The
routine has been to spritz the box of mushrooms I have in my closet in the dark
with water every morning and night and I got a surprise last night. A box full of mushrooms ready to pick. It was too late last night so first thing
this morning, I brought the box out to the kitchen under the light and went to
work harvesting.
You
gently grab hold of the cap and twist it gently to get the entire mushroom
including the growing base out of the medium.
I started with the single ones first so that I could get a handle on the
gentle twisting technique. But, alas, I
did snap one cap off and then had to twist out the base. One isn’t bad since I haven’t done this in a
while.
The
next step is to trim off the bottom of each, brush any medium that stuck to the
caps or stems in their growing process and violá we are ready to have a lovely
mushroom omelet for breakfast.
When
you slice them – they have this incredible “crunch” sound that you usually don’t
get with store bought mushrooms.
Now
to mark the harvest amount on my calendar and see when the next flush comes.
If
this doesn’t spur you on to try this gardening project – I can’t imagine what
will. Again, these are crimini baby
bella mushrooms. These come from
Mushroom Adventures.
YUM,
YUM, smack my lips, YUM.
