# Chanterelles!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 8, 2013, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chanterelles/662933 "2013-07-08T11:27:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chanterelles/662933/1 "2013-07-08T11:27:24Z")
Yesterday my gf took the dogs walking in the woods adjacent to our home. When she came home, she had a single mushroom for me to ID; it was a [golden chanterelle](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanterelle), _Cantharellus cibarius_, and she had found a huge patch. Maybe morels are better, I’m not certain. I did a spore print of the initial specimen and we hiked to the spot with a mesh bag. We collected about two pounds, leaving about half untouched, and returned home. Last night I grilled some NY strips, made a mango and black bean salsa with jalapeño and cilantro from our garden, and we had chanterelles in a light rosemary and cream sauce. WooHoo!! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chanterelles/662933/2 "2013-07-08T12:10:29Z")
Lovely mushroom, the chanterelle - and two pounds of them! - you lucky bugger. (in before the OMGYou’reGonnaDie!!! crowd arrive) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chanterelles/662933/3 "2013-07-08T12:57:36Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > (in before the OMGYou’reGonnaDie!!! crowd arrive) Heh. We are _very_ careful. A toxic look-alike that grows locally is the [jack-o’-lantern mushroom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omphalotus_olearius) _Omphalotus olearius_. The gills are a give away, such that you have to be totally ignorant to eat them. Man, what a find! ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chanterelles/662933/4 "2013-07-08T15:18:22Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Lovely mushroom, the chanterelle - and two pounds of them! - you lucky bugger. > > (in before the OMGYou’reGonnaDie!!! crowd arrive) Heh. Picking one species you know is edible and IDing it = the right way to eat wild mushrooms in perfect safety. 😃 Chanterelles are my favourite. Yum! ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chanterelles/662933/5 "2013-07-08T15:25:06Z")
A little eye of newt and you’re good to go! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chanterelles/662933/6 "2013-07-08T15:26:12Z")
I loathe mushrooms - EXCEPT for Chanterelles! Got hooked on them in Germany, where they are quite popular and can be found, in season, in most German food stores - but even then, they are a bit pricey. They are quite difficult to find here in Las Vegas, and even when offered at a specialty shop here, it would probably be cheaper to buy 5 pounds of cocaine than a pound of Chanterelles. Congrats, and happy eating! ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chanterelles/662933/7 "2013-07-08T16:45:33Z")
So, did you make enough for EVVVVVVVerybody? Hmm? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chanterelles/662933/8 "2013-07-08T17:20:34Z")
> [@shantih](#): > > So, did you make enough for EVVVVVVVerybody? Hmm? Actually, yes. But nobody showed up and so we ate them alllllllll up.😉 ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chanterelles/662933/9 "2013-07-08T17:26:49Z")
They’re starting to show up at Findlay Market here in Cincinnati. $30/lb. Ouch. Lucky find, OP. I wish I could mushroom hunt. ---
**Author:** ![sylmar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@sylmar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sylmar)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chanterelles/662933/10 "2013-07-08T17:37:55Z")
Seems to be the right place for some questions about chanterelles I’ve had for a while. I freeze any excess I have. Flavors okay, but the texture suffers. Would investing in a dehydrator yield a better product? Also curious about pickled chanterelles… Delish or just a novelty to try once? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chanterelles/662933/11 "2013-07-08T17:44:38Z")
Mushroom people have told me specifically _not_ to dehydrate chanterelles; freezing though not ideal, is supposed to give better results. I have dehydrated mushrooms and used them later to make stock, sieving them out at the end. No idea on pickling!?! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chanterelles/662933/12 "2013-07-08T18:12:24Z")
> [@Malthus](#): > > Heh. Picking one species you know is edible and IDing it = the right way to eat wild mushrooms in perfect safety. 😃 Agreed - wholeheartedly - and Chanterelles are one of the better candidates for that - the branching/rejoining gill wrinkles are a very reliable diagnostic. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chanterelles/662933/13 "2013-07-08T18:46:37Z")
Never found enough tasty wild mushrooms at one time to bother with preservation techniques. I suspect cooking & eating 'em fresh is the best, anyway. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chanterelles/662933/14 "2013-07-08T19:01:47Z")
Last year we hit it big with Oysters. We gave away our surplus, though. ---
**Author:** ![sylmar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@sylmar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sylmar)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chanterelles/662933/15 "2013-07-08T20:11:35Z")
Usually find the chanterelles in good sized flushes. Cepes/boletes seem to be independent stragglers (1-3) you can’t wait long on, maggots infest them the first couple days past fruiting. : P ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chanterelles/662933/16 "2013-07-08T20:33:15Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Actually, yes. But nobody showed up and so we ate them alllllllll up.😉 Well, damn. The mushrooms that we’ve had most success with and most confidence in are … hang on, checking on the English word for them … porcinis. I have a few secret spots that we check when the weather and season are right, and we’ve been nicely surprised by the bounty often enough to keep checking after lean years. Mmmm, slice 'em, sauté 'em, add some cream and a touch of alcohol to the pan and serve over hot fettucine – that’s what yum is! ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chanterelles/662933/17 "2013-07-08T20:40:25Z")
We’ve had so much rain over the past week, I wonder if there’s edible shrooms in my neighborhood. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chanterelles/662933/18 "2013-07-08T20:43:21Z")
> [@shantih](#): > > Well, damn. The mushrooms that we’ve had most success with and most confidence in are … hang on, checking on the English word for them … porcinis. I have a few secret spots that we check when the weather and season are right, and we’ve been nicely surprised by the bounty often enough to keep checking after lean years. Mmmm, slice 'em, sauté 'em, add some cream and a touch of alcohol to the pan and serve over hot fettucine – that’s what yum is! Gotta admit, that does sound tasty. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chanterelles/662933/19 "2013-07-08T23:25:48Z")
> [@Malthus](#): > > Never found enough tasty wild mushrooms at one time to bother with preservation techniques. I suspect cooking & eating 'em fresh is the best, anyway. 😉 Fairy Ring mushrooms (Marasmius oreades) are really good for preserving - very common (so not hard to gather more than you can possibly use) and they dry and rehydrate naturally with the weather anyway - so they’re a doddle to preserve - I just discard the stems and spread the caps out on a wire rack with a tray underneath - they dry out and fall through the holes. Very underrated fungus, that one - IMO, in terms of flavour, it’s right up there with the cep. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chanterelles/662933/20 "2013-07-09T00:14:28Z")
So you took a spore print - does that mean you intend to grow some yourself? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chanterelles/662933.md?page=2)