Just as a little followup, I was out today and saw a couple of king
boletes that had just broken thru. I grabbed them, brushed off the
dirt, sliced them thin and fried with a little olive oil and salt. Not
bad. Have some waiting for breakfast to have with scrambled eggs. Lot
od slippery jacks and those red top poison ones around but I steer clear
of them.

Rodney Myrvaagnes wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 14:06:23 +0100, "Shaun aRe"
> > wrote:
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>
>>"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...
>>
>
> I have eaten ceps, or _cepes_ from central NY that were spectacular to
> eat and looked like fresh imported porcini from South Africa.
>
> I have also had boletes with an orange color to the top that were
> great. Maybe that is what Victor was writing about.
>
> Some other boletes seem less so. But I have also had slippery jacks,
> another bolete, that sometimes is great as well.
>
> I suppose DNA analysis is the only way to really tell.
>
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> Rodney Myrvaagnes J 36 Gjo/a
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> Kansas--working to become a science-free zone