Counting Down
Since the heavy rains we had last weekend, I have been waiting patiently or rather not so patiently, for the ten day mark. My angst has been heightened because of a trip to the local grocery store a couple of days ago.
I spotted a handful of Chanterelle mushrooms in the produce aisle along with a three weathered lobster mushrooms.
The fungi were pitiful looking, all dried out and looking about a week old.
When I saw the price sticker I nearly had a conniption fit right there in the produce section. $39.99 a pound for both the Chanterelle and Lobster mushrooms!
Since that spotting, I have taken a meander through the woods daily looking for any indication that I may soon be able to make a successful forage (I already have steaks thawing in the fridge).
Yesterday I found a couple of SBMs (small brown mushrooms) of the insignificant, unidentifiable variety that are an indicator that the beloved Chanterelles and Lobsters are about ready to emerge. I will keep you up to date as I gather!
Don’t you love realizing how much money you are saving by harvesting or foraging you own stuff. When I harvested blueberries in the height of summer and compared to prices in the store, my eight small baskets would have been worth $40. Mushrooms at $40/pound are much better.
“Conniption fit”. Ha ha you crack me up! You are your father’s daughter 🙂
Doesn’t everyone have conniptions? I thought it was a worldwide thing!