Giant puffball

[urbpan]

Cooked, it had the consistency of very eggy french toast. It took on the flavor of the butter (especially the salt part of the flavor). If I did it again I'd want to browse some recipes and figure out what would taste best. Garlic is always good. There's just so damn much mushroom there!



Any resemblance?


It sliced crumblier than I expected.


It really had the same mouthfeel as super eggy french toast. It tasted like the butter, but I could still taste that earthy mushroomy taste, too. It seems like too much food to pass up, but I'll need to find another way to eat it.

Comments

[fairy.livejournal.com]

Hah! I knew it was a mushroom :)

Good lord..what is it with you and gigantic things (I'm refering to the slug you posted the other day, lol)

It's looks pretty yummy

Two words

[frith]

Maple syrup.

Re: Two words

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

I thought that for a minute, but it's a little too mushroomy for that.

Re: Two words

[gigglingwizard.livejournal.com]

Gravy, then. Maybe a brown beef gravy.

p.s.

[gigglingwizard.livejournal.com]

I like your plate.

[jolantru.livejournal.com]

Looks yummy!

[mellawyrden.livejournal.com]

I thought you were biting a cranium!! The cooked mushroom looks fantastic. What does it taste like raw?

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

I won't eat them raw. Even some of the edible ones aren't good to eat until they've had some of their component chemicals broken down by heat. But it was airy and bland with a mushroomy odor when raw.

[xiloxoch.livejournal.com]

oh man, i want some of that so badly. i've never seen one, but I've been wanting to eat one since I found them in a mushroom guide when I was twelve.

[iheartoothecae.livejournal.com]

JESUS. That beast is the stuff of my nightmares. Where did you find it (so I can avoid going there)?

[iheartoothecae.livejournal.com]

Nevermind, just read your other post(s).



*shiver*

[burning-brain.livejournal.com]

So much for the rule "never eat anything bigger than your head." Looks rather appetizing, I must say.

[buboniclou.livejournal.com]

It looks like it would make a great sandwich. Slap some cheese and bacon on that bitch and call it breakfast.

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

Now you're talking.

[sin-agua.livejournal.com]

That's a fantastic idea.

[rererepetition.livejournal.com]

It looks like turkey in the second picture.

[lotus75.livejournal.com]

When I was a kid there was a field by my house that had these puff balls, but they were the size of marbles. How long do you think that your puff ball took to grow? There's mushrooms growing on my lawn right now and I just cut my grass about a week and a half ago. It's amazing to me that these things sprout up so quickly.

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

The little puffballs and the big ones are different species. Now that I know where these big ones grow, I'm going to try to pay attention to how long it takes them to grow. My guess is, not that long. Once there's rain, most of the growth is water absorption. Some mushrooms come and go in hours, many come up in a day and stay for a week or so, and a few are perennial.

[kryptyd.livejournal.com]

Haha! I didn't know those things were edible!

[g-weir.livejournal.com]

Be sure to document whatever bursts out of your abdomen after eating that giant E.T. egg.

[wandererrob.livejournal.com]

I had no idea they were edible! O_o

[txtriffidranch.livejournal.com]

You lucky, lucky bastard. If I lived any closer, I'd be coming over to steal the leftovers.

[uberneko-zero.livejournal.com]

EW!!

and i thought you weren't supposed to eat those?

[dragon-spirit.livejournal.com]

(catching up on old posts)

That's amazing, my friend! I'm actually rather impressed that mushroom didn't try to eat you back!

As for the cookery of such a thing, the novelty of the size of the slices is probably the only reason to eat it the way you did. Next time, try a duxelles!

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

I had to wikipedia it, but that does sound good!