times over , not one human being excluded, and we could explore space, together, both inner and outer, forever, in peace. ~Bill Hicks~ Looking to build up a print library
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