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Anybody prepared A. muscaria as food?
#21597794 - 04/26/15 02:44 AM (9 years, 24 days ago) |
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There are heaps of Amanita muscaria near where I live. I have done a lot of reading and apparently you can eat them as food. They are supposedly delicious. They say to boil them and tip off the water. However I've read really varying reports on how much you need to do this. From 15 minutes in salty water to several hours with multiple water changes. Has anyone here tried them and can give advice?
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Re: Anybody prepared A. muscaria as food? [Re: catterpillar]
#21598213 - 04/26/15 07:49 AM (9 years, 24 days ago) |
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There probably is heaps of other mushrooms too, so no need to eat fungi that need extra preparation that also lessens their flavor. But if you prefer to do so I would say that the 1st choice is closer*. That's about how we here in Finland used to prepare our false morels. Only boiling time has been changed, between 4 and 10. Now the official rule is: http://www.evira.fi/portal/en/about+evira/publications/?a=view&productId=59
Boiling False morel fungi should be boiled twice in plenty of water (1 part fungus to 3 parts water) for at least five minutes and rinsed after each boiling in copious amounts of water.
Lately there has been an odd debate between Rubel/Arora and Debbie Viess about the edibility of A.muscaria. I haven't read all their talk, but why to debate as it could be just tested. I mean, not by eating but in a laboratory..
One message I spotted where someone had boiled muscaria three times similar way as we do with false morels https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/MushroomTalk/conversations/messages/20435
edit: *Here is another recipe using 13 mins instead of five. And 3 (or 4) boilings. It comes almost one hour. I wonder, is there much taste left after that. http://thetoxicologisttoday.blogspot.com/2010/08/edible-amanita-muscaria.html
Edited by Speeker (04/26/15 01:52 PM)
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Re: Anybody prepared A. muscaria as food? [Re: Speeker]
#21599180 - 04/26/15 01:19 PM (9 years, 24 days ago) |
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Re: Anybody prepared A. muscaria as food? [Re: knomadic_niki]
#21601422 - 04/26/15 09:12 PM (9 years, 23 days ago) |
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Thanks for that those articles and information. There are 2 or 3 other species of edible mushroom common around here, but none as much as the A. muscaria. Also the others tend to get hunted out pretty quickly while nobody touches the amanitas. Someone pointed me to a long discussion in this FB group which seems to have some more accounts (not sure if it's a closed group though): https://www.facebook.com/groups/mycocuisine/permalink/922815051079797/?hc_location=ufi
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Re: Anybody prepared A. muscaria as food? [Re: catterpillar]
#21602913 - 04/27/15 08:23 AM (9 years, 23 days ago) |
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I've eaten A. Muscaria in a scramble a few times and didn't bother with the boiling. I just fried them in butter for maybe 5 minutes, then threw in onions and once those caramelized added eggs and scrambled. They taste nutty, very different from any other mushroom I've tasted. You're not going to have side effects unless you eat a lot.
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Re: Anybody prepared A. muscaria as food? [Re: Speckles]
#21603295 - 04/27/15 10:06 AM (9 years, 23 days ago) |
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where is "around here"? usually there are many edible mushrooms where muscaria grow.
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Re: Anybody prepared A. muscaria as food? [Re: knomadic_niki]
#21612386 - 04/29/15 07:43 AM (9 years, 21 days ago) |
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There are other edibles but they are plantations so not a huge variety and people come in and harvest the others on mass for markets.
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Re: Anybody prepared A. muscaria as food? [Re: catterpillar]
#21612790 - 04/29/15 10:23 AM (9 years, 21 days ago) |
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where i live, nobody is familiar with any of the edibles outside of the big five: porcini, chanterelle, oyster, mock matsutake, and puffball, with some people picking all the leccinums, too (yuck).
but i also find a lot of sheep polypore, wood ear, lactarius deliciosus, shrimp russula, field agaricus (campestris), and more! i'd be surprised if commercial pickers collected any of these.
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Re: Anybody prepared A. muscaria as food? [Re: knomadic_niki]
#21612896 - 04/29/15 10:52 AM (9 years, 21 days ago) |
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Here it's mainly saffron milk caps and slippery jacks.
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Re: Anybody prepared A. muscaria as food? [Re: catterpillar]
#21612903 - 04/29/15 10:53 AM (9 years, 21 days ago) |
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I think it's the saffron milk caps (lactarius deliciosus) that the commercial pickers go for.
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Re: Anybody prepared A. muscaria as food? [Re: catterpillar]
#21612913 - 04/29/15 10:55 AM (9 years, 21 days ago) |
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There are also puffballs and field mushrooms and probably a lot of other edibles, but they can't be found in the quantities that commercial pickers go for.
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Re: Anybody prepared A. muscaria as food? [Re: catterpillar]
#21628852 - 05/03/15 05:19 AM (9 years, 17 days ago) |
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Well I tried them and had no ill-effects. Simmered in lots of water for 7 minutes, threw out the water and then simmered in fresh water for another 7 minutes. Then fried with butter. Absolutely delicious.
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Re: Anybody prepared A. muscaria as food? [Re: catterpillar]
#21634669 - 05/04/15 12:51 PM (9 years, 16 days ago) |
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cool!they are the most abundant mushroom around here, too. glad to know you enjoyed them! thanks for sharing your prep method, too!
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