DiegoDiego Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 I got about 2kg of blueberries the other week which are currently fermenting. As soon as I get a day off I'll be out to get some more to pickle and make syrup with.I'm also going to give pine cone syrup a shot as well. It looks a pretty fun process and apparently goes well mixed with whisky. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 On 01/08/2021 at 22:41, Nkomo-A-Gogo said: Are there many different varieties of mushroom that look like the magics? I'm just worried it's a bit like Russian roulette because I have no idea what I'm looking for. For example if I was collecting what I thought were magics are there any that are so similar but poisonous? On 02/08/2021 at 11:21, welshbairn said: Never had any trouble with psilocybin and I'm no expert, but this looks pretty similar and is said to be deadly. Not sure how common it is, must be pretty rare or people would be getting poisoned all over the place. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pholiotina_rugosa#Toxicity These are the ones to watch out for they're a bit more gelatinous looking and have white gills underneath. Usually in more woody areas and less in open grass like the nice ones. If in doubt, it's not worth it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted August 4, 2021 Author Share Posted August 4, 2021 I got about 2kg of blueberries the other week which are currently fermenting. As soon as I get a day off I'll be out to get some more to pickle and make syrup with.I'm also going to give pine cone syrup a shot as well. It looks a pretty fun process and apparently goes well mixed with whisky. It’s been a bumper blaeberry year. There’s absolutely loads of them. Let us know how you get on with the pine cone syrup, sounds very interesting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 (edited) 30 minutes ago, coprolite said: These are the ones to watch out for they're a bit more gelatinous looking and have white gills underneath. Usually in more woody areas and less in open grass like the nice ones. If in doubt, it's not worth it. Used to pick them on the grass outside Grampian Police Headquarters in Aberdeen, that and local parkland and the like. Fairly regularly mown grass should be pretty safe to pick them I'd have thought. Edited August 4, 2021 by welshbairn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted August 17, 2021 Author Share Posted August 17, 2021 Chanterelles I picked at the weekend and turned them into an omelette.Brown birch bolete, for tomorrow’s omelette Blackberry and apple crumble made with picked brambles. The crumble wasn’t the best, probably because I tried to use oat flour - but overall fairly decent with a bit of custard. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 1 hour ago, jamamafegan said: Blackberry and apple crumble made with picked brambles. The crumble wasn’t the best, probably because I tried to use oat flour - but overall fairly decent with a bit of custard. It looks like the bottom of a neglected budgie's cage. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 Let us know how you get on with the pine cone syrup, sounds very interesting. It's coming along nicely. About two weeks in and there's a decent amount of syrup already. No idea of the flavour yet but I'm hopeful. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well fan for life Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 I'd quite like to try foraged mushrooms but I'd have absolutely zero faith in me doing it alone with Google's help as I fear I would wind up shitting myself to death. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 18 hours ago, well fan for life said: I'd quite like to try foraged mushrooms but I'd have absolutely zero faith in me doing it alone with Google's help as I fear I would wind up shitting myself to death. Check out your local mycology society. They tend to be very experienced and knowledgeable. The one in Aberdeen has academics in the field (pun unintended) and I would imagine the same woukd be true of any in the central belt. Going out with folk itk is a great anxiety free intro to mushies. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 22 hours ago, well fan for life said: I'd quite like to try foraged mushrooms but I'd have absolutely zero faith in me doing it alone with Google's help as I fear I would wind up shitting myself to death. It’s hard to mistake chanterelles for anything else. Mossy woodland underneath birch trees. Even “false chanterelles” are edible, but don’t look much like the real deal. And you will hardly miss them for their colour and scent. Start with those. Then get a book and branch out, as it were. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 On 01/08/2021 at 17:52, HeWhoWalksBehindTheRows said: Chanterelles are always best around about when the season starts. Yes they are. Especially as you can get them before the hordes pick the whole lot for wholesale. That being said, up here there seems to have been a pretty bumper crop, and there are plenty of young ones coming through to leave for next year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 1 hour ago, Savage Henry said: Yes they are. Especially as you can get them before the hordes pick the whole lot for wholesale. That being said, up here there seems to have been a pretty bumper crop, and there are plenty of young ones coming through to leave for next year. Whereabouts are you? I think the season begins a bit later the more north you go. Just trying to gauge it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 12 minutes ago, velo army said: Whereabouts are you? I think the season begins a bit later the more north you go. Just trying to gauge it. Just north of Inverness. The first of the season (that I saw, at any rate) was around mid to late July here. I was out yesterday and there were plenty of new shoots coming through now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 Aye that explains why I've frequently missed the boat. Ive pegged them as an autumn thing. I'll have a forage when I get back up the road. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted August 20, 2021 Author Share Posted August 20, 2021 Did I have a good day at work today?You’d better bolete it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nkomo-A-Gogo Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 They look very similar to one's I found yesterday. Are they mistakable? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nkomo-A-Gogo Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 Came across a bunch of these today but they just scream poisonous to me! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted August 23, 2021 Author Share Posted August 23, 2021 They look very similar to one's I found yesterday. Are they mistakable? These look like lurid boletes, which are edible. Have to be careful though as there is a bolete that has red on it, the devils bolete, which is deadly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Nkomo-A-Gogo said: They look very similar to one's I found yesterday. Are they mistakable? It’s definitely a boletus family mushroom. I’m thinking either a lurid or a butter bolete. Cut it in half, if it starts staining blue, chuck it.* *This is not a steadfast rule for boletes, but it is a safe one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Nkomo-A-Gogo said: Came across a bunch of these today but they just scream poisonous to me! Looks like a waxcap. Not poisonous, but not edible either - according to my foraging book. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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