We had a lovely and productive day's foraging, where we found some choice edible mushrooms including Chanterelles and Hedgehog Mushrooms - and what better way to enjoy them than to make a wild mushroom omelette right there in the woods.
@@AtomicShrimp Do you think you'd be able to do a video where you only live off of foraging / whatever you can get for free ? For like 2 days or do lol
Hallo again, Internet friend! Thank you for your videos. I think it interesting that you showcase various “slice of life” type videos. I’m not at all put off by a scammer video next to an MRE video next to mushroom collecting next to ketchup making. Thank you!
Hello,I just happened upon your comment and thought that I might ask you what were those other types of videos you call scammer.videos that u were comparing to this video. Please explain as I would like to understand what you mean. TY🕊
@@kimberlyjohnson7539 check out Atomic Shrimps channel and see his videos where he battles telephone solicitors trying to steal money from unsuspecting people called up.
This was oddly inspiring. I only say oddly, because out of all the possible ways I could be inspired (hiking, strolling, foraging, cooking), it just makes me want to storyboard an animatic about mushrooms . :) Thanks for your lovely videos
I so wish that I had the guts to forage for wild mushrooms. I tried once and found what I thought was chicken of the forest, but when I asked in a group about it I was told that it's something inedible and completely different. The fungi that I picked is commonly used to sharpen knives, or a a wound dressing. It was like leather. I'm glad I didn't eat it lol
There are goups and or classes to go with to get a bit of knowledge and in the begining you should have a book on mushrooms with you and dont pick or touch any mushroom that you cant find in the list of edible mushrooms in that book there are some general guidelines to find an edible mushrooms and once you have learned to recognice some types like yellow chanterells stick with them, you dont really need to pick every kind of edible mushrooms. Like learn 1-3 kinds at first and master them you might not need to learn more but if you want to add one new type per year and when picking a new one pick just one or two if they are small and keep them seperated from the Other types you pick like in a plastic container and when eating it prepare it as Said in the book and dont mix it with the other ones and eat just a smaller amount to make sure that if you picked a poisonus mushroom you can be sure it is that mushroom and if you eat just a slice leave the rest you can show it to the doctors so they know what they are dealing with. I never been poisoned by mushrooms but thats because I am really careful adding a mushroom into my basket. I usually are 99%( Im the kind that say you cant ever be 100% sure of anything until after the fact) sure it is edible before I try a new kind. like I know about and can Identify 20-30 edible beginner species with no dangerous similar looking mushrooms but I usually just pick 7-10 types. Those are the ones I like the taste of and they are common enough so I get my fill and more every time I go out looking for them. And its usually about 10- 20kg of fresh edible mushrooms I gather each year for myself because they are free food. I live in Sweden that allows one to forge almost anywhere for fruits, berries and Other edible things.
im squeamish with any kind of insects (it's a real problem, i've cried at the sight of one) so i'm not brave enough to explore nature much, but I learn a lot from these videos and they're so relaxing as well. 🥺
Log stacks are a good place to start - allow a pile of logs to just rot on the ground. This will encourage other wildlife such as beetles and birds. You can jump-start the introduction of mushrooms by buying spawn for species such as oyster mushrooms - in the form of dowels that you drill into a log to inoculate it with the fungus
The beetle was as interesting as the mushrooms. I imagine it takes the beetle quite a while to dig a hole for that mouse. Looked like a delicious meal. Very filling and nutritious!
Oooh I am happy to see some mushroom picking! A big cultural thing for my country! Wouldn't be able to name a single one because we have our own, local names but I am very happy to see more people appreciating shrooms!
This channel is something else. Just a guy doing what he enjoys and sharing it with whoever chooses to watch. You don’t seem to have a care in the world about likes or subscribers (or at least you don’t shove it in our faces to like and subscribe every chance you get, like most youtubers do). Huge respect!
The red one could be Russula Emetica - an indeed toxic species as it's english name - Emitic Russula - suggests. A general rule for russula: If they develop a pungent taste after chewing a while, they're not edible. Else, they are. Only try this though when you are sure it's a russula (bridle white flesh, white gills, no ring...). Also, an easy amanita species that is tasty and very common is the blusher mushroom (Amanita Rubescens) - once you learn how to not confuse it with the Panther Cap, it's easily identifiable. Hedgehog mushrooms are actually better when they are young - they get bitter once the spikes reach ca >3mm (cap size doesn't mattter as age != size) Sorry I get kinda hyped for mushrooms. I could go on for paragraphs :D
I've been trying to get into foraging but there's not much around here, I'm so jealous. During the fall we get plenty of chanterelles, but that's about it as far as safe mushrooms go. All types of "little brown" mushrooms year-round, but they're itty bitty and very dangerous because they're so hard to identify. On the bright side we do get a buttload of all types of conks, but they're not edible unfortunately.
Many years ago I was out for a walk and spotted some lovely Penny Bun mushrooms, they’re so easily recognised, a large as my palm, round and brown just like a Penny bun. I picked one, for one would have been enough to make me an omelette, but the chap was with was so anxious, totally convinced I was going to get sick and in the end I had to throw my mushroom. These days I grow delicious oyster mushrooms at home from a kit.
Hi Scott My favourite reference guide on the topic is Roger Phillips 'Mushrooms' - his photography and attention to detail is fantastic. I'm also a subscriber to these great RU-vid Channels: Wild Food UK - ru-vid.com/show-UCO6CqGDjDyzsPpDnoRU5pjg Learn Your Land - ru-vid.com/show-UCcbf8wnyVJl631LAmAbo7nw
👍Nearly as good as going for a walk in the field and wood what about that mouse and burying beetle... Gr8 specimens of various mushrooms. Sure seems to enjoy The gr8 outdoors just about as much as I do..even cooking out there, what a treat.🕊
I would advice using a knife when picking mushrooms. That way you do not destroy the roots and the same spot has a higher chance of sprouting again next year. Also, less of a hassle to clean.
Pulled from the internet, it is best not to use the knife to cut the fungus at the base, for species that are gathered close to the foot like the mushrooms, as part of the foot you leave on site will rot and this decomposition may win the mycelium slowing or stopping their growth.
So you are actually creating more of a chance of rot when returning to places you have picked previously, just so you know for next time happy hunting. :)
Nothing very specific. Trousers tucked into socks if I have to wade through vegetation. Bug repellent spray if I have to be outside at dusk, especially near water
Agreed - it sometimes takes huge willpower and determination to walk away from an abundant crop of a particularly choice species, but I always try to exercise restraint
I made it myself - here's the video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-k_BI-tCVNO8.html The containers inside are the plastic pods from inside Kinder Surprise eggs
Mike! I know you are a very regular guy - but weren’t you breaking some Hampshire law of the forest, naked flames and all that? 😂😂😂 - No wonder you changed counties ❤
They contain some enzymes that have been shown to be carcinogenic - I know there are methods to try to leach those things out during cooking, but... I dunno. I don't trust them.
It's very important to get a field guide that is specific to your own geographical area - mine covers Britain and Northern Europe - it's this one: www.amazon.co.uk/Mushrooms-other-fungi-Britain-Europe/dp/B00414ODO0/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1540450029&sr=8-2 It looks as though this one might be a good reference for the USA: www.amazon.co.uk/National-Audubon-American-Mushrooms-Hardcover/dp/0394519922/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1540450169&sr=1-1&keywords=mushroom+guide+USA
it is very easy for european n american forest to gather lots of mroom ..but sadly caucasian not so fond on this dish..we asian people love mroom so much..but sadly it is so hard to get so much in our small forest n dents
how long does that beetle take to bury the mouse? Don't other animals make off with it, while it's digging the hole? Though, I suppose, not too many animals touch carcasses?
I think it only takes them a matter of hours - I suppose sometimes they must lose out to other scavengers, but the strategy clearly works, as the beetles are still around
0:12 the fairly sure that this is Russula Emetica, which is not exactly poisonous, but extremely bitter and therefore inedible. You can always tell it apart from other similar species by licking it - R.Emetica will leave you with the burning sensation on your tongue.
I've heard that, but never found it to be a problem - I have picked some pretty large ones too. Maybe it's dependent on local climate or something as well as the maturity of the fungus
