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Space Elf



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What are Some of The Best Tasting Gourmet Mushrooms?
#22273743 - 09/22/15 12:09 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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I haven't grown psilocybin mushrooms in years. I miss growing, but I don't want to grow anything illegal anymore. That's why I want to grow gourmet/edible mushrooms. Any recommendations? Preferably ones that taste the best, because I will be using these for culinary purposes.
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Re: What are Some of The Best Tasting Gourmet Mushrooms? [Re: Space Elf]
#22273779 - 09/22/15 12:16 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Of course any answer would be opinion but so far, King Oyster and Shiitake are my favorites. However, I haven't tried very many different species.
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Re: What are Some of The Best Tasting Gourmet Mushrooms? [Re: saintburger]
#22273867 - 09/22/15 12:36 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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I tried King Oyster and hated it. Maybe I didn't cook it long enough but it was very chewy for me.
I heard Lion's Mane is the best tasting of all (lobster taste), then your blue oyster...
I can't wait to get a lion mane culture so I give that a go.
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Re: What are Some of The Best Tasting Gourmet Mushrooms? [Re: saintburger]
#22276663 - 09/22/15 10:10 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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saintburger said: Of course any answer would be opinion but so far, King Oyster and Shiitake are my favorites. However, I haven't tried very many different species.
Can you grow shiitake in a fruiting chamber?
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Re: What are Some of The Best Tasting Gourmet Mushrooms? [Re: Space Elf]
#22276943 - 09/22/15 11:27 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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King oysters are pretty delicious in my opinion. Particularly the caps. The stems can be a bit tougher but I wouldn't call them chewy, just a little more snappy, while the caps are super tender. I prefer lions mane over king oysters but you have to know what you're doing when you cook them. Some of my lions manes turned out pretty bad. You can't go wrong with shiitake or maitake. And of course morels are the holy grail but you'd be better off doing those outside. Ive never been a fan of regular oysters and I haven't tried any of the less common pleurotus species.
My favorite mushrooms so far have been: 1 wild morels 2 chicken of the woods 3 lions mane.
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Re: What are Some of The Best Tasting Gourmet Mushrooms? [Re: amp244]
#22278644 - 09/23/15 12:44 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Morels are my favorite, they are amazing when fried.
I found some nice size lions mane and grilled them. They have a very nice taste (not all that lobstery though). Only problem was the texture was rubbery and they were super moist.
My personal favorite aside from morels have been oysters, they taste amazing when added to dishes like fettucini alfredo or used to make omelets
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Re: What are Some of The Best Tasting Gourmet Mushrooms? [Re: mikesethnobotany]
#22278841 - 09/23/15 01:27 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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1. Wild morels 2. Yellow Chanterelles 3. Wild Oysters 4. Turkey Tail 5. Shaggy Mane 6. Giant Puffball
5 & 6 are kinda tied.
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Re: What are Some of The Best Tasting Gourmet Mushrooms? [Re: nuentoter]
#22278856 - 09/23/15 01:30 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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hold on... turkey tails are your #4 best tasting mushroom?
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Re: What are Some of The Best Tasting Gourmet Mushrooms? [Re: amp244]
#22278960 - 09/23/15 01:50 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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I like the bland almost woody taste, I enjoy chewing on them as i hike around in the woods, its kinda like a mushroom gum almost.
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Re: What are Some of The Best Tasting Gourmet Mushrooms? [Re: nuentoter]
#22279225 - 09/23/15 03:02 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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nuentoter said: I like the bland almost woody taste, I enjoy chewing on them as i hike around in the woods, its kinda like a mushroom gum almost.
You eat them raw?
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Re: What are Some of The Best Tasting Gourmet Mushrooms? [Re: mikesethnobotany]
#22279288 - 09/23/15 03:19 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Yeah! Sometimes while hunting (not that often unfortunately) I will pick some turkey tail and some chaga and make myself a nice tea to travel with.
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Re: What are Some of The Best Tasting Gourmet Mushrooms? [Re: nuentoter]
#22282329 - 09/24/15 07:03 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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The parasol is my new personal favorite.
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Re: What are Some of The Best Tasting Gourmet Mushrooms? [Re: donjonson420]
#22282433 - 09/24/15 07:40 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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donjonson420 said: The parasol is my new personal favorite.
I was totally gonna throw Macrolepiota Procera on my list as number 4, but I don't know of anyone who sells spawn or has any cultured, but you could grow them outdoors if you could get your hands on a wild one and clone it.
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Re: What are Some of The Best Tasting Gourmet Mushrooms? [Re: amp244]
#22282439 - 09/24/15 07:42 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Re: What are Some of The Best Tasting Gourmet Mushrooms? [Re: amp244] 2
#22286572 - 09/24/15 11:17 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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I've grown and eaten Shiitake, King Oyster, Blue\gold\pearl oysters, Lions Mane, ABM, black poplar and a few others that are slipping my mind at the moment.
Lions Mane has been the most disappointing, by far. I was so stoked when I got a culture and I immediately started growing it. C'mon, a mushroom that tastes like lobster? I'm in!! But, that was simply not the case. Absolutely no lobster-like taste. I feel like whoever says that it does is some asshole vegan who's never actually had lobster. The flesh sorta tears a bit like lobster meat, but that's about it. I had a group over to try it when I grew some beautiful pom poms outside after only getting funky growth indoors. I can't say anyone really liked it. Cooked it up a few different ways, still no one was really impressed.
Kings have been getting outstanding reviews from my grows. Deep fried kings are simply off the charts. After you have them the common fried button mushroom just doesn't compare. I also have a marinated and seared King recipe that is fantastic. You can find that here: https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/22010664#22010664
Everyone seems to like shiitake and the other oyster varieties as well as the black poplar. However, I think ABM may be the new favorite fungi. ABM is fucking delicious! It's a bit tricky, and the shelf life isn't anywhere near the Kings, neither is the yield. But, dammit are they sooo tasty! Just cut em up a little and fry em in a pan with butter, a little olive oil and a touch of garlic and salt.
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Re: What are Some of The Best Tasting Gourmet Mushrooms? [Re: Juiceh]
#22286596 - 09/24/15 11:28 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Juiceh, do you grow ABM? If you have a culture, are you into trades?
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Re: What are Some of The Best Tasting Gourmet Mushrooms? [Re: Juiceh]
#22287612 - 09/25/15 09:20 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Juiceh said: Lions Mane has been the most disappointing, by far. I was so stoked when I got a culture and I immediately started growing it. C'mon, a mushroom that tastes like lobster? I'm in!! But, that was simply not the case. Absolutely no lobster-like taste. I feel like whoever says that it does is some asshole vegan who's never actually had lobster. The flesh sorta tears a bit like lobster meat, but that's about it. I had a group over to try it when I grew some beautiful pom poms outside after only getting funky growth indoors. I can't say anyone really liked it. Cooked it up a few different ways, still no one was really impressed.
I absolutely love lions mane. It is up there on my list of favorites. I usually sautee it in a bit of olive oil until the edges start to brown. Deglaze with sake, rice wine or white wine. Remove from pan and top with a bit of butter. Then I add oyster sauce to the pan to make a wine/sake and oyster sauce reduction. Spruce it up with a bit of thai basil.
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Re: What are Some of The Best Tasting Gourmet Mushrooms? [Re: AnarchoV]
#22287658 - 09/25/15 09:37 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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saintburger said: Juiceh, do you grow ABM? If you have a culture, are you into trades?

  
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AnarchoV said: I absolutely love lions mane. It is up there on my list of favorites. I usually sautee it in a bit of olive oil until the edges start to brown. Deglaze with sake, rice wine or white wine. Remove from pan and top with a bit of butter. Then I add oyster sauce to the pan to make a wine/sake and oyster sauce reduction. Spruce it up with a bit of thai basil.

I guess I'll have to try it again!
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Re: What are Some of The Best Tasting Gourmet Mushrooms? [Re: Juiceh]
#22288251 - 09/25/15 12:39 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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blazei are also far and away my favorite cultivated mushroom.
black trumpets may be my favorite wild fungus. perhaps matsutake. never tried lobster mushroom though.
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Re: What are Some of The Best Tasting Gourmet Mushrooms? [Re: drake89]
#22288307 - 09/25/15 12:56 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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I wish I had access to more diverse cultivated types. Alas I must deal with what I forage.
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Re: What are Some of The Best Tasting Gourmet Mushrooms? [Re: drake89]
#22288327 - 09/25/15 01:01 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Like I said, with the lions mane you have to know what your doing. Its also important to make sure that you dry it out a tad bit before you go sautéing. They have a lot of water in them and if you just fry em up without regard they will have a strong mushroom flavor. I like to harvest mine and wrap them in a paper towel, then stick them in the fridge in a shoebox for a day to get them right where I like them. Otherwise you could just throw them on a dry pan until the water boils out, then add butter/oil after they have dried a bit.
A lot of people drop the humidity in their grow room/chamber for a day prior to harvesting to produce the same effect. This also increases their shelf lives, which are pretty brief.
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Re: What are Some of The Best Tasting Gourmet Mushrooms? [Re: amp244]
#22288786 - 09/25/15 02:58 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Yeah. I've read all that. Mine grew outside in open air. Just blocks on a shelf with no tent over them. So they were probably about as dry as you want when harvested. I will try them again, this fall. My grandmother has alzheimer's/dementia so she was my main driving factor behind growing lions mane since it has "nerve growth factor" in it. Shitty thing is I can't just grind them up and make pills for her to take. Because she doesn't think she has any problem and won't take her medicines. So a pill just won't work.
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Re: What are Some of The Best Tasting Gourmet Mushrooms? [Re: Juiceh]
#22290653 - 09/25/15 10:27 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Make a tincture out of them and sneak it in her vegetable juice or food. The tinctures allow more of the medicinals to assimilate into the body as well.
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/18845747 Forrester's double extraction technique is pretty standard for tincture
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Re: What are Some of The Best Tasting Gourmet Mushrooms? [Re: amp244]
#22291997 - 09/26/15 06:56 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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amp244 said: Make a tincture out of them and sneak it in her vegetable juice or food. The tinctures allow more of the medicinals to assimilate into the body as well.
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/18845747 Forrester's double extraction technique is pretty standard for tincture
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Re: What are Some of The Best Tasting Gourmet Mushrooms? [Re: Jim Morrison]
#22297929 - 09/27/15 11:05 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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I always liked pheasant back aka dryads saddle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyporus_squamosus
always find them when I morel hunt. never heard anyone growing them or seen cultures for sale.
they grow on wood so they shouldn't be that hard to grow from a wild
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Re: What are Some of The Best Tasting Gourmet Mushrooms? [Re: trscstghst]
#22298849 - 09/27/15 02:19 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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I disliked the polyporus squamosus I had earlier this year. I suppose everybody's tastes are different but there are many more preferable edibles in my opinion.
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