Lily Posted November 30, 2017 Report Share Posted November 30, 2017 Technically, the matsutake mushrooms can grow in PA. I have searched many places around my area, but found no matsutake mushrooms at all. I'm wondering at where, what time these mushrooms appear? It is said that the matsutake mushrooms were the only survivors of all organisms after WWII Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I know the State of Maine has matsutake mushrooms. I'm hoping we have matsutakes in PA too. Picture from internet ↓ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svs Posted November 30, 2017 Report Share Posted November 30, 2017 I never saw mutsutake in NJ. Be careful with Fatty Kim. He may send a hit man after you for this post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lily Posted December 1, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2017 2 things I always want to do, 1rst is to go to Maine hunting mutsutakes; 2nd is to go to Sandy Creek NY fishing for Fall salmon. But I don't have time. The only vacation time I get is 10 days on Christmas. Matsutakes hunting is around September. A friend told me, he can find matsutakes 50-100LBS in one day in Maine! Making fun of Kims (Kim Fatty I, Kim Fatty II, and Kim Fatty the Third ) is a good entertainment on Chinese social media. I remember after Kim Fatty II died, there was a joke about Kims, the Fatty III holding a cup of Meadjohnson milk said to his father the Fatty II, " Please drink this milk, I'll tell you a good news." After the Fatty II finished the Meadjohnson milk, the Fatty III announced," I will be the new king of the North Korea." (One time the Meadjohnson milk had problem...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted December 1, 2017 Report Share Posted December 1, 2017 White Matsutake is found (eastern NA) in October in both the Pine Barrens of New Jersey as well as in the pine forests of Cape Cod. I have never found this type mushroom in PA. There is a similar species that I do sometimes find in PA, Tricholoma caligatum, which is sometimes called "Brown Matsutake". But the ones I find in PA are invariably bitter/inedible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svs Posted December 1, 2017 Report Share Posted December 1, 2017 I do visit NJ Pine Barrens often. I should start paying more attention for this mushroom. I heard it is pretty good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitog Posted December 2, 2017 Report Share Posted December 2, 2017 In my opinion, the American Matsutake, Tricholoma magnivelare, is overrated. I usually find lots of them nearby and give most of them away to a Korean friend. Both my wife and I dislike the strong flavor and will only eat them in very small quantities to minimize their impact. I experimented with reducing the strength of the flavor, by drying or parboiling them, but nothing made them mild enough to eat in quantity. Adding a single thin slice to a plate is OK, but I prefer mushrooms that have an inherently good flavor. At least the aroma/flavor is very distinctive; and, once you have smelled one, you will never mistake a Matsutake for any other mushroom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aln Posted December 31, 2017 Report Share Posted December 31, 2017 I tried this year to find some in Toronto Ontario but didn't have any luck either not sure if they are really here or how north I have to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCn15 Posted September 13, 2018 Report Share Posted September 13, 2018 On 12/1/2017 at 9:39 PM, vitog said: In my opinion, the American Matsutake, Tricholoma magnivelare, is overrated. I usually find lots of them nearby and give most of them away to a Korean friend. Both my wife and I dislike the strong flavor and will only eat them in very small quantities to minimize their impact. I experimented with reducing the strength of the flavor, by drying or parboiling them, but nothing made them mild enough to eat in quantity. Adding a single thin slice to a plate is OK, but I prefer mushrooms that have an inherently good flavor. At least the aroma/flavor is very distinctive; and, once you have smelled one, you will never mistake a Matsutake for any other mushroom. The maginivelare is not like a regular mushroom for sure. It is great used sparingly though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Oak Posted September 14, 2018 Report Share Posted September 14, 2018 I have no information on matsutake but do have some about things surviving the atomic blast. There is a ginkgo tree in central Hiroshima that survived being in the epicenter of the blast. It is hundreds of years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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