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09-21-06, 02:18
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| Grateful Mod  Join Date: Sep 1972
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 | Pleurotus eryngii [King Oyster AKA King Trumpet] Also known as King Trumpet or King Oyster. King Trumpets are definitely the best tasting and best textured of the Oyster mushrooms. While the stem of most Oyster mushrooms tend to be tough and leathery, the King Trumpet is firm, pleasantly chewy with a sweet nutty flavor. It's easy to fruit on hardwoods. My substrate is a mix of Oak sawdust, chips and rice bran. This mushroom may grow quite large, up to 7 inches long but is generally harvested at a smaller size. It is the only Oyster species that ships well and has an extended shelf-life. Fruiting was done in an open air greenhouse. I usually get two crops, 14 days apart. Temps are kept around 60 degrees F. with humidity staying around 90%.     |
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09-21-06, 14:38
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| Sponsor  Join Date: Feb 2005
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| I only have the Giant white version that has a reduced cap. I like the look of yours better. It looks closer to the wild type. But the white ones can get freakishly huge with stems bigger around than my wrist. You can slice them into medalion steaks. My favorite oyster by far. I once fruited some on cased birdseed. |
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09-21-06, 19:45
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| yeah, yeah, you know.  Join Date: Nov 2005
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| Excellent thread waylit...Good to see people who are into edibles. I've tried eating the king oysters before....purchased them at an asian food store. I never tried them prior, so I figured what the hell. I really hated them. It was like eating a chewy sponge. I don't know...I think the quality of their mushrooms were shitty as always, so it could have been that. Either way, Great thread...they look beautiful.
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09-21-06, 20:56
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| I'm a veg, but I've made this for friends. kING TRUMPET AU GRATIN Cooking time: 40 minutes -7 oz. King Trumpet/ Eryngii Mushrooms -1 Tbsp olive oil -1 tsp. butter -Meat sauce (1/2 cup onion, 1/2 cup chopped carrot, 2 cups tomato sauce and 4 oz. ground meat) -Grated cheese Chop onion and carrot into small pieces. Saute briefly in 1 Tbsp oil. Add 2 cups tomato sauce and 4 oz. ground meat and bring to boil. Tear mushrooms in half lengthwise with fingers. Spread butter on baking dish. Layout mushrooms in baking dish and cover with meat sauce. Sprinkle grated cheese over top. Bake in oven at 350°F for 10 minutes.  |
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09-21-06, 20:59
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| KING TRUMPET DEEP-FRIED ON SKEWERS Cooking time: 20 minutes -4 Large King Trumpet/Eryngii Mushrooms -Wheat flour -Bread crumbs -8 slices bacon -1 egg, beaten -2 cups vegetable oil -Sliced lemon Tear mushrooms in half lengthwise and wrap each piece of mushroom with bacon. In 3 steps, flour, eggwash and bread crumb batter the mushroom pieces wrapped in bacon. Deep fry at 340°F in a pan. Add lemon, mayonnaise or favorite sauce/condiment to your taste.  |
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09-22-06, 21:20
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| Prone to ranting...  Join Date: Oct 2005
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| God lord, deep fried breaded bacon wrapped mushrooms? I just had a killer sushi dinner and I'm hungry again. That sounds GOOD! Fantastic threadage, as always man. 
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09-23-06, 13:53
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| Mycophage  Join Date: Apr 1970
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 | Eryngiis are my favorite edible so far,i worked on a small farm growing these.Hard to tell the taste apart from chicken in a stir fry.We had them growing in pine wood chips but we found they only liked the kiln dried chips,we thought the temp. of the kiln may have gotten rid of the terpintine that mushies don't like.It wasn't uncommon to get individual mushies weighing 1/2 to 1 pound in weight!!! they also have a long self life compared to other mushies ,especailly oysters. We found they like lots of air when the mycelium was colinizing substrates.We also packed them into bricks tightly and cut open holes in the plastic for the mushies to grow from,i found they fruited best from a "v" shaped slash better than any other slash we could think of.Eryngii will often grow where you give them air with a slash . |
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