Resupplied!
Oct. 1st, 2010 09:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pasitheaI'm so happy we found more Chicken of the Woods.
Last night we had Chicken of the Woods fajitas for dinner (which worked really really well)
and then I pulled out a little more to have fresh and prepped the rest of it for preservation.
Last year, sauteed and frozen seemed to be the best preservation method. Dried was also good though it took away most of the flavor. Just freezing the raw mushroom was fine texture-wise but made the flavor a bit more mushroomy. (Or perhaps it was just the particular mushrooms I froze or that I waited several days before freezing them instead of doing it as soon as possible)
Anyhow, for this year, I decided to break them down into grades. The most tender stuff I sauteed. The slightly firmer stuff I boiled in brine, and then the firmest parts I kept, I dried.
They held together really well when being boiled. I think if I find more of them this weekend, I may try freezing some raw in a light brine and I may also try pickling and canning some. I suspect canning them will work pretty well.
BTW, I'm planning to go hiking up around the back of Steven's Creek tomorrow if anyone is interested in meeting up.
Last night we had Chicken of the Woods fajitas for dinner (which worked really really well)
and then I pulled out a little more to have fresh and prepped the rest of it for preservation.
Last year, sauteed and frozen seemed to be the best preservation method. Dried was also good though it took away most of the flavor. Just freezing the raw mushroom was fine texture-wise but made the flavor a bit more mushroomy. (Or perhaps it was just the particular mushrooms I froze or that I waited several days before freezing them instead of doing it as soon as possible)
Anyhow, for this year, I decided to break them down into grades. The most tender stuff I sauteed. The slightly firmer stuff I boiled in brine, and then the firmest parts I kept, I dried.
They held together really well when being boiled. I think if I find more of them this weekend, I may try freezing some raw in a light brine and I may also try pickling and canning some. I suspect canning them will work pretty well.
BTW, I'm planning to go hiking up around the back of Steven's Creek tomorrow if anyone is interested in meeting up.
