{"id":772,"date":"2020-02-23T00:45:45","date_gmt":"2020-02-23T08:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ikedabarry.com\/gomakedo\/?p=772"},"modified":"2022-09-07T16:53:52","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T23:53:52","slug":"agaricus-augustus-the-prince-of-mushrooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ikedabarry.com\/gomakedo\/2020\/02\/23\/agaricus-augustus-the-prince-of-mushrooms\/","title":{"rendered":"Agaricus Augustus: The Prince of Mushrooms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Princes are tall, noble mushrooms with feathered, golden caps that have a square-ish, marshmallow-like shape when young. They often crop up twice in a season, and are considered choice edibles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These beauties appeared in July along a sidewalk edged with ivy. We carefully pried them out of the ground, marveling at their long stems, and carried them home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click on a photo to open the gallery:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Golden, feathered heads nestled in the ivy.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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White, scaly stems pushing up through the leafy litter.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Six long-legged beauties, showing some tell-tale yellow bruising.<\/div><\/div>
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About 640 grams.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Cleaned and trimmed.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Unbroken veils, and an unmistakable almondy scent.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

What would you do with such fresh, tender, aromatic mushrooms?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Click on a photo to open the gallery and see what we did.<\/p>\n\n\n

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We carefully tore some of them lengthwise into quarters.<\/div><\/div>
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The rough edges cook nicely on the grill.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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A little char adds so much flavour.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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The rest we cut up for the pan.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Beautiful, firm flesh, and so aromatic when cut open.<\/div><\/div>
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Into a hot pan with olive oil and a little garlic. <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Half were finished with Sherry, half with cream.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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No bread required, just amazing on their own.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

About two months later, the same stretch of sidewalk revealed another crop. Unfortunately, they went unnoticed for a few days and were a little past their prime when we found them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The veils are broken, the caps have opened fully, and the edges are starting to split.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Such a great haul, although they’re starting to lose their sweet scent.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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We decided to dry these in the dehydrator.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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A jar full of dried Princes, still heavy with a sweet, earthy aroma. They add their famous flavour to creamy sauces and casseroles.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n
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At the same time, this batch of Agaricus praeclaresquamosus showed up very nearby.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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These are quite similar to the Prince, with scaly caps, brown gills and a ring around the stem. Two noticeable differences are their grey-brown cap and their distinctly phenolic scent, like a bottle of ink, or that paste\/glue we all used in kindergarten, or perhaps asphalt\/creosote. Oh, and quite poisonous. So three differences, then.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Princes are tall, noble mushrooms with feathered, golden caps that have a square-ish, marshmallow-like shape when young. They often crop up twice in a season, and are considered choice edibles. These beauties appeared in July along a sidewalk edged with ivy. We carefully pried them out of the ground, marveling at their long stems, and … <\/p>\n

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