Hey old timers. Was grandpa pulling my leg?

[Pappy]

Back in the fifties, we torn down our 40 year old goat barn. In the middle of a pile of old goat poop was a giant puffball. About the size I have pictured. Grandpa said he cleaned it off, sliced it up and fried it to eat. I wouldn’t have anything to do with it. After all these years, was he pulling my leg or not?

 

[C'est Moi]

Some type of mushroom? "Kept in the dark and fed bullsh*t." (Or goat...)

 

[Aunt Bea]

We used to eat them if we found one that was not wormy.

Like your Grandpa we washed peeled sliced them dipped them in seasoned flour egg wash and another coat of seasoned flour then fried them in hot fat until golden brown.

I've never heard of another way to prepare them.

We also used to look for little dried out puffballs that we would pick and squeeze to release millions of spores that looked like a little puff of smoke.

 

[RadishRose]

I never knew you could eat those! Do they taste like mushrooms?

 

[Keesha]

Some type of mushroom? "Kept in the dark and fed bullsh*t." (Or goat...)

:loflC’est Moi.

Its interestimg Pappy but I don’t know. I sounds like it was a mushroom.

 

[Aunt Bea]

I never knew you could eat those! Do they taste like mushrooms?

They have a mild flavor similar to a mushroom but not exactly.

IMO they are nothing to rave about but my father enjoyed anything foraged or grown at home.

 

[RadishRose]

They have a mild flavor similar to a mushroom but not exactly.

IMO they are nothing to rave about but my father enjoyed anything foraged or grown at home.

Sounds like more trouble than they're worth....

 

[Aunt Bea]

Sounds like more trouble than they're worth....

I feel the same way.

It's fun to understand what is available to eat in the fields and forests but at this point I would rather swing into the local Wegman's and pick up the few things that I need.

 

[terry123]

I feel the same way.

It's fun to understand what is available to eat in the fields and forests but at this point I would rather swing into the local Wegman's and pick up the few things that I need.

Me too!! I spent too much time as a kid helping with the garden in every way!!!

 

[oldman]

http://americanmushrooms.com/edibles3.htm