I think I am old........

[Nutso]

I have been seeing a lot of puffball mushrooms lately. I have always thought that they have a great flavor....but a funky texture.

So the other day, I was with a friend and her son (8 years old) and I found a puffball that was all dried up. I pointed it out to him and told him to remember what that was, because it would release "smoke" when broken. He was not interested at all!!

When did kids not get interested on old puffballs??? When I was a kid that was the best thing in the whole world to get to "puff smoke" on to a friend (or sibling)!!

I feel all "old " now...........

[bigpat]

I still can't walk by them without giving them a kick.

[rustytrap]

i still step on them when i see an old one

[flyguy]

same here ;D...when we were growing up we were told that the smoke was poisonous

[rustytrap]

flyguy if the smoke was poisonous i would of got sick a hundred times

[badger]

We need a smoke bomb/puff ball kicken smiley for all us "old folks"

[flyguy]

[Greg]

i'm only 18 and i used to step on puff balls i always thought every one did it guess i was wrong

[SamPAtrapper]

16 here....growing up puffballs and black walnuts were natures toys!!!
;D

[357max]

My brother was out hunting one day in the rain and as he came up on a rise he saw what he thought was the breath of a bedded deer. He raised the gun to look through the scope for the deer and what he saw was rain water running off of a branch at a regular interval right onto a puffball. When the water hit the puffball it would "smoke". He said it looked just like breath on a cold day.

[samdog]

Cool story 357max

[woodsman416]

I get a lot growing in my grass and always run 'em over with the lawnmower! I guess I'm still a kid!

[snydboshawn]

We used to throw rocks at them and make believe they were explosions in a war zone. We also played with milk pods all the time. And a stink bug wiped across the bottom of someones nose was always the best!

[trapperandhunter]

haha man i remember them used to step on every one i found we never had alot of them up here though ! and im only 19 god whats up with people these days

[Deleted]

If it hasn't got buttons, a screen and flashing lights, most kids don't want to know about it.

[naturelover]

im 15 and i like kicking puffballs. but yet most the kids my age i know aint really interested in natures wonders. i personaly think their missing out on a lot of good experiences.

[kilog55]

Sept 27, 2008 10:26:35 GMT -5 flyguy said:

same here ;D...when we were growing up we were told that the smoke was poisonous

same here the old poisonous spore story they get in your lungs and sprout

[fishleclair]

Puff ball wars was one of my favorite games!!

[nikn]

Sept 30, 2008 15:35:13 GMT -5 SamPAtrapper said:

16 here....growing up puffballs and black walnuts were natures toys!!!
;D

Indeed.
But here it is mostly acorns and gravel. Not many black walnuts around anymore.