On the way to Work

[primetime]

Had a great find on the way to work yesterday. Caught a glimpse of this on an old stump. Figured I'd seen a chicken of the woods, but checked the internet when I got to work. Sure enough - so harvested it on my way home. This is a first for me. Will be cooking it up tonight. I took the picture after I gave my dad a good junk of it. So it was about a 10lb find. Didn't pick it all either...



Shot of the underside. Almost a neon color. Very cool.

[trapperandhunter]

cool man ! ;D umm... what is it ? haha

[primetime]

Chicken of the Woods - an edible Mushroom.

If you don't hear from me tomorrow - maybe it wasn't edible. lol

[maritimer]

I'm sure you'll be fine buddy! Great find!

[acewoodsman]

thats alot of mushrooms ;D good find

[primetime]

Well I'm still here, so must have been the right ones.

I've never had any mushroom like it. Very interesting to say the least, when they call it Chicken of the Woods they mean it. It has a taste and even more so a consistency of chicken meat. It even looks like chicken meat when you bite into it.

They stuff really sucks up moisture. I added almost a stick of butter and that was soaked up in minutes, so ended up adding about 2 cups of chicken broth to let it simmer for 5-10 minutes. Once it soaked that up and started to fry again I stopped cooking it. Turned out really good.

Will be looking for more.

[Admin]

Sounds tasty. Glad they were the right specie. ;D

[Trapper]

Cool find! ;D

[yedi21]

Great looking mushroom!! ;D how daring of you to try it!!...

[primetime]

Oh I checked many sources before eating! Had some more reheated today for lunch. This mushroom has a lot of potential for many recipes. I guess it also freezes very well.

[kyhunter]

Never heard of them we find the morel mushrooms around here lot of people at home call them hickory chickens they are really good. Do the chicken if the woods grow in certain areas or can you find them anywhere would like to try one myself the sound awful tasty I love the morels don't have alot of luck finding them after spring when it warms up.