From: nicodemus@foobar.hellsuncles.co.uk   
      
   tree wrote:   
   > "Macabre of Auchterloonie"  wrote in   
   > message news:k5rh5a$mch$7@dont-email.me...   
   >> If you want texture, Lactarius tormin osus and L. pubescens are good ones   
   >> to try *BUT* - you must (*MUST*) boil them at a gallop for at least ten   
   >> minutes, then discard the water before you do anything with them.   
   >>   
   >> Ideally, you would put them in cold water and bring them up to the boil so   
   >> they are cooked right through.   
   >>   
   >> They taste mildly of pine, but the texture is meaty and the caps go well   
   >> in (say) steak and kidney puddings.   
   >   
   > I like the idea of that (but am probably too chicken to try).   
      
   Providing you seethe them long enough, they won't harm you. Not cooked   
   enough andd they are acrid and emetic - nothing worse. (Though   
   admittedly, the acrid taste would have been appreciated by the Spanish   
   Inquisition...   
      
   > By the way, I   
   > was looking up my records and the last wooly milk cap I found was exactly 11   
   > years ago today!   
      
   ou can do the same with L. pubescens.   
      
   > I wonder if hot tasting Russulas or Lactarius's can be used   
   > as a chilli substitute for making a curry. Perhaps with L. camphoratus and   
   > L. glyciosmus for flavouring....   
      
   Yes, but cooking reduces their potency a lot. AFAIK there isn't a really   
   dangerous Lactarius. L. piperatus is OK too.   
      
   > Got another lot of Hedgehogs a few days ago to try them on their own. The   
   > flavour is OK but there seems to be an unpleasant "peaty" taste in there.   
   > Perhaps I am spoiled by eating ceps and chanterelles.   
      
   You could try boiling them before treating as per usual - remember, most   
   mushroom flavours are oil-soluble, so do not leach out much.   
      
   > It's a bit milder out, the rain is still frequently falling and I hear   
   > murmurs of an Indian summer (but no evidence in weather forecasts). If it   
   > does warm up we could have a very good late season, given all the moisture   
   > in the ground.   
      
   I'm finding Lepista saeva and nuda, as well as Rhodocybe gemina.   
   Purely for scientific purposes, you understand, I intend to cook   
   one after I've studied it and examined the spores.   
      
   --   
   Old Nick   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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