Chants & Chickens

[Woodbutcher]

I dont have to much luck finding good/clean chants in my neck of the woods. 80% of my finds are wormy.

[Woodbutcher]

ok. now i have to figure out how to attach my photos.

[chantyman]

Here is my try to post a photo of a chanterelle. This was found today. I am in the same boat as Woodbutcher, almost all mine had worm holes????

I have added a couple more photos. One is some type of coral the other is Indian Pipes.

[Justapickin]

Congrats on the finds guys.I always thought that the Indian Pipes were pretty cool.I'm going to try to get out this weekend,hope the chants I find are'nt wormy also and Trumpet Trails are loaded...

[chantyman]

I thought it was a strange looking coral, but it might be a caulifower in the early stages. There were about six of these ranging in sizes from a baseball to softball size. Here is another photo of a second one.

[Woodbutcher]

you sure thats a Chicken in the middle pic Leonard?

it looks like a Cauliflower Mushroom to me....although ive never seen one around here.

koby

Those are not my pics koby,they belong to chantyman. I have not been able to post a pic.

[Woodbutcher]

4197Here is a pic. of the chicken.

[Woodbutcher]

Could not chance leaving it Jason. So i talked it into coming home with me.:chef:

[tkcenterline]

Nice ones. I can't find a chant anywhwere in Illinois to save myself. Found a lot of boletes and all kinds of others ( all full of bugs and far passed prime). It been hot and humid in the woods.

[Woodbutcher]

Jason, yes they are hard to see, except for the head which is black, the rest if the critter is small and almost translucent. If ever you find a shroom with the pin holes in the stem, take a sharp knife and cut along the tunnel that they created, you will find them.

[fasthunter]

Unless it's REALLY bad I just consider those things extra protein...lol!! Soaking it in saltwater for a while seems to draw those buggers out. Also, a dehydrator or something similar will make them want to leave quick too..lol!! If it's obvious and really bad yeah I throw them out. One or two though..................Well, you know.

[Woodbutcher]

This is the pic. i wanted to post when i first started this thread. The wormy Chants.

[Woodbutcher]

those chants were mighty fine todd, sauteed them with onion,in butter and a bit of olive oil, diced up a left over steak from the night before, scrambeled 3 eggs over the whole mess, salt & pepper to taste, that was my breakfast buddy.:hungry::slurp:

[Woodbutcher]

Forgot to mention one other thing about chants. Just because you do not see any pin holes in the stem after cutting it, does not guarantee that they are bugg /worm free.

I have cut them in halfe length wise with no sign of a pin hole in the stem and found the cap just riddled with worm holes. Go figure

[chantyman]

I went to a State Forest Tuesday and managed to find some Chanterelles. After cleaning and discarding the bad ones. I ended up with five pounds, which I had to share with a friend so we ended up with 2.5 pounds each. I dehydrated half and will munch and freeze the rest.

Today while walking the dog in the local woods I found the lobsters. That was a nice surprise.

[chantyman]

I had some of the lobster with breakfast. A very interesting texture and taste. I had some strange looking eggs. Weird!!!!!!!

[Woodbutcher]

I had some of the lobster with breakfast. A very interesting texture and taste. I had some strange looking eggs. Weird!!!!!!!

You are so right Ed about the texture and strange looking eggs. If someone would slide a plate full of that concoction in front of you to eat, you'd have second thoughts about eating it.

But since you prepared it yoursef, you know what the ingredience consited of.

[birrdybrad]

I'm with Woodbuch on the worms. A few weeks ago I found great #'s of Chants at our cabin. But only to find out that about 1 out of every 20 was bug free. The worms are very tiny and hard to spot.

[chantyman]

Here are some photos of some lobsters I located while walking the dog today.

[Bachflock]

Nice finds. Man I need to get out there!

[chantyman]

Here are some of the larger chanterells I came across yesterday. I would quess about 3/4 of them had worms. I also found a few nice sized lobsters and a few sweet tooths and about half the sweet tooths were wormy.

[Woodbutcher]

I like the way you use your Pocket Change to show the size comparison Ed :thumbup:

[tkcenterline]

Look at the size of those chants. Anymore that is pocket change. It costs me that in gas money to get home from the woods. My Dodge V10 gets 8 mpg

[chantyman]

That money is only two tanks of gas now a days. The money belonged to my hunting partner, it takes two to make a mushroom run now. We had a lot of fun. Large woods in Ohio are miles apart. So if you live where the jobs are you have to travel to get to nature. The only woods left in Ohio are those not suitable for farming and they are usually hilly and rocky.The chanterelle where well spread out and the large ones seem to be in transitional areas, areas where the woods would thin out and sun light had more access. The lobsters seem to prefer darker areas with thick cover and downed trees and limbs.

[Debbie]

very nice finds, so did you find the pocket change there also?? If so, send directions please! :D