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Greenedog Administrator Posts: 8,019	Pheasant Back / Dryad's Saddle Mushroom Apr 29, 2019 20:45:03 GMT -5 via Tapatalk Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Greenedog on Apr 29, 2019 20:45:03 GMT -5 I've been seeing some of these edible mushrooms on a log in Gail's woods. From what I hear they're rather bland. Anyone ever try them?
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Greenedog Administrator Posts: 8,019	Pheasant Back / Dryad's Saddle Mushroom May 2, 2019 21:37:36 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Greenedog on May 2, 2019 21:37:36 GMT -5 Might just try it if any of them are still good.
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Pheasant Back / Dryad's Saddle Mushroom May 7, 2019 12:25:25 GMT -5 Greenedog likes this

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Post by strippitman on May 7, 2019 12:25:25 GMT -5

I found a huge cluster of really fresh Pheasant backs on Saturday. I harvested them to give them a try. I will soon be able to tell you what I think. Not sure how I'm going to prepare them yet.

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Greenedog Administrator Posts: 8,019	Pheasant Back / Dryad's Saddle Mushroom May 8, 2019 23:49:58 GMT -5 via Tapatalk Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Greenedog on May 8, 2019 23:49:58 GMT -5 Nice! Looking forward to the report Matt! I've been so dang busy I haven't went back and checked the patch I found.
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Pheasant Back / Dryad's Saddle Mushroom May 9, 2019 8:54:06 GMT -5 Greenedog likes this

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May 8, 2019 23:49:58 GMT -5 Greenedog said:

Nice! Looking forward to the report Matt! I've been so dang busy I haven't went back and checked the patch I found.

I wouldn't wait much longer. Once they start to dry out they go fast. My buddy was impressed by how fresh these were. He has harvested them in the past and he said by the time he gets them they have already begun to dry and he can usually only salvage the outer 1"-2". I'm hoping these are good because I know where there are hundreds more if I want them

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Pheasant Back / Dryad's Saddle Mushroom May 13, 2019 7:50:20 GMT -5 Greenedog likes this

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Post by strippitman on May 13, 2019 7:50:20 GMT -5

I ended up turning my pheasant backs into cream of mushroom soup. The recipe I chose wasn't quite as good as I hoped for but the mushrooms themselves were fantastic in this soup. I totally underestimated how much I was going to like these mushrooms. They are the type of mushroom that you would use in stuff and not really eat by themselves. However, I had to saute them in butter along with some onions and garlic and I did a little tasting of them before adding the soup stock to it. They were delicious eaten in this fashion. I could also see using them to make a mushroom risotto. The problem with the recipe I chose was that the soup was really runny for a cream type soup. I was hoping for something a little thicker. I could've used cornstarch to thicken it but I didn't have any and I wasn't running to the store just for that.

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natahka72 Senior Member Posts: 263	Pheasant Back / Dryad's Saddle Mushroom May 13, 2019 9:11:21 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by natahka72 on May 13, 2019 9:11:21 GMT -5 Good info! I will have to try them, too.

Greenedog Administrator Posts: 8,019	Pheasant Back / Dryad's Saddle Mushroom May 13, 2019 19:16:25 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Greenedog on May 13, 2019 19:16:25 GMT -5 Thanks for being the guinea pig Matt! I have a couple days off starting tomorrow so I need to go check my patch. They had ranged from fresh to WAY dried up but hopefully some new ones have sprouted.
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