After a great day of Mushroom foraging, I had great collection of Ceps (Boletud Edulis).
Ceps are the best dried and used in meals like risotto and that's what we eat very often.
So I've cleaned the Ceps very carefully and checked if there was larvae by cutting the mushroom in half from top to base. Then you have to cut the mushrooms in thin slices and place them on baking paper.
Put the tray in a preheated oven (50 degrees) and dry the mushrooms for about 5 hours. Don't forget to put something between the oven door to help the moisture escape.
If the mushrooms are a little bit crunch but flexibel inside, put them in a clean jar and place the jar in a storage room. Enjoy!
Foraging dry wood during my childhood holidays in the wonderful National Park of the Abbruzzi in Italy, was the coolest
thing to do. I went hours walking as a 14th year old kid and made a
special wooden sled for carrying all the wood. We had always enough wood for a great evening fire.
Looking for fire wood
is fun and I still do it with lots of pleasure and in this video I will try to explain that if you take care
about a few things you will be more successful by making fire.
Wood lying on the ground in the woods or forests has always a little moisture in it and can be hard to burn or much more difficult for starting a fire with it. Look always for dead wood that is still attached to the tree. If it makes a hard, "dry" sound while breaking and it breaks right off, then you can be sure that's dry.
Making fire with a match (your last one?)
I'll find it very risky and stressful when I have to light a fire with a match! In all the years I've found out that it's not easy at all to light a fire with a match, especially if it is your last one. Wind is a sensitive factor in this scenario and you have to be very careful when lightning a match in windy circumstances.
I prefer my Firesteel above a match that's no doubt and I think the most of survivalists or Bushcrafters.
One of the most satisfying things for me is finding edible mushrooms, and prepare them in a variety of tasty dishes. I prefer to prepare them without much additions because the mushrooms have lots of flavour of them self.
Below such a simple dish with much of taste.
Ingredients (for 1 person):
- Handful of Chanterelles
- Handful of Pied-de-Mouton
- 1 garlic clove
- Dash of olive oil
- Butter
- Salt
- Fresh flat-leaf parsley for garnish
- 2 slices of bread / bannock
Preparation:
Close your eyes and imagine yourself in a beautiful forest with a crackling fire! Weather was not on my side today but apart from the stove, pretend I'm outside.
Add oil and butter to the hot pan.
Chop the garlic finely and add to the oil and butter. Do not let it brown.
Add 30 seconds after the mushrooms and cook for 5 minutes. Add some salt.
Grill 2 slices of grilled bread / bannock in some olive oil.
Garnish bread with mushrooms and fresh cut parsley.
Saturday I founded the Death Cap one of the most deadly mushrooms in the world. Beautyful mushroom with a soft greenish colour.
Lots of people still dye every year after eating this extremely dangerous mushroom.
People likeJohnnyHoogerlandare an examplefor many other.Ido not even mean thetenacity or themental strength of Johnny to stand up and sitting back on his bike and finish the Tour stage in time with this terrible woundings on his leg! What really touched me the most is that after thestage,just over thefinish line,barelyrecovered fromfright,exhaustion,disappointment andamissed opportunity to win thestage, he has not an ounce ofanger and in the interview says that the driver ofthecarprobablycouldn't do anything to avoid the accident and did it not by purpose, so itmakes no senseto be angry!!!!!!!! Respect!To me,people like him Icanlearna lotfrom...
This is the video of the accident with the dramatic comment of the Dutch television:
This is the video of the jersey inauguration... very emotional and even I had to loss a tear! This is the video witch I was spoken above. The interview where Johnny told the media that the driver in the car did it not by purpose.
The result of the this accident is 33 stitches all over his leg and butt, but he will not stop and is driven to start tomorrow! We all hope that he will be able not only to finish the Tour but also able to fight for the mountain jersey.
Ook heb ik de rubriek klimmen toegevoegd. Met deze rubriek wil ik verschillende onderwerpen aan de kaak stellen: veilig zekeren, achtergrondinformatie, leuke klimgebieden, enz.
Al een aantal jaren gebruikt ik schoenen van Salomon. Om te wandelen, Munrobagging, werk, enz. Tot nu toe een grote fan van de Speed Comp maar die zijn uit productie. Toen zag ik de Speed Cross in een buitensport winkel in Schotland en was meteen verliefd. Niet zozeer op de kleur en vorm maar omdat hij bijna identiek aan de Speed Comp is (en die zit altijd verrukkelijk) met een andere zool.
Tot nu toe zit ie prima. Moet nog goed inlopen voor ik lange tochten kan lopen zonder dat ze ergens knellen enzo.
Ik ben geen toetjes fanaat maar voor gepofte banaan met chocola kun je mij wakker maken.
Een supereenvoudig gerecht maar een van de meest geschikte kampvuur gerechten ooit!
Smullen maar...
