Re: OT-OTHER THAN IRIS SUBJECT

In a message dated 4/7/2005 11:40:37 AM Central Daylight Time, arilpums@comcast.net writes:


Bill, Have your dandelions ever been sprayed. If not, dandelions in early
spring are very tender and delicious mixed in with lettuce salads.


They are sprayed only in the middles of some of the iris rows here. Others I have added to a salad and you are absolutely correct. Not only do they add flavor. The dark green color adds visual appeal to the washed out color of iceberg lettuce.

We have a local plant (now naturalized and wide spread in distribution) brought here by early settlers to the area called "Bakersfield Greens". It has a yellow cluster of flowers in the top. I do not know its botanical name. It is cooked much like turnip or mustard greens. Cooked, its kinda' slick like poke (polk) salad (salat).

I would love to meet a genuine mushroom collector that could show me local examples of the edible varieties. Thinking some, irises are kinda' like mushrooms. It's dangerous to rely on books. The difference is in who gets discarded in the event of misidentification <laughin'>

I can identify only one edible variety of native mushroom (fungus). It was shown to me by an 85 year old lady, an Italian immigrant. It is white, grows only on dead moist wood, and is seen only in the winter months here. It is much like a shetaki (sp?) in shape and size. Sometimes it gets 8 or more inches across. Garlic, butter, and a saute pan? Mmmmmm!

Yep! I sure need to meet a mushroom collector in the flesh!

Smiles,
Bill Burleson
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