Prepare a dish - PEP BB foraging.sand.dish

A little birdie just told me that if they show up on their own in a garden without being introduced, it counts as foraged.  

Sweet.

Thanks

Hello, I made a dandelion salad.  I started by foraging a cup of wild dandelion leaves.  I also foraged some clover leaves/flowers and mock strawberry leaves to counteract the bitterness of the dandelion.  I added a few shreds of red malabar spinach and purslane from my garden, then dressed it with a chocolate vinagrette (chocolate almond milk, olive oil, seasoned rice vinegar, and a dash or seasoned salt).   If I were not meeting the specs of this BB, I would probably do half a cup of dandelion and half a cup of clover to even the bitterness out.

Yesterday, I found this in our back yard.

Hen in the Woods wild mushroom

It's Hen in the Woods, kin to Chicken in the Woods but not as colorful. I harvested some to saute for dinner. Happily, I had just looked over the requirements for the foraging badge, so I remembered to take pictures for this BB!

I picked about a half bowlful.

Slicing the washed mushrooms.

Sauteed in a little olive oil and Himilayan salt.

We ate it as a side dish. Very tasty.

Leigh Tate wrote:Yesterday, I found this ....

It's Hen in the Woods, kin to Chicken in the Woods but not as colorful. I harvested some to saute for dinner. Happily, I had just looked over the requirements for the foraging badge, so I remembered to take pictures.

We ate it as a side dish. Very tasty.

You're much braver than I am.   I see mushrooms and evaluate it something like this: is it a mushroom? Yes. Run away!

Anyway, assuming I did ever forage this hen of the woods, does it release moisture the same way button mushrooms do?