"Jim Davis" > wrote in message
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> I live right next to a woods that supposedly has some of the best wild
> mushroom hunting in the area, or country. I've done it a few times and
> easily get the king boletes and one or two others but I don't know
> enough to do it adequately so I rarely hunt them. I've tried cooking
> and eating the boletes but quite frankly they aren't that great. Would
> like to know how to jazz 'em up to taste good. Any thoughts? Other
> mushrooms? I'm in SW Washington state so lots of moist cool climate for
> them to grow.

A lot of the edible boletes supposedly aren't good cooked - they can be
slimy and mushy. Drying, powdering and using to season soups and stews etc.
is reported to often be the best use for some of them, others raw as a
vegetable in salads etc.

King bolete - that's Boletus edulis/cep? They should be great! There is
however some debate on whether there *are* any /actual/ B. edulis in North
America, or if what are known as such are indeed (possibly several)
different boletes...




Shaun aRe - A little tiny bit about that he
http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/sept98.html