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Posted by kycooner1 on 10-05-2011 04:13 PM:

Hen of the Woods Mushroom

Moving deer stands yesterday evening ,,
we ran across these. Thought I would post a
pic for the folks who has never seen one.

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Posted by HannahK on 10-05-2011 05:53 PM:

Im at work so I cant see the picture but looked them up online. You can eat those? Weird never seen anything like it here in Wisconsin.

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Posted by wvhounds on 10-06-2011 12:12 AM:

They are great, love 'em

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Posted by WVBackwoods22 on 10-06-2011 12:20 AM:

Been getting these since I was about 10 with my old man. I cant wait till this time of the year for the reason of these mushrooms growing at the base of a big Red Oak tree.

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Posted by Mike S Hoag on 10-06-2011 01:32 AM:

How do you guys cook them ?

Posted by Surveyor on 10-06-2011 02:27 AM:

Ah yea, thats what I've been waiting on. Have 1 tree (Pin Oak)here that about always has them at its base. Hopefully soon!

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Posted by jodaviess1 on 10-06-2011 04:32 AM:

2 DIFFERENT MUSHROOMS

THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS A HEN OF THE WOODS. HAVIN TROUBLE WITH THE NAME OF THE ONE ON THE LEFT, BUT BOTH ARE GOOD EATIN. <v>

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Posted by Glenn Wells on 10-06-2011 06:17 AM:

I saw one growing beside the smoke house a while ago, first noticed it early this morning. They might be good, but I still think I'll let it stay where it at .... but atleast I know what to call it now.

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Posted by l.lyle on 10-06-2011 07:54 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by Glenn Wells
I saw one growing beside the smoke house a while ago, first noticed it early this morning. They might be good, but I still think I'll let it stay where it at .... but atleast I know what to call it now.

Me widja. A friend of mine got into them shrooms he didn't know dit from dat on and I think he is out there in California marchin with Truly about now.. Brain Fried.

Posted by willseeyalater on 10-06-2011 02:27 PM:

Those are excellent to eat. If you make up a roast chicken with rice it goes good in the roaster in big slices. Serve it with the gravy over the rice. Or on it's own just butter and olive oil fry it with some garlic or sweet onions, salt/pepper and either make a gravy or serve it as is over some good biscuits or mashed potatoes. There's a lot of ways to serve mushrooms, this Hen of the woods one is easy to substitute in any recipe using mushrooms.
We got it so dry here that there's hardly any fall mushrooms to be found. Normally there would be puffballs, elm oysters and maybe chantrells on a good day. I found one Chicken of the Woods but it was getting tough so I can hardly eat it. It was a case of 'got there to late'.

Posted by kycooner1 on 10-06-2011 03:35 PM:

Re: 2 DIFFERENT MUSHROOMS

quote:
Originally posted by jodaviess1
THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS A HEN OF THE WOODS. HAVIN TROUBLE WITH THE NAME OF THE ONE ON THE LEFT, BUT BOTH ARE GOOD EATIN. <v>

Must be the lighting or angle ,,but there both the same..they were even growing on the same stump.

Posted by HannahK on 10-06-2011 05:27 PM:

Wow I could never imagine going out, picking mushrooms, and just eating them. I would never know what I was getting into. I will stick to buying mine in the store. I think I need to make a trip down south to try some southern cooking. Sounds so good!!

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Posted by kycooner1 on 10-06-2011 05:46 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Mike S Hoag
How do you guys cook them ?

You can use these like any mushroom you would buy
in a store..bread them and frying is a favorite here
,,but also sauteed in butter with green peppers
and onions to cover a steak or chiken breast
..great in chili .spaghetti sauce .

The first pic is after they have been processed
,,the second one is a pic of some I fried up
yesterday for lunch.

Posted by Todd K / UKC on 10-06-2011 06:13 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by HannahK
Im at work so I cant see the picture but looked them up online. You can eat those? Weird never seen anything like it here in Wisconsin.

Southern Skonsin outa have them. Southern Mich does. They are great. I cook them just like morels in butter only. You find one and you can eat on it for a week. That's what I like about them.

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Posted by willseeyalater on 10-06-2011 06:57 PM:

Correct Mr. Kellam, hen of the woods is found in Michigan, MN and Sisconsin and probably as far south as there are oaks for them to form on. You all who get nervous about eating a mushroom you gathered yourself are missing out. I tease my wife that she will eat a mushroom from a can that came from the other side of the world packed by folks who you never met but not one that I am enjoying on my own plate which came from the woods near home. It is just a mind block for some I guess. Other than me having to eat outside on the front porch she really likes being teased about it.

Those of us who do gather don't just go to the woods and grab up any old fungus or mushroom, the ones that are commonly known as choice for eating are hard to mistake for something else. My list of easy to recognize ones are morels, puffballs, chicken of the woods, hen of the woods, elm oysters and chantrelles. I add in shaggy manes also but some folks are allergic or react to them if they drink wine or beer when they eat those. I don't use either beverage so it never has been an issue.

If you can tell the difference between one fish and another or a persimmon from a peach or a mayhaw from a pawpaw then you can figure out mushrooms. There are field guides with lots of information.

Posted by kycooner1 on 10-06-2011 07:07 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by HannahK
[B]Wow I could never imagine going out, picking mushrooms, and just eating them. ]

You know Back when Quarters were made from real silver (Pre1964)..You could put a silver quarter in the fry pan with your mushrooms..If the quarter turned black they were poisinous.

Posted by jodaviess1 on 10-06-2011 11:41 PM:

POLY PORE MUSHROOMS

THE FIRST MUSHROOM IS A BLACK STAINING POLY PORE/ CLOSE COUSIN OF THE HEN OF THE WOODS. YOU WILL NOTICE THE BLACK TO BE SOMEWHAT TOUGHER IN TEXTURE THAN THE HEN OF THE WOODS. AND THEY DO GROW RIGHT ALONG WITH THE HEN AND OFTEN FOUND ON THE SAME TREE. WHEN YOU COOK THE BLACK, YOU WILL SEE IT TURN DARK AS IT IS COOKED. ALSO, NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE PEDELS OF THE MUSHROOM. <v>

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Posted by perry co cooner on 10-07-2011 02:22 AM:

I always called them rams heads

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Posted by perry co cooner on 10-07-2011 02:25 AM:

we got about 50 pounds of them within 1/2 mile of our house this year when you cut them leave some on the tree and they will grow in the same spot every year

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Posted by HannahK on 10-07-2011 03:14 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by willseeyalater
Correct Mr. Kellam, hen of the woods is found in Michigan, MN and Sisconsin and probably as far south as there are oaks for them to form on. You all who get nervous about eating a mushroom you gathered yourself are missing out. I tease my wife that she will eat a mushroom from a can that came from the other side of the world packed by folks who you never met but not one that I am enjoying on my own plate which came from the woods near home. It is just a mind block for some I guess. Other than me having to eat outside on the front porch she really likes being teased about it.

Those of us who do gather don't just go to the woods and grab up any old fungus or mushroom, the ones that are commonly known as choice for eating are hard to mistake for something else. My list of easy to recognize ones are morels, puffballs, chicken of the woods, hen of the woods, elm oysters and chantrelles. I add in shaggy manes also but some folks are allergic or react to them if they drink wine or beer when they eat those. I don't use either beverage so it never has been an issue.

If you can tell the difference between one fish and another or a persimmon from a peach or a mayhaw from a pawpaw then you can figure out mushrooms. There are field guides with lots of information.

First off may I ask why people are calling it Sisconsin? Secondly I'm from the central part of the state. We really only get mushrooms that you wouldn't want to eat. I wish I could go out and pick fresh mushrooms. I buy wisconsin grown mushrooms that aren't canned. They are very good!!

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Posted by willseeyalater on 10-07-2011 03:52 PM:

I used to listen to Boone and Erickson radio here in the Twin Cities and they always said Wisconsin that way when they were doing their morning show. They would do goofy scandihoovian accents with the state rivalry humor. Roger Erickson was from Winthrop, MN and Charlie Boone was from Amery, WI. No offense meant, and if wild gathering of food is not an option for whatever reason no problem. Life is complicated enough sometimes just staying between the lines on the road let alone trying to figure out what is safe from harmful for a food like mushrooms that are optional. I grew up doing a lot of that stuff so it is very normal to me. My mother passed that along to me since she grew up in KY in during the 1930's-50's. Life on the farm could get kind of lean so if meat ran low it might be possum, wood chuck or coon for supper and wild greens were available before the garden was producing. When I was a kid in the 1970' and 80's mom would be tickled if we tromped home with an arm load of poke greens or sassafras roots. We had a railroad line where we would pick blackberries in the hottest part of summer it always seemed. Sure, we used the grocery store but why not also use your noodle if there were things to gather was how we were raised. Of my other three siblings I guess I got the strongest leaning to do this. I hope my boys pick up on it, there's strength in staying close to your roots no matter where you end up in life.

Posted by jodaviess1 on 10-07-2011 11:13 PM:

POLK SALAD

ANYBODY KNOW ABOUT POLK SALAD. ONE GOOD OLD TUNE - POLK SALAD ANNIE. <v>
http://youtu.be/fRF24LY5pvw

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Posted by kycooner1 on 10-07-2011 11:42 PM:

I'm not a big fan of Polk greens,,but I sure like it fried..Early in the spring,,cut young tender polk stalks,,peel the outer skin off ,,slice down the middle.. then flour and fry.

Fried Polk ,,a couple eggs and some biscuts makes a pretty good breakfest.

As far as greens go,,i'll take Kale greens over any

Posted by Albert Fulton on 10-08-2011 12:38 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by perry co cooner
I always called them rams heads

Hen of the woods has also been called "sheep head"

Posted by willseeyalater on 10-09-2011 12:18 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by kycooner1
I'm not a big fan of Polk greens,,but I sure like it fried..Early in the spring,,cut young tender polk stalks,,peel the outer skin off ,,slice down the middle.. then flour and fry.

Fried Polk ,,a couple eggs and some biscuts makes a pretty good breakfest.

As far as greens go,,i'll take Kale greens over any

We never had them that way, sounds good though. I grew up just south of Louisville in Pleasure Ridge Park. That was when it was more filled with hillbillies and rednecks. We had room to roam up and down the hills that ran from Shively to Valley Station. We could hunt within sight of Dixie Hwy looking from the ridges. Hunted squirrels out in the woods by Waverly Sanitarium. Went in there several times, never saw any ghosts. LOL

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