What a glorious day it was on Sunday in Thetford Forest, calm, clear, crisp, and glowing with colour. Some of us may have been frying, steaming, grilling, and pickling mushrooms ever since!
A few recipes for puffballs, just in case: puffball recipes.
And here is an explanation, in Russian, why “svinushka tonkaya” (Paxillus involutus) is now thought to be poisonous, even though we used to eat basketfuls of them in our ‘happy Soviet childhood’… : why avoid Paxillus involutus?
Please send us your *** MUSHROOM TIPS AND RECIPES *** (in any language) – and we shall try to put them on CamRuSS’ website. What were those pale orangey ones called in Russian, “govorushki”?
Marina Burrell, Anya Nerukh and Seryozha Schurov played the guitar; we barbecued everything we could, from prawns to courgettes; and “children” of all ages had a volleyball contest. Never mind the Russians, people from a very broad range of ethnic origins came along, from the Welsh to the Japanese!
Here are some photos of our hearty picnic in the wood: Mushroom Walk Photos, Thetford Forest, 2010.
Soviet MemoriesWhat a glorious day it was on Sunday in Thetford Forest, calm, clear, crisp, and glowing with colour. Some of us may have been frying, steaming, grilling, and pickling mushrooms ever since!
A few recipes for puffballs, just in case: <http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/Mushrooms.Folder/Puffball%20Overview.html>
And here is an explanation, in Russian, why “svinushka tonkaya” (Paxillus involutus) is now thought to be poisonous, even though we used to eat basketfuls of them in our ‘happy Soviet childhood’… : <http://gribo4ek.ru/index.php?id=5>
Please send us your *** MUSHROOM TIPS AND RECIPES *** (in any language) – and we shall try to put them on CamRuSS’ website. What were those pale orangey ones called in Russian, “govorushki”?
Marina Burrell, Anya Nerukh and Seryozha Schurov played the guitar; we barbecued everything we could, from prawns to courgettes; and “children” of all ages had a volleyball contest. Never mind the Russians, people from a very broad range of ethnic origins came along, from the Welsh to the Japanese!
Here are some photos of our hearty picnic in the wood: <https://picasaweb.google.com/tyurasova/2010_1010RussianSocietyMushroomWalk?authkey=Gv1sRgCJTuyqaZgpCzMQ&feat=directlink>
