tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post6221279318011687884..comments2024-03-21T23:14:27.787+00:00Comments on Middle of Nowhere: The callingGretelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00399585879728373265noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-69069152477829084372007-11-10T18:03:00.000+00:002007-11-10T18:03:00.000+00:00I haven't seen that many mushrooms about this year...I haven't seen that many mushrooms about this year, its been a very odd sort of year so far. I have seen a few common puffballs so far.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-5675476142915097482007-11-09T14:15:00.000+00:002007-11-09T14:15:00.000+00:00Hi PG,I too admire mushrooms and have had a book f...Hi PG,<BR/>I too admire mushrooms and have had a book for ages, but I've never been brave enough to eat any I find. I've got a dandy photo of a giant yellow thing on a tree. I'll post it on my blog soon and you can tell me what it is. Hugs, LauraAmongst The Oakshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06557263218213720034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-3042929681445644982007-11-09T08:18:00.000+00:002007-11-09T08:18:00.000+00:00Ohhhohohohohhh... I'm drooling freely. There must...Ohhhohohohohhh... I'm drooling freely. There must be some hobbit lines in my family somewhere because I'm obsessed with mushrooms.<BR/><BR/>About a decade ago I picked up a field guide to edible North American mushrooms (which I've not yet had occasion to use). The Olympic Peninsula's wet, fungus-filled rainforests are calling. *yooooo hoooooo*Soozcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12549632685008663664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-83792426290817160532007-11-07T21:51:00.000+00:002007-11-07T21:51:00.000+00:00This may well be my favorite post of all blogs of ...This may well be my favorite post of all blogs of all time. I am completely fascinated by your bravery in harvesting wild mushrooms. As a true fan of them, I am now emboldened to go out and buy a book about them and go hunting for them myself. The bluets are absolutely beautiful - even if they were not edible. Your stew sounds delicious. The photos are great. Clearly, I have really enjoyed this post ... thanks so much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-45974539875004127442007-11-07T20:53:00.000+00:002007-11-07T20:53:00.000+00:00How wonderful to go out and collect mushrooms, som...How wonderful to go out and collect mushrooms, somthing I have never done, and then make a feast with them, I'm feeling hungry now too.<BR/>Hope all is well for you.<BR/>P.xnatural attrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11932782598258944332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-55450101940166871132007-11-06T22:29:00.000+00:002007-11-06T22:29:00.000+00:00That lovely woodsy earthy smell wafting over from ...That lovely woodsy earthy smell wafting over from your parts, thanks for sharing it with us!<BR/>May your work run smoothly and an escape into the woods possible every now and then,<BR/>all the best,<BR/>M.Merisihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781937797213521146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-59210819432585506802007-11-06T20:19:00.000+00:002007-11-06T20:19:00.000+00:00The mushrooms at the back of our house all look in...The mushrooms at the back of our house all look incredibly deadly - though I'm told by reliable sources (Hugh's mushroom man) that there isn't a deadly mushroom, just ones that make you wish you were dead... But I'm not even brave enough to go there!<BR/><BR/>We did find a stinkhorn in the woods, which was interesting and very phallic (made for some jokes...)! <BR/><BR/>I bet your meal was delicious - I don't blame you going off into the woods either, much prettier at this time of year :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-4782849705368540222007-11-06T17:31:00.000+00:002007-11-06T17:31:00.000+00:00You've made me hungry now!You've made me hungry now!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-13247767113165563762007-11-06T17:11:00.000+00:002007-11-06T17:11:00.000+00:00Ah thanks Eric, if only all the publishers I send ...Ah thanks Eric, if only all the publishers I send my writing out to thought like you did...but alas, I mrely have a fine collection of rejection letters. :)Gretelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00399585879728373265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-8692204942196951662007-11-06T15:07:00.000+00:002007-11-06T15:07:00.000+00:00Wonderful shots of the mushrooms. You should be wr...Wonderful shots of the mushrooms. You should be writing Gretel, you write so eloquently and have such a knack for up rooting beautiful words.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15375615378259386972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-52948597529791077992007-11-06T14:53:00.000+00:002007-11-06T14:53:00.000+00:00I would be too scared to eat anything mushroom lik...I would be too scared to eat anything mushroom like unless I had a book like yours, I'd probably kill myself!!!!!!!!!!Libbys Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06537936739037961388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-88371282680411317312007-11-06T10:19:00.000+00:002007-11-06T10:19:00.000+00:00We are getting too alike you and I! I was only pic...We are getting too alike you and I! <BR/>I was only picking some mushrooms last weekend and thinking that you would probably be doing the same thing....lo and behold!Cotswoldgenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05975961140007400390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-61616720789148549662007-11-06T08:59:00.000+00:002007-11-06T08:59:00.000+00:00I bet wild mushrooms taste a world away from the b...I bet wild mushrooms taste a world away from the beige plasticcy ones in Tescos, sweating under their cellophane.<BR/>That casserole looks good, too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-54053155939447562142007-11-06T07:39:00.000+00:002007-11-06T07:39:00.000+00:00I hear you... Not much calls louder than wild mus...I hear you... Not much calls louder than wild mushrooms from the woods...tlchanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259427561396960607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-32752943195388119642007-11-06T06:51:00.000+00:002007-11-06T06:51:00.000+00:00I so admire you for knowing which fungus is edible...I so admire you for knowing which fungus is edible and which isn't - I'm sure I'd end up poisoning myself! My mother used to take us mushrooming but I've forgotten all I was taught. It's a shame all the 'old' knowledge gets lost.Caroline Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16458832101616631036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-80809763005435576172007-11-06T01:25:00.000+00:002007-11-06T01:25:00.000+00:00hello!!!!...I liked your blog!!...really...it´s ve...hello!!!!...I liked your blog!!...really...it´s very interesting....and I think your photos are excellent!!!!...<BR/><BR/>in those photos the autumn is beautiful...<BR/><BR/>best wishes!!!!...and have a nice day!!!<BR/><BR/>:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-38009932071931842002007-11-05T17:07:00.000+00:002007-11-05T17:07:00.000+00:00Hooray for the call of the woods :)Glad you are en...Hooray for the call of the woods :)<BR/>Glad you are enjoying my few blog words.. no it isn't THE accordion .. that is in pride of place in our living room, but alas has lost its singing voice for good I think. I play a snazzy new accordion that I bought wiv me own cash from painting jobs! Um pah um pah ... enjoy your mushrooms xRima Staineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10044701472535300254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-45657272529072747862007-11-05T16:35:00.000+00:002007-11-05T16:35:00.000+00:00My heart always lies in the woods or at the sea bu...My heart always lies in the woods or at the sea but I would never dare to eat the fungi. When the children were younger we would get up early and go on mushroom hunts bringing home all sorts of stuff, checking their names against the mant books and taking spore prints. They would then be deposited at the bottom of the garden. After several years the mushrooms started to appear there as if by magic!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-41675268796643534182007-11-05T15:39:00.000+00:002007-11-05T15:39:00.000+00:00Things are looking up I feel, I saw just a few mus...Things are looking up I feel, I saw just a few mushrooms in the woods at the weekend and a not long dead partridge, which I wished you could of seen with its handsome coat of feathersJoannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04358447263600244040noreply@blogger.com