# The Food For Free thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-food-for-free-thread/208250>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 18, 2003, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-food-for-free-thread/208250 "2003-10-18T23:03:50Z")\
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**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:** [October 18, 2003, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-food-for-free-thread/208250/1 "2003-10-18T23:03:50Z")

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I went out with my family today for a walk in the New Forest and my daughter pointed out a large and perfect specimen of _Boletus Edulis_ (AKA Porcini or Cep) - needless to say it went in the bag and was much relished at teatime, gently sauteed in butter and served with an omlette and crusty bread.

I suspect if we’d searched around a bit, we could have picked a bucketfull of them, but I was so pleased with this single mushroom as it’s the first time I’ve picked one with no trace of insect infestation.

Anybody else want to post your wild food escapades?

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**Author:** ![quothz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/da6949/32.png) [@quothz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quothz)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-food-for-free-thread/208250/2 "2003-10-18T23:20:19Z")

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When I was much younger, our town would gather every spring to gather and eat morels. Mmmmm. It took me a long time to learn to tolerate lesser mushrooms.  
Except the blue kind. Aquired that taste pretty quickly. 😃