I don’t know how I didn’t notice them yesterday. Or a week ago. But this morning I found these Mushrooms in my back yard. The one on the left, is as big as a softball.
Just right there, growing in my backyard.
Not quite sure what to do about this, I took the above picture and posted it on Facebook to try and gather some feedback from my friends.
The first one in was Rodger Montgomery, who is somewhat of a legend around here. He’s been playing old school blues the way it’s meant to be heard in this town for as long as I can remember. You heard a few of his tunes on the Soundtrack to my 2nd film “Virgin Pockets”. Needless to say he’s one of my more trusted friends.
Ok, perfect. Edible.
So, I picked them both, washed them and sliced them.
Nearly perfect white all the way thru, and as light and spongy as a good Angel Food cake.
I mixed up a quick egg wash and found some seasoned breading mix and then Maddy fried them in butter.
Leaving the final result a lightly breaded, pan fried Mushroom that I found in my back yard.
Delicious.
The Mushroom melts in your mouth, almost creamy and it goes nicely with the crunch of the breading.
The mushroom itself has a very pronounced ‘Mushroom’ flavor to it, more than likely from not being processed, packaged and sat on a shelf for a few days before going into the pan.
Now, assuming I’m not dead in the morning, the ‘Mushroom Verdict’ is “Awesome”.
I should say, it’s NOT a good idea to just pick stuff out of the ground, pan fry and eat it. I’m not a Mushroom Expert, and Mr. Montgomery is a guitar player. The lone voice of reason in all this was Film Maker Bobby Jones, who voted “Emergency Room” in my ‘web poll’.
So, there IS a chance that I’ll be dead by the morning.
But… Rodger already agreed to play the funeral, and I imagine Bobby will film it for Youtube.
- PG
