A big hi and hello to anybody out there who might be interested in my
terrible articles about foraging here in Asurias,Spain. Most of this has
been put in the Spanish section during the year so i'll be as brief as poss.
Winter and early Spring were atrocious with heavy snow and rain and then high temps bringing swollen rivers and flooding.So,except for some lyophyllum decastes,not such a bad taste,also a few camarophylus pratentis-these i like,we really didn't start serious mushrooming until middle of March.Where Ash and Elder grow by the salmonrivers in Eastern Asturias is where we find Morels from then until May.
We really had a
good harvest this year so drying was the order of the day in the old
tradition,sunny window or radiator-slow but sure.By the way,don't forget to
cook up before using fresh-they are toxic in raw! When dried they are perfectly
safe and very tasty in lots of dishes.
April was a dry
month so few St George's mushrooms,but after a couple of weeks of perfect temps
and light rain we were down in Leon province getting the first Boletes.
These are not
Edulis, but B Pinicola as we were in Pine-forests and we usually get Edulis
later on.
Then after some 3
weeks,disaster-high temps,no rain and all mushrooms soon full of bugs and
little creepy-crawly things.So,it was down to picking fruit and veg, bottling,
preserving,making chutneys and pickles and God knows what else. Well,more next
day-any opinions,questions or whathaveyou,don't forget to contact me on
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