22-10-2016, 03:12 PM
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Puff Balls
Have any of you ever tried eating the Giant Puff Balls that you sometimes see growing in the woods or fields? I have known about these for years but never tried them until recently. I was out walking my dog Henry when i happened to see a puff ball in a field it was quite large and pure white i took it home run it under the tap peeled it and cut it into pieces and fried it the following day with the egg and bacon and it was bloody lovely tasted just like a normal mushroom. I have since found a few more and they are in containers in the freezer after being partly cooked.
22-10-2016, 03:23 PM
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Re: Puff Balls
There are some in the field next to my house the size of footballs
They come every year of a piece of rough pasture which is scraped bare in the winter by badgers searching for earthworms I don't know if there is a connection .
I have been tempted to try them but as the field is full of scabby poorly looked after and sometimes dead sheep I don't really fancy them .
22-10-2016, 03:32 PM
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Re: Puff Balls
Originally Posted by Meg
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There are some in the field next to my house the size of footballs They come every year of a piece of rough pasture which is scraped bare in the winter by badgers searching for earthworms I don't know if there is a connection .
I have been tempted to try them but as the field is full of scabby poorly looked after and sometimes dead sheep I don't really fancy them .
22-10-2016, 03:34 PM
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Re: Puff Balls
Originally Posted by Docholliday
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Do try them Meg but only if they are white, just wash and peel they are really nice. I fry mine till they turn brown and crispy.
they have been there for a few weeks. I might try them next year .....
22-10-2016, 06:06 PM
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Re: Puff Balls
Originally Posted by Mags
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Me too Nom, being a townie I can't tell the difference between a mushroom and a fungi
22-10-2016, 06:08 PM
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Re: Puff Balls
Originally Posted by Docholliday
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Hi Mags there are some very good little pocket books all about different types of Fungi and how to tell good from bad.
22-10-2016, 10:14 PM
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Re: Puff Balls
Originally Posted by Meg
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There are some in the field next to my house the size of footballs They come every year of a piece of rough pasture which is scraped bare in the winter by badgers searching for earthworms I don't know if there is a connection .
I have been tempted to try them but as the field is full of scabby poorly looked after and sometimes dead sheep I don't really fancy them .
I always thought the Puffballs were poisonous!
Shows how much I know.
Edited to show this from Wiki:
While most puffballs are not poisonous, some often look similar to young agarics, especially the deadly Amanitas, such as the death cap or destroying angel mushrooms. It is for this reason that all puffballs gathered in mushroom hunting should be cut in half lengthwise. Young puffballs in the edible stage, before maturation of the gleba, have undifferentiated white flesh within; whereas the gills of immature Amanita mushrooms can be seen if they are closely examined.
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