From: riburr@shentel.net   
      
   tree wrote:   
   > "Steve Peek" wrote:   
   >> I've received photos from friends (one in E. Tenn. and one in WNC)in the   
   >> last couple of days.The friend in Tn had almost 1/2 bushel from 1 days   
   >> picking.   
   >   
   > Cantharellus cibarius ;) coming up in Scotland too. Mainly still little   
   > buttons but some big enough to eat.   
   >   
   > By the way they were not that good. I thought it might be my usually poor   
   > sense of taste/smell even worse with yet another cold but my wife confirmed   
   > there was a lack of flavour from them. I collected some from this site a   
   > couple of years ago (last year there were virtually none at all anywhere for   
   > some reason) and noted that they were rather tasteless but I thought that it   
   > might be because they were waterlogged from previous heavy rains. The ones I   
   > collected last week were good and firm, in their prime but still bleh. Could   
   > it be that I have discovered a flavourless strain of the species?? No, they   
   > weren't Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca....   
   >   
      
   Same here in Virginia, eastern U.S.  The Chanterelles commonly   
   identified as C. cibarius lack any distinctive taste, or aroma for that   
   matter.  They can get quite meaty; solid edibility through and through.   
     Recipes for preparing rather tasteless Chanterelles would be   
   appreciated.  I love pickling, but it overwhelms what must be some very   
   subtle flavor.   
      
      
      
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