Mushrooms (Just for fun)

[frodosampippinmerry]

Does anyone here love Mushrooms more than Hobbits? Are YOU A Hobbit? Do you eat more than four square meals a day? Hmmmmmmm? A teacher says Tolkien once wrote a fan and told her he was a hobbit. I believe it-just look at his picture- He even looks like a giant hobbit! Is it possible to eat 6 times a day without getting fat, granted, Hobbits were fat, but is it unavoidable to eat a meal every 2.66667 hours and not get fat? If hobbits were humans, why would they adopt such an unhealthful even gluttonous custom?

[Olmer]

Fast metabolism. :) Some human individuals happen to have it too.

[Butterbeer]

aye.

Mushrooms are the best!

(CS Lewis is (was) a big fan too)

[The Telcontarion]

AAHHHH, shrooms...I didn't know a wall could talk. :cool:

[Butterbeer]

not only talk the talk ...but walk the walk ... ;)

[Alcuin]

Excellent cooked in red wine, butter, or with beef. Outstanding. I am very fond of mushrooms.

In Peoples of Middle-earth, “Of Dwarves and Men”, pp 326-327, footnote 51, a passage struck out of Unfinished Tales is recounted because Tolkien said it was “Too much like Hobbits”:

To the astonishment of Elves and other Men they [the Drúedain] ate funguses with pleasure… The Eldar did not eat these things. The other Atani eschewed [mushrooms], save in great hunger … and the less wise called them ork-plants [uncertain whether this spelling is a deliberate hyphenation or not] and supposed them to be cursed and blighted by Morgoth.

I assert they are not “cursed and blighted.” But before you eat one, you’d better be able to tell the difference between the poisonous ones and the edible ones. (http://mdc.mo.gov/nathis/mushrooms/mushroom/index.htm) Legend has it that Tsar Ivan IV (“the Terrible” – “the Awesome” is a better translation) was assassinated with a dish of poisonous mushrooms. And sometimes, even experts can die from incorrect identifications, especially in the case of morels: an error can be fatal (http://www.mushroomexpert.com/).

I had a hard time eating my first – and only – morels. The chef assured me that they were indeed edible, and since I am still alive, I must suppose they were. They were delicious. But it took some soul-searching before I ate them.

It’s safest to buy mushrooms from the grocer.

[Gwaimir Windgem]

Mushrooms sauteed in butter and garlic with steak...fantastic...

[Arien the Maia]

I LOVE mushrooms! sauteed in butter or olive oil and red wine is great! mmmmmmm!

[frodosampippinmerry]

Any good wine or buttered musroom recipes that can be used in conjunction with barbacued marinaded steak? I have a steak and Pizza night and was wondering

Excellent cooked in red wine, butter, or with beef. Outstanding. I am very fond of mushrooms.

In Peoples of Middle-earth, “Of Dwarves and Men”, pp 326-327, footnote 51, a passage struck out of Unfinished Tales is recounted because Tolkien said it was “Too much like Hobbits”:

I assert they are not “cursed and blighted.” But before you eat one, you’d better be able to tell the difference between the poisonous ones and the edible ones. (http://mdc.mo.gov/nathis/mushrooms/mushroom/index.htm) Legend has it that Tsar Ivan IV (“the Terrible” – “the Awesome” is a better translation) was assassinated with a dish of poisonous mushrooms. And sometimes, even experts can die from incorrect identifications, especially ithe case of morels: an error can be fatal (http://www.mushroomexpert.com/).

I had a hard time eating my first – and only – morels. The chef assured me that they were indeed edible, and since I am still alive, I must suppose they were. They were delicious. But it took some soul-searching before I ate them.

It’s safest to buy mushrooms from the grocer.

[frodosampippinmerry]

Could you Please provide a recipe?


Mushrooms sauteed in butter and garlic with steak...fantastic...

[Tulkas]

i love mushrooms, the kind you eat with normal food and the other (better) kind

[Butterbeer]

ah, both sorts of mushrooms have i tried and loved, but only the purely culinary variety do i now eat or drink ...

ah, mushrooms on toast with a good salted creamy butter and golden fresh toast, simple but homely and delicious!

[Tsimshian]

Edible mushrooms are my favorite but then I must wonder what species is the best. Chanterelles are good but so are Boletes, Craterellus, Matsutake, Maitake, Oyster, Prince, etc,etc.

I probably know of more mushrooms than the Hobbits and I could eat more of them too.

[Anglorfin]

I generally hate mushrooms. Can't get past the texture. The flavor I don't really have a problem with but if it is mushroom by itself I just can't chew it. But I will eat them if they are mixed in with other stuff, like steak. Favorite is filet mignon with a mushroom gravy and mashed red potatoes.

[Tsimshian]

I must ask then what mushrooms you have tried? For saying something as bold as not liking the texture of mushrooms is like saying you don't like the texture of all fruits and vegetables.

Some mushrooms have that characteristic mushy texture where as others are as firm and moist as chicken and are more comparable to meat in texture than anything else. There are multitudes of different fungal species each with their own unique attributes including texture.

[Anglorfin]

Some mushrooms have that characteristic mushy texture where as others are as firm and moist as chicken and are more comparable to meat in texture than anything else.

Then recommend me some that don't have that characteristic mushy texture and I'll try'em out. :D

[Jon S.]

Portobello is your classic "meaty" mushroom.

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/portobello-mushroom-burgers/detail.aspx