/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>18843299
It doesn't and the answer is morals.

Truffles

Porcini mushrooms

>>18843306
>morals
the mushrooms that teach you to be a better person before you eat tf out of them

>>18843307
not a mushroom

>Went to the farmer's market yesterday
>Stand selling mushrooms wants $14 (FOURTEEN DOLLARS) a pint
>Including for regular stuff like oyster mushrooms

>>18843299
I find hen of the woods a little tough most of the time, it's better is soups and stews. Chicken of the woods though is shockingly similar to chicken.

lion's mane is kinda good and easy to buy if you're not a bumpkin

ergot

Chicken if the sea

>>18843347
Start growing you'll be rich

>>18843428
this is vaguely erotic

>>18843361
There's a gastropub in Jersey City called The Archer which has a mushroom risotto dish. It's topped with some breaded and deep fried hens o wood. And I'm telling you, that's one of the best things I've eaten in my life. It's just so meaty and dripping with grease and flavor, it's like KFC. I need to get my hands on chicken of the woods if it's even better.

>>18843299
Happy mushrooms, there's no reason for them to be illegal in the first place.

>>18843299
>want to grow
>$50+ for one spore bag

People really need to go through laws and justify them and reasoning and funding instead of soccer mom bullshit. Oh yeah little johnny is going to smoke a joint then shoot up a school, it doesn't work that way you fucking cunts.

>>18843299
Morel's, hands down.

>>18843471
I love morels, and chanterelles too. Both grow wild in my state.

For me? It's the humble tartufo

>>18843452
>spore bag
You're scammed if you buy this. You can grow your own for pennies if you do all the steps yourself.

1. Obtain one mushroom
2. Clone the tissue
3. Fill a plastic bag with sawdust
4. Insert the cloned mycelium
5. Enjoy infinite mushrooms

>>18843442
They're very similar taste wise, but chicken of the woods has a softer texture and it grows bigger lobes so eating a big piece of it really feels and tastes like a huge slab of prime chicken meat, but I would say actually better than regular chicken.

>>18843537

>>18843299
>When breaded and fried, it tastes exactly like fried chicken.
doubt!

maybe to tastelets but rarely does something that "tastes exactly like X" actually taste even close to it.

>>18843428
redpill me on this

surely the Jew must fear the indoor mushroom farmer?

>>18843299
Morels fried in butter

>>18843299
Young agaricus bisporus grown in caves and cooked the day they're farmed.

>>18843299
It tastes like weed. For days after your shit smells like weed too. All through the house.

>>18843361
got to pick them when they're young

>>18843647
Ohh definitely. Chicken of the woods too, but in that case more so because it gets eaten by slugs within a day or two of blooming usually.

Another favorite are elm oysters, partly because they're so prolific around here and grow massive sometimes.

>>18843428

>>18843471

>>18843299
Had some dehydrated Morels I got for Christmas I just fried up not bad at all

>>18843299
lol the thumbnail just looks like leaves like this chonky bitch lying in leaves and presenting more leaves for some reason

good lookin' shrooms tho

>>18843299
Morels and chanterelles are the kings with the hen-o-the-wood coming in hot behind.

I would however like to shine a spotlight on wood ears. Downright sexual stir fried with pork, in hot pot/soup, or in a cold salad.

But a mushroom risotto with chanterelles and morels has got to be in the top 10 most delicious meals on the planet.

>>18843600
They do, I posted detailed instructions here:

>>18768748

>>18843638
>Agaricus bisporus
He said tastiest, not most carcinogenic

>>18843839
You might be shocked but I'm actually a 180 lb male hog farmer in his 30s.

Never chew on your finger nails and they look like that.

>>18844685
You have some very girly hands. My condolences.

>>18843299
Shiitake for me.

I think it has to be maitake. Friend in a pan with butter at high heat, it has the exact taste and texture I look for. I had this smoked cured maitake at a fancy restaurant this weekend in this incredible riff on a seafood chowder (onion tuille, baby potatoes, smoked green tomato cream broth, and the maitake), and it was heavenly.

Wish it was a little less expensive though. I can buy a nice steak for almost the same price as a head of maitake, so I generally just opt for the steak. I have an idea in my head of soaking it in a seafood broth and breading/frying it like clam strips. One day I'll get around to it.

>>18845155
Shiitakes are based. They got me into mushrooms because of their mild flavor.

>>18845155
Excellent choice. Made some stew with 'takes just today.