From: nochance@nospam.no   
      
   "riburr"  wrote in message   
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   > 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.   
      
   I thought you were in California for some reason. Do your flavour-lacking   
   chanterelles get attacked by insect larvae? The reason I ask is that the   
   ones I picked last year from my site had bugs in them. They seemed to enter   
   through holes made in the centre of the "funnel" cap at the top. This was   
   notable for me because all the ones I had previously ever picked had always   
   been entirely bug free. My hypothesis is that at the chanterelles growing at   
   this site are the same strain as your American variety that are tasteless   
   and prone to insect attack. Perhaps imported as mycorrhizza on tree   
   seedlings many decades ago???   
      
      
      
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