Saturday lunch.

[Grooveski]

The last of the plums provided the main coarse.

Damsons are just about there. The rain this week should plump them out nicely.

Was still a surprising amount of elderberry left on some of the trees, those just 40m or so down the hill are cleaned out already.

There were enough pears to get carried away and almost make myself sick but on the whole they still have a couple of weeks to go.

One for the fungi folk(looked tasty whatever it is).

The hedges were more red than green in places and the birds were going mental and stuffing themselves as well.

Quick pic to get Toddy wondering.....
A clue is that it's not far at all from where you sit. You keep your mitts off those damsons though, if you do work it out.

Josh

 

[Toddy]

Beautiful Josh, really inspiring.
Oh and I suspect that HWMBLT got some of them last week when he was out looking for sloes They were a bit sharp, but they were nice gently poached with some soft brown sugar, a knob of butter and a splash of brandy
He didn't bring me any pears though
The Clyde valley plums I got were gloriously juicy this year.

Are you finding that an awful lot of the mushrooms are crawling with maggots? Everything from chicken of the woods, penny buns to Mucida were all inedible by the next day

Cheers,
Toddy

 

[janiepopps]

Great Photos!

j

 

[Grooveski]

Are you finding that an awful lot of the mushrooms are crawling with maggots? Everything from chicken of the woods, penny buns to Mucida were all inedible by the next day

Haven't noticed, mushrooms aren't my thing really. I suppose it's one of the disadvantages of knowing someone who's clued up on something. Scott handles the mushrooms usualy and I only see what appears in bulk for the pot. I learn one or two a year but not enough to become confident, so when I'm on my todd I mostly just leave them, just in case.

Splash of brandy? Sounds like a recepie for the meet . If timing works out I'll bring the makings of a pudding.

 

[Toddy]

I'll bring the brandy....d'you think they'll let us *cook* with it

atb,
Mary

 

[gregorach]

Sure - brandy's for cooking. Cognac is for drinking.

As for the mushrooms, you really need to clean them as much as possible as soon as possible. With boletes there's a lot to be said for removing the pores immediately. Then inspect the cap for damage, section it if need be, and dig out all the beaties you can find.

Still plenty of elderberries in Edinburgh - I picked about 6 kilos yesterday.