tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258431463372570480.post6947814584491576825..comments2023-12-13T04:08:28.957-06:00Comments on Halcyon Days: More Mushroomssandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17355232032181406759noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258431463372570480.post-20348340128640198182012-09-05T09:57:14.152-05:002012-09-05T09:57:14.152-05:00And a lovely September to you as well! Hope your C...And a lovely September to you as well! Hope your CBs are doing well this week.sandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17355232032181406759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258431463372570480.post-74476207282462020782012-09-05T09:56:26.090-05:002012-09-05T09:56:26.090-05:00Mushrooms are my HB favorite side with any meat. I...Mushrooms are my HB favorite side with any meat. I prefer fresh ones but have very good luck with the canned ones as well. Mushroom omelette yummy; I agree! Hmm, maybe I could have a poster made; have also been thinking of making notecards from my flower photos.sandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17355232032181406759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258431463372570480.post-56435504989843405972012-09-04T17:09:36.148-05:002012-09-04T17:09:36.148-05:00I love mushrooms too and always fear the wrong poi...I love mushrooms too and always fear the wrong poisonous one...the mushroom lady at our market does an incredible business...Wishing you a lovely september sandaMrsLittleJeanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08261467265044347736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258431463372570480.post-38203709282808023432012-09-04T15:31:15.699-05:002012-09-04T15:31:15.699-05:00I love mushrooms on toast,or in an omelette yummie...I love mushrooms on toast,or in an omelette yummie.<br /><br />About 3 months ago we had a case of a woman dying from eating poisonous mushrooms she had picked in a field,not worth the risk.<br /><br />Your last photo would look great blown up as a poster.IdaJudith https://www.blogger.com/profile/03634258386057489997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258431463372570480.post-70364165698198889782012-09-04T15:28:58.461-05:002012-09-04T15:28:58.461-05:00Mette and Ida: You are both way too young for havi...Mette and Ida: You are both way too young for having a senior moment. It's called "information overload" and I like that term better!<br /><br />Mette: how lucky you are to know so many languages. I really admire someone who speaks more than their native language.sandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17355232032181406759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258431463372570480.post-18619320886245365182012-09-04T15:24:46.588-05:002012-09-04T15:24:46.588-05:00Mette,they call that having 'A senior moment&#...Mette,they call that having 'A senior moment' over here,sadly have a few myself!! IdaJudith https://www.blogger.com/profile/03634258386057489997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258431463372570480.post-61467532346030663032012-09-04T11:18:20.825-05:002012-09-04T11:18:20.825-05:00As you probably know, Finland is a two- language c...As you probably know, Finland is a two- language country. Finnish and Swedish.<br />Mushroom in Swedish is SVAMP, I guess I got my languages mixed, lol.mettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13732534795009852825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258431463372570480.post-84183237538740782562012-09-04T10:07:59.184-05:002012-09-04T10:07:59.184-05:00HAHA; too funny; fortunately I didn't see your...HAHA; too funny; fortunately I didn't see your first comment before the second so was not confused. Oh don't worry about dementia; we all do that from time to time!<br /><br />I have heard the poisonous mushrooms will kill one fairly quickly, so the people who picked and ate them in olden days were just lucky, I suppose, that they never ate the poisonous ones. Do truffles grow in Finland?sandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17355232032181406759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258431463372570480.post-40717144499491671412012-09-04T09:47:08.232-05:002012-09-04T09:47:08.232-05:00Oh my god - naturally I meant mushrooms, not swamp...Oh my god - naturally I meant mushrooms, not swamps, hello - is dementia calling me?mettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13732534795009852825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258431463372570480.post-24484629795204812872012-09-04T09:45:02.039-05:002012-09-04T09:45:02.039-05:00We get a lot of swamps from our forests.
As a chil...We get a lot of swamps from our forests.<br />As a child, I remember how fun it was to pick up them, as the basket was quickly full.<br />They were all cleaned outside, stored and used during the winter months.<br />Nowadays, people over here are seriously warned not to pick the poisonous ones, as there are lots of them.<br />Feeling so unsure now to pick anything growing wild.<br />Just wondering - how come people did not get sick or worse die in the olden days, as they ate every swamp ; )?mettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13732534795009852825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258431463372570480.post-9078686768175664352012-09-04T09:32:02.229-05:002012-09-04T09:32:02.229-05:00Yes, same color. And doesn't the color of that...Yes, same color. And doesn't the color of that mushroom match the background color of my Halcyon Days page perfectly? :)) (Didn't think of that until now)sandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17355232032181406759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258431463372570480.post-54468839416001890262012-09-04T09:31:04.499-05:002012-09-04T09:31:04.499-05:00It actually does look like coral; hadn't thoug...It actually does look like coral; hadn't thought of that. Do you remember how the wild mushrooms tasted? similar to the "normal" ones?sandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17355232032181406759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258431463372570480.post-34331328598707344792012-09-04T09:27:40.814-05:002012-09-04T09:27:40.814-05:00I saw it and couldn't believe my eyes. So big ...I saw it and couldn't believe my eyes. So big and colorful. Almost like a flower. I have never eaten a Fiddlehead Fern but have heard they are delicious.sandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17355232032181406759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258431463372570480.post-36152690827729337292012-09-04T08:03:58.039-05:002012-09-04T08:03:58.039-05:00This is so beautiful - when I first saw the pictur...This is so beautiful - when I first saw the picture, thought it was a hydrangea blossom dried in glycerin - same color! Your pictures are GREAT!Edith Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064143456339054752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258431463372570480.post-70553645358999633412012-09-04T03:11:06.811-05:002012-09-04T03:11:06.811-05:00Eye candy indeed - I have never seen anything like...Eye candy indeed - I have never seen anything like this, except coral under the sea. And I certainly would not want to eat it, although when I was a child we often had a meal of field mushrooms collected by my Dad. As he was quite the bushman he was confident which were safe to eat.Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685403215601517267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258431463372570480.post-41811635526668980512012-09-03T20:13:41.730-05:002012-09-03T20:13:41.730-05:00That is such a beautiful plant and your pictures a...That is such a beautiful plant and your pictures are terrific. I agree about not eating wild mushrooms and extend that to almost all wild stuff. Wild berries are scary. Maybe Fiddlehead Ferns are OK, but then, nothing poisonous looks like a Fiddlehead.Berylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08386043271411304736noreply@blogger.com