My first find for the year! Was out riding bikes and playing with the kids, just happened to be right down the path from one of my patches, so I grabbed these this afternoon.
I’ll do something with them and tag you in the food porn thread, or here.
I’m tired now though. Long day, lots of playing in the woods and riding bikes. Good time. 
Trying to make me jealous 
Says the girl who has friends That Bring Her Ribs!
That burns.Deep. Like In a spiritual place.
And pork shoulder too- perfectly slow roasted
So I went for a ride today that I had been planning for about 6 mos. It wasn’t anything epic, but for me it’s like a notch on my belt.
The goal was to ride from my house to the top of this one really big hill over in the park, which is maybe 4-5 miles away. Not exactly sure on the distance, so if you’re better with maps and apps than me, let me know.
From about here:
South Park Township
South Park Township, PA 15129
To here:
Dropped pin
Near South Park Township, PA
So I made it there and back. It was a hell of a lot more challenging than I thought it would be. The terrain was just a big punch in the pecker. Especially the ride up. The ride back down was a lot of fun. Instead of the long winding trail, there’s a horse/bike trail straight down into the hollow, then plenty of bouncing and splashing around.
I’d like to do it as one continuous circuit, because those woods are all cut up with trails and it would just be a fun route.
Not sure if the map stuff will work, if not I’ll edit it out and revise the post.
hey man, good job! didn’t get any sort of chest pain or dizziness or anything?
Nah. Just legs burning and feeling super pumped, and the typical feeling of some serious exertion- heavy but good clear breathing, a fair bit of self doubt (wtf am I doing?). Stuff like that.
No sharp stabbing or crushing pain. Even if I did, it would have to be a self rescue. No cell service on that side of the hill (Western PA absolutely sucks for cell service), and it may be quite a while before anybody comes by.
LOL! Anyway, that’s a major win dude!
And I found this.
It’s just one twisted up morel. I don’t know if I’m a little early or a little late, but the secondary purpose was to find these. I’m erring on the side of a little early.
A few years ago there was a mega patch of these up there but, eh, it’s a natural phenomenon. Mother nature doesn’t make any guarantees.
I’ll trade ribs for this
To be completely honest, I don’t have a clue what kind of mushroom that is. The only mushrooms I usually eat are button, shiitake, and whatever goes into hotpot. Haha!
I appreciate the offer. At least you’re more considerate than the vast majority of my friends and all of my family. 
It’s a Morchella esculenta - Wikipedia
It’s a hobby of mine. I like to catch 'em and cook ’ em (different types through out the year).
It’s like real life Super Mario without the dragons and stuff. If they become part of it, you got the wrooooong shrooooom maaaan. 
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Or the right one. Not judging.
Just been keeping up with my usual stuff. Bike ride and a little hiking yesterday, for time- about 2 hrs., on distance–no idea. Maybe 5 on bike, 1 or 2 on foot.
Also, my kiddo and his bestest little friend. He has been afraid of this hill for a long time and he finally got past it. 
Leftovers for lunch.
Well the coleslaw mix was fresh anyways. I’ve been sautéeing some onion, throw a couple handfuls of the bag stuff in, squeeze of lemon, dash of pepper, and a little balsamic vinegar.
That has become my favorite side dish.
Salmon was OK too. Better straight from cooking, but still very good. Now I understand grizzly bears a little better.
Grizzlies don’t have salmon that looks that good. I need to learn how to cook fish.
It takes a little trial and error, but I finish the top (inside) first at a little above medium, with 50/50 butter and olive oil in the pan. Flip once onto skin side, then season up the top with some basil, a little pepper and some lemon zest.
Then it cooks covered at a little less than medium, depending on thickness and preference.
Once done, a little pad of butter and a squeeze of lemon juice. I eat it right off the skin because I like all of that salmon oily goodness, but the fillet lifts right off when done as described.
Enjoy!
My semi-weekly log deposition–going on the bike ride/fishing adventure as mapped out a few posts above.
Not real fishing. Just playing with the kiddo. We’ll be using flies to catch little chubs and minnows.
Priorities lol!
Oh boy. Possibly neither, or both!
Actually too difficult for me to tell. I’m really only familiar with eastern/Appalachian types. Rule of thumb though is that if it’s little and brown, leave it on the ground.
https://www.mushroomexpert.com/
Is a legit source for identification. Typically you need to see the cap, stem, root if present or base, spore print, gill type and structure, margin, and attachment for a pretty good ID.
But I’d also cross reference with an odd number of other formally organized indexes, because he doesn’t indicate edibility.
You don’t want any ties. Some require microscopic or genetic testing.
I stick with the easy ones.
Those are from last year though. This year I only went out a couple times and just took enough to make a few meals.
Today was grass cutting day, so I’ll count that as cardio, because I cut half the neighbors on one side, all of mine, and the other side.
Been feeling pretty spunky lately. Newton was right. A body in motion, etc. I like staying in motion.
