Mushroom magic
August 12, 2011 in Uncategorized
It would be an understatement to say that I am smitten with the mushroom kit I recently received from Home-gro. I have harvested my first batch of beautiful oysters straight from the box, and I am now anxiously awaiting my first bulk grow which has been birthed to the garden.
Thanks to the step-by-step guide on Home-gro’s Facebook page, it couldn’t be easier to play around feeling like a seasoned mycologist….and it’s not unlike a bit of rusting cooking, adding some water, mixing, pasteurising, and allowing it to cool to below 25C.
I found a log in the backyard and decided that it looked rather mushroom friendly, and placed it in a shady corner of Oep ve Koep’s garden. This is where I’m hoping the mushroom magic will happen.
And as an offering to the gods of fungi, I decided to create a dish inspired by my ‘mushroom log’.
Breadstick logs and twigs in the making…
Farm butter made with goat’s milk (thanks Arnold), perfect for glazing mushrooms.
And the result – a snappy breadstick log, porcini soil, thyme-and-soy-glazed button mushrooms, and young spekboom (portulacaria afra) leaves.
drizzleanddip said on August 13, 2011
Wow! how exciting!
sardinesontoast said on August 13, 2011
Exciting indeed. Here’s hoping I get to harvest at least one mushroom from the ‘bulk grow’…
Kitchengirl said on August 15, 2011
I adore your mushroom log
brandnew said on August 15, 2011
Wow, those mushrooms look amazing.
sardinesontoast said on August 18, 2011
Let’s hope the ones in the garden are as impressive as their boxed predecessors.
sardinesontoast said on August 18, 2011
Thank you!
milkandhoney said on August 30, 2011
ek sal maar nie weer vir jou se jy rock nie want net nou raak jou kop groot, maar regtig, jy rock. dis soos ‘n klein kunswerkie. Ek beny jou jou geduld.