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Mushroom foraging is quite popular where I live. Free, organic, protein-rich nutrition in abundance from the local forest. But it's a delicate hobby: knowing be
by vesinisa 9y ago
Mushroom foraging is quite popular where I live. Free, organic, protein-rich nutrition in abundance from the local forest. But it's a delicate hobby: knowing between the species is a matter of life & death.
For example, destroying angel is a common, fatally hepatoxic all-white cap. So the rule is you never pick any white mushrooms at all; chance of misidentification is just not worth the risk.
But for example chanterelle is very delicious and there are really no toxic mushrooms that look even remotely like it. So anyone can forage for the chanterelle. It is heavenly in risottos and pastas.
- yostrovs 9y agoJack-o'-lanterns can look similar to chanterelles
- wil421 9y agoCame here to say this. Had a massive and I mean massive amount of mushrooms in my yard. Turned out the they were Jack-o-lanterns despite what my coworker thought.
- vesinisa 9y agoWell, my point exactly. That poisonous false chanterelle seems to be non existent in North Europe, so chanterelle is considered safe to pick for amateurs here. But I would never dare pick mushrooms abroad without a local guide.
- maxerickson 9y agoMushrooms provide very little macro nutrients: https://www.nutritionvalue.org/Mushrooms%2C_raw%2C_Chanterelle_nutritional_value.html https://www.nutritionvalue.org/Mushrooms%2C_raw%2C_Chanterel... ~9 grams of macros per 100 grams of mushroom. Just a little better than leafy greens.
- vesinisa 9y agoYou are looking at the nutritional values before boiling down. 90% of fresh chanterelles is just water. After normal processing (boiling most of the water away), the nutritional ratio of proteins vs carbs is actually superior to eg. chick pea: https://fineli.fi/fineli/en/elintarvikkeet/34535 https://fineli.fi/fineli/en/elintarvikkeet/34535 https://fineli.fi/fineli/en/elintarvikkeet/31218 https://fineli.fi/fineli/en/elintarvikkeet/31218
- maxerickson 9y agoRight, foraging for water isn't a great way to get protein, that was more my point than whether they are a sensible thing to eat once you have them.
- vesinisa 9y agoWell, chanterelles grow in spots and a good spot can yield 10-20 kg worth of mushrooms, which is about 1-2kg worth of beef in protein from a work of a few hours. The trick is just knowing the good spot - they can be closely guarded family secrets.