World's largest edible mushroom - photos

[Altair]

Termitomyces titanicus, the world's largest edible mushroom.

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Previously:

Dead man's fingers mushroom - photo
Harvesting mushrooms - GIF
Mushroom hunting basket with ground spike - photo
Mushroom packing scale - GIF
Mushroom harvesting machine - GIF

[Frank S]

edible mushrooms, yeah, I've heard some people actually eat raw vegetables and rice too. Thanks, but no thanks

[mwmkravchenko]

edible mushrooms, yeah, I've heard some people actually eat raw vegetables and rice too. Thanks, but no thanks

Come on Frank you have eaten cucumbers and peas and carrots from the garden. Raw rice. Oh I would have to be desperate.

[Frank S]

Come on Frank you have eaten cucumbers and peas and carrots from the garden. Raw rice. Oh I would have to be desperate.

Nope I might make sweet pickles and dill pickles out of cucumbers if I can harvest them while still small enough. If I happen to let them grow a day or 2 too long, they become hog food. I don't plant peas, cabbage, asparagus, broccoli, celery, rhubarb, black eyed beans, lettuce however that crap is spelled. It is probably easier to say what I will plant, Any and all kinds of HOT peppers the hotter the better bell peppers, (those I will eat raw),tomatoes, the wife likes them and I will cook with them can't make spaghetti sauce or chili without them, Onions, I use a lot of those cooked in cooking, potatoes, corn, pinto beans, and a wide variety of herbs when I can make them grow. We rarely buy anything in the produce section at the grocery, the wife might buy a few things there once in a while, I won't be responsible for her stomach. I might buy a carrot if I plan on making a stew.
I don't eat under cooked meat either

[schuylergrace]

I don't eat under cooked meat either

There ain't no such thing as undercooked meat--beef, anyway--unless you can't catch up with it on your plate to poke it with a fork! Rare pork is a delight too (you have to freeze it for a while to take care of any trichinosis critters), but near 'bout any part of a hog slow cooked for 12-18 hours is the best (that would not be rare).

[Frank S]

There ain't no such thing as undercooked meat--beef, anyway--unless you can't catch up with it on your plate to poke it with a fork! Rare pork is a delight too (you have to freeze it for a while to take care of any trichinosis critters), but near 'bout any part of a hog slow cooked for 12-18 hours is the best (that would not be rare).

I would rather eat jerky than a medium rare steak `I took my installation crew out to a steakhouse one Friday after we had completed a project. I had no idea it was Prime rib night and the only thing they served on PR night was just that with choice of 3 sides I think everyone but me was thrilled. When the waiter came around to get our side and drink orders, I told him I wanted the end cut That's the first 1 1/2inch piece they usually throw away I said I'll have the end cut but I want the red side laid on the grill and grilled for a full 5 minutes I wanted it almost a light tan color inside

[WmRMeyers]

There ain't no such thing as undercooked meat--beef, anyway--unless you can't catch up with it on your plate to poke it with a fork! Rare pork is a delight too (you have to freeze it for a while to take care of any trichinosis critters), but near 'bout any part of a hog slow cooked for 12-18 hours is the best (that would not be rare).

Used to eat "cannibal" sandwiches. Raw hamburger, with a little salt and pepper, a smear of mayo on the bread. That was one of dad's favorite lunches when I was a kid. By the time I was a teenager, dad wanted to raise the beef himself, so he knew what went into it, and how it was raised. I'll still eat medium-rare steak, once in a great while, but I've got a pretty good immune system. These days, at home, we sous vide most meat & poultry. And what doesn't get put through the sous vide process goes in the oven for a few hours. Whole turkeys, for example. My wife has a wreck of an immune system. Been diagnosed with Crohn's, IBS, Chronic Lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, etc. And every time she has to change doctors, we get a slew of new diagnoses, and the old ones thrown out.

FYI, the sous vide process kills all the bacteria and parasites in food processed that way, so long as you get the correct temperatures and times. Also leaves cheaper cuts of meat more tender. It does clutter the heck out of a kitchen counter, though! Wouldn't bet on it killing prions, though. They're pretty tough.

Bill

[drivermark]

Spoken like a cattle rancher from Texas with a diet of beef, beans, and batataes

[meyer77]

Bet that would be good stuffed!

[hemmjo]

I wonder if that mushroom came from the garden of the guy who buried the logs in his garden a few days back?

I put Ketchup on my steak!!!!