Shrooms

[Blue_Runner]

Wondering if there are any members that have ever tried growing mushrooms at home? I'm not talking about the kind that make you see aliens.

I got interested in it some years back but finally tried it myself starting in April this year. I bought some Shiitake sawdust spawn online and inoculated a couple dozen fresh cut white oak logs. Recently I started force fruiting the logs in batches of 3 at a time. That was last weekend and in a couple days I'll be harvesting my first flush of shiitake mushrooms. Pretty cool to see it actually work and I can't wait to try them out!

[phatdaddy]

Sounds cool, post a pic of em

[Blue_Runner]

Phat - sounds crazy, but I don't know how to post a pic anymore! LOL

Harvested 5 over the weekend that totaled right at 1 lb combined. The biggest was close to softball diameter and weighed in at 3.4 oz. Beginner's luck I guess!

Wife and I made chicken marsala for dinner last night and it was quite tasty.

[phatdaddy]

Sounds good!

Sop it up with some crusty garlic bread,mmmmmmmmm

[Blue_Runner]

I harvested a batch yesterday. I've been keeping track of totals and weight. So far the totals are 38 shrooms with combined weight of 3.2 lbs.

Temps have cooled and humidity is lower. Plus when you force fruit they typically only put out for a couple weeks. So I expected this run would stop soon.

There are a dozen or so more logs I could force, but my little water hole has dried up so I'd have to get something to soak the logs in. I haven't decided what to do yet but will update when there is something to report.

So far my favorite way to cook is whole on the grill, olive oil, salt/pepper, a little garlic powder, score an "x" on the top of the shroom and cook it just like you would a hamburger patty. Soooo goood! I have an old Holland grill that I've been keeping alive for years lol. For those that know the Holland grill.

[scook]

Hey Blue,

In case you weren’t aware, someone has purchased the old Holland Grill company and is saying they’re going to get them, with newer models, back in production. When they took possession, they found a stock of parts for existing grills too.

And you’re making me hungry for some ****akes.