https://www.saltshaker.net/20050731/matsutakes Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:15:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.saltshaker.net/20050731/matsutakes#comment-211506 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:15:37 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20050731/matsutakes#comment-211506 Krystyna – thanks. See, this is why I don’t go mushroom picking in the woods. God only knows what I’d bring back.

]]> https://www.saltshaker.net/20050731/matsutakes#comment-211503 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 20:57:14 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20050731/matsutakes#comment-211503 these are not matsutake although another type of choice mushroom (lactarius deliciosus) from the lactarius genus, in Polish rydze, in my opinion way better than matsutake and possibly harder to find. No wonder you liked it. The orange stained with green and great smell are give aways.

]]> https://www.saltshaker.net/20050731/matsutakes#comment-123 Tue, 10 Jan 2006 17:30:46 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20050731/matsutakes#comment-123 As my Spanish has gotten better, and I’ve gone back and examined various mushrooms and such more, I’ve realized that these hongos pinos are not true Japanese matsutake pine mushrooms, but just simply “pine mushrooms”, sometimes called the “American matsutake”, and is a related species. Still a great price!

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