{"id":53289,"date":"2020-11-22T10:23:08","date_gmt":"2020-11-22T10:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/?p=53289"},"modified":"2020-11-24T10:05:09","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T10:05:09","slug":"snowy-waxcaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/2020\/11\/22\/snowy-waxcaps\/","title":{"rendered":"Snowy waxcaps"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday saw me again walking the Soar.<\/p>\n

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Despite frequent bursts of radiant sunlight, as per the above, much of the day was overcast, damp and warm – perfect conditions for fungi. Dispersed across this meadow I came across cluster after cluster of snowy waxcaps.<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span> Should have taken photos in situ but forgot.<\/p>\n

I could have gathered far more, but I know of old that no one else at Steel City House will trust my identification skills sufficiently to risk eating. More fool them, I say.<\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

My main concern was finding a suitable receptacle but, as they so often have, Walkers came through for me. Back home I gently slit open the sides of the packet, dotted in places with crisp fragments.<\/p>\n

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They can stay, but it’s out with those grass stems, a few brisk snips of the scissors to remove soil, then into a pan lightly greased with olive oil.<\/p>\n

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Onto a waiting plate, with a slice of sourdough.<\/p>\n

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Delicious!<\/p>\n

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