Maybe Sheldon will know this:

I used to buy small packages of dried, black mushrooms at the grocery
store. These were not terribly expensive, were definitely nothing
Oriental and were, I believe, the kind that were put into the tubes of
mushroom barley soup mix by Manaschewitz and Streits, two Kosher
companies. They were sold right next to the aforementioned dried soup
mixes in the Kosher foods aisle.

They don't have them down here and DIL could not find them in NJ,
where I used to get them.

I want to buy some on line, as I like making mushroom barley soup, but
miss the strong flavor of these mushrooms.

They may have been Polish or similar to Polish mushrooms.

I need a name for these mushrooms so I can buy them.

Can anyone help?
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From somewhere very deep in the heart of Texas

On Tue, 02 Dec 2014 15:53:57 -0600, Janet Wilder >
wrote:

>Maybe Sheldon will know this:
>
>I used to buy small packages of dried, black mushrooms at the grocery
>store. These were not terribly expensive, were definitely nothing
>Oriental and were, I believe, the kind that were put into the tubes of
>mushroom barley soup mix by Manaschewitz and Streits, two Kosher
>companies. They were sold right next to the aforementioned dried soup
>mixes in the Kosher foods aisle.
>
> They don't have them down here and DIL could not find them in NJ,
>where I used to get them.
>
>I want to buy some on line, as I like making mushroom barley soup, but
>miss the strong flavor of these mushrooms.
>
>They may have been Polish or similar to Polish mushrooms.
>
>I need a name for these mushrooms so I can buy them.
>
>Can anyone help?

Google <dehy mushrooms>.
http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&key...l_845r1vcc16_b

Janet Wilder > wrote:
> Maybe Sheldon will know this:
>
> I used to buy small packages of dried, black mushrooms at the grocery
> store. These were not terribly expensive, were definitely nothing
> Oriental and were, I believe, the kind that were put into the tubes of
> mushroom barley soup mix by Manaschewitz and Streits, two Kosher
> companies. They were sold right next to the aforementioned dried soup
> mixes in the Kosher foods aisle.
>
> They don't have them down here and DIL could not find them in NJ, where
> I used to get them.
>
> I want to buy some on line, as I like making mushroom barley soup, but
> miss the strong flavor of these mushrooms.
>
> They may have been Polish or similar to Polish mushrooms.
>
> I need a name for these mushrooms so I can buy them.
>
> Can anyone help?

You are probably thinking of boletus mushrooms. They could have been
morels though. Both kinds, when dried, have a very concentrated flavor.

Both are easily available online.

On Tuesday, December 2, 2014 1:54:04 PM UTC-8, Janet Wilder wrote:
> Maybe Sheldon will know this:
>
> I used to buy small packages of dried, black mushrooms at the grocery
> store. These were not terribly expensive, were definitely nothing
> Oriental and were, I believe, the kind that were put into the tubes of
> mushroom barley soup mix by Manaschewitz and Streits, two Kosher
> companies. They were sold right next to the aforementioned dried soup
> mixes in the Kosher foods aisle.
>
> They don't have them down here and DIL could not find them in NJ,
> where I used to get them.
>
> I want to buy some on line, as I like making mushroom barley soup, but
> miss the strong flavor of these mushrooms.
>
> They may have been Polish or similar to Polish mushrooms.
>
> I need a name for these mushrooms so I can buy them.
>
> Can anyone help?
> --
> From somewhere very deep in the heart of Texas

Janet, they were probably Kosher, so here are some Kosher dried mushrooms.
Maybe you will recognize one of these.

http://www.olivenation.com/Mushrooms...FeVaMgod5V8AwQ

On 12/2/2014 4:23 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Tue, 02 Dec 2014 15:53:57 -0600, Janet Wilder >
> wrote:
>
>> Maybe Sheldon will know this:
>>
>> I used to buy small packages of dried, black mushrooms at the grocery
>> store. These were not terribly expensive, were definitely nothing
>> Oriental and were, I believe, the kind that were put into the tubes of
>> mushroom barley soup mix by Manaschewitz and Streits, two Kosher
>> companies. They were sold right next to the aforementioned dried soup
>> mixes in the Kosher foods aisle.
>>
>> They don't have them down here and DIL could not find them in NJ,
>> where I used to get them.
>>
>> I want to buy some on line, as I like making mushroom barley soup, but
>> miss the strong flavor of these mushrooms.
>>
>> They may have been Polish or similar to Polish mushrooms.
>>
>> I need a name for these mushrooms so I can buy them.
>>
>> Can anyone help?
>
> Google <dehy mushrooms>.
> http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&key...l_845r1vcc16_b
>
I did, but I don't know the name of those mushrooms to order them. Do
you? Our mothers used to put them into mushroom barley soup.

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On 12/2/2014 5:08 PM, Oregonian Haruspex wrote:
> Janet Wilder > wrote:
>> Maybe Sheldon will know this:
>>
>> I used to buy small packages of dried, black mushrooms at the grocery
>> store. These were not terribly expensive, were definitely nothing
>> Oriental and were, I believe, the kind that were put into the tubes of
>> mushroom barley soup mix by Manaschewitz and Streits, two Kosher
>> companies. They were sold right next to the aforementioned dried soup
>> mixes in the Kosher foods aisle.
>>
>> They don't have them down here and DIL could not find them in NJ, where
>> I used to get them.
>>
>> I want to buy some on line, as I like making mushroom barley soup, but
>> miss the strong flavor of these mushrooms.
>>
>> They may have been Polish or similar to Polish mushrooms.
>>
>> I need a name for these mushrooms so I can buy them.
>>
>> Can anyone help?
>
> You are probably thinking of boletus mushrooms. They could have been
> morels though. Both kinds, when dried, have a very concentrated flavor.
>
> Both are easily available online.
>

Definitely not Morels. I will look into Boletus mushrooms. Thanks.

--
From somewhere very deep in the heart of Texas

On 12/2/2014 5:20 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
> On Tuesday, December 2, 2014 1:54:04 PM UTC-8, Janet Wilder wrote:
>> Maybe Sheldon will know this:
>>
>> I used to buy small packages of dried, black mushrooms at the grocery
>> store. These were not terribly expensive, were definitely nothing
>> Oriental and were, I believe, the kind that were put into the tubes of
>> mushroom barley soup mix by Manaschewitz and Streits, two Kosher
>> companies. They were sold right next to the aforementioned dried soup
>> mixes in the Kosher foods aisle.
>>
>> They don't have them down here and DIL could not find them in NJ,
>> where I used to get them.
>>
>> I want to buy some on line, as I like making mushroom barley soup, but
>> miss the strong flavor of these mushrooms.
>>
>> They may have been Polish or similar to Polish mushrooms.
>>
>> I need a name for these mushrooms so I can buy them.
>>
>> Can anyone help?
>> --
>> From somewhere very deep in the heart of Texas
>
> Janet, they were probably Kosher, so here are some Kosher dried mushrooms.
> Maybe you will recognize one of these.
>
> http://www.olivenation.com/Mushrooms...FeVaMgod5V8AwQ
>

I don't recognize any of them, but thanks, anyway

--
From somewhere very deep in the heart of Texas

On Tuesday, December 2, 2014 3:32:40 PM UTC-8, Janet Wilder wrote:
> On 12/2/2014 5:20 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
> > On Tuesday, December 2, 2014 1:54:04 PM UTC-8, Janet Wilder wrote:
> >> Maybe Sheldon will know this:
> >>
> >> I used to buy small packages of dried, black mushrooms at the grocery
> >> store. These were not terribly expensive, were definitely nothing
> >> Oriental and were, I believe, the kind that were put into the tubes of
> >> mushroom barley soup mix by Manaschewitz and Streits, two Kosher
> >> companies. They were sold right next to the aforementioned dried soup
> >> mixes in the Kosher foods aisle.
> >>
> >> They don't have them down here and DIL could not find them in NJ,
> >> where I used to get them.
> >>
> >> I want to buy some on line, as I like making mushroom barley soup, but
> >> miss the strong flavor of these mushrooms.
> >>
> >> They may have been Polish or similar to Polish mushrooms.
> >>
> >> I need a name for these mushrooms so I can buy them.
> >>
> >> Can anyone help?
> >> --
> >> From somewhere very deep in the heart of Texas
> >
> > Janet, they were probably Kosher, so here are some Kosher dried mushrooms.
> > Maybe you will recognize one of these.
> >
> > http://www.olivenation.com/Mushrooms...FeVaMgod5V8AwQ
> >
>
> I don't recognize any of them, but thanks, anyway
>
> --
> From somewhere very deep in the heart of Texas

Maybe they were wood ear mushrooms. They dry black.
https://www.google.com/search?q=drie... ooms&imgdii=_

On 12/2/2014 5:31 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:

> Definitely not Morels. I will look into Boletus mushrooms. Thanks.
>

They were boletus mushrooms.

I ordered a 4 ounce package. With free shipping and $3.33 credit from
Discover card, it was about $5.
--
From somewhere very deep in the heart of Texas

On Tue, 02 Dec 2014 15:53:57 -0600, Janet Wilder >
wrote:

> Maybe Sheldon will know this:
>
> I used to buy small packages of dried, black mushrooms at the grocery
> store. These were not terribly expensive, were definitely nothing
> Oriental and were, I believe, the kind that were put into the tubes of
> mushroom barley soup mix by Manaschewitz and Streits, two Kosher
> companies. They were sold right next to the aforementioned dried soup
> mixes in the Kosher foods aisle.
>
> They don't have them down here and DIL could not find them in NJ,
> where I used to get them.
>
> I want to buy some on line, as I like making mushroom barley soup, but
> miss the strong flavor of these mushrooms.
>
> They may have been Polish or similar to Polish mushrooms.
>
> I need a name for these mushrooms so I can buy them.
>
> Can anyone help?

Not familiar with anything called Polish mushrooms, but I've seen
smallish packages of porcini mushrooms.

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On Tuesday, December 2, 2014 3:54:54 PM UTC-8, Janet Wilder wrote:
> On 12/2/2014 5:31 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>
> > Definitely not Morels. I will look into Boletus mushrooms. Thanks.
> >
>
> They were boletus mushrooms.
>
> I ordered a 4 ounce package. With free shipping and $3.33 credit from
> Discover card, it was about $5.

The Polish mushrooms are also boletus, among others.

We ended up storing the dried mushrooms in the freezer, to keep bugs from
infesting them.

On 12/2/2014 7:22 PM, wrote:
> On Tuesday, December 2, 2014 3:54:54 PM UTC-8, Janet Wilder wrote:
>> On 12/2/2014 5:31 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>>
>>> Definitely not Morels. I will look into Boletus mushrooms. Thanks.
>>>
>>
>> They were boletus mushrooms.
>>
>> I ordered a 4 ounce package. With free shipping and $3.33 credit from
>> Discover card, it was about $5.
>
> The Polish mushrooms are also boletus, among others.
>
> We ended up storing the dried mushrooms in the freezer, to keep bugs from
> infesting them.
>
Good idea. Thanks

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From somewhere very deep in the heart of Texas

On 12/2/2014 8:02 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Dec 2014 23:08:24 +0000 (UTC), Oregonian Haruspex wrote:
>
>> You are probably thinking of boletus mushrooms. They could have been
>> morels though. Both kinds, when dried, have a very concentrated flavor.
>
> In the culinary world those are called porcini. Unless you meant one
> of the other dozen or so less common varieties of edible "boletus".
>
> -sw
>

They did look almost the same on the internet photos.

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On 12/2/2014 8:11 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Tue, 02 Dec 2014 17:54:47 -0600, Janet Wilder wrote:
>
>> On 12/2/2014 5:31 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>>
>>> Definitely not Morels. I will look into Boletus mushrooms. Thanks.
>>>
>>
>> They were boletus mushrooms.
>>
>> I ordered a 4 ounce package. With free shipping and $3.33 credit from
>> Discover card, it was about $5.
>
> Porcini mushrooms aren't anywhere near black. Other than tree
> fungus/cloud ears, the darkest typical dried mushrooms are the cheaper
> grades of shitake.
>
> -sw
>

I know tree fungus and cloud ears quite well from my days of Chinese
cooking. The ones I was looking for are the boletus/porcini I found.
The boletus are mostly black. These are the ones I ordered

http://tinyurl.com/mw7cxdg

They are most probably cultivated in Chile as they are not native to
South America.

--
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On Tue, 02 Dec 2014 17:31:36 -0600, Janet Wilder >
wrote:

> On 12/2/2014 5:08 PM, Oregonian Haruspex wrote:
> > Janet Wilder > wrote:
> >> Maybe Sheldon will know this:
> >>
> >> I used to buy small packages of dried, black mushrooms at the grocery
> >> store. These were not terribly expensive, were definitely nothing
> >> Oriental and were, I believe, the kind that were put into the tubes of
> >> mushroom barley soup mix by Manaschewitz and Streits, two Kosher
> >> companies. They were sold right next to the aforementioned dried soup
> >> mixes in the Kosher foods aisle.
> >>
> >> They don't have them down here and DIL could not find them in NJ, where
> >> I used to get them.
> >>
> >> I want to buy some on line, as I like making mushroom barley soup, but
> >> miss the strong flavor of these mushrooms.
> >>
> >> They may have been Polish or similar to Polish mushrooms.
> >>
> >> I need a name for these mushrooms so I can buy them.
> >>
> >> Can anyone help?
> >
> > You are probably thinking of boletus mushrooms. They could have been
> > morels though. Both kinds, when dried, have a very concentrated flavor.
> >
> > Both are easily available online.
> >
>
> Definitely not Morels. I will look into Boletus mushrooms. Thanks.

Did you see the one on the page Sheldon posted that said "Polish"?

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In article om>,
Janet Wilder > wrote:

> On 12/2/2014 5:31 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>
> > Definitely not Morels. I will look into Boletus mushrooms. Thanks.
> >
>
> They were boletus mushrooms.
>
> I ordered a 4 ounce package. With free shipping and $3.33 credit from
> Discover card, it was about $5.

That is an amazingly low price for 4 oz. of boletes (porcini??);
unbelievable, even.

Could you share the site please?

ISaac

In article >,
Sqwertz > wrote:

> On Tue, 02 Dec 2014 20:41:48 -0600, Janet Wilder wrote:
>
> > I know tree fungus and cloud ears quite well from my days of Chinese
> > cooking. The ones I was looking for are the boletus/porcini I found.
> > The boletus are mostly black. These are the ones I ordered
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/mw7cxdg
> >
> > They are most probably cultivated in Chile as they are not native to
> > South America.
>
> These are a different type of less common "boletus" (which just means
> "mushroom") - technically not a porcini. Porcini is Boletus
> edulis(sp?) and those are B. luteus.

They aren't even Boletus. They used to be, but seem to have been moved
to Suillus.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suillus_luteus

http://www.first-nature.com/fungi/suillus-luteus.php

The comments on edibility there, and on other sites, were ...
interesting.

Isaac

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 02 Dec 2014 20:41:48 -0600, Janet Wilder wrote:
>
>> I know tree fungus and cloud ears quite well from my days of Chinese
>> cooking. The ones I was looking for are the boletus/porcini I found.
>> The boletus are mostly black. These are the ones I ordered
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/mw7cxdg
>>
>> They are most probably cultivated in Chile as they are not native to
>> South America.
>
> These are a different type of less common "boletus" (which just means
> "mushroom") - technically not a porcini. Porcini is Boletus
> edulis(sp?) and those are B. luteus.
>
> -sw

boletus is a GENUS of mushrooms.

On 12/2/2014 8:49 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Tue, 02 Dec 2014 20:41:48 -0600, Janet Wilder wrote:
>
>> I know tree fungus and cloud ears quite well from my days of Chinese
>> cooking. The ones I was looking for are the boletus/porcini I found.
>> The boletus are mostly black. These are the ones I ordered
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/mw7cxdg
>>
>> They are most probably cultivated in Chile as they are not native to
>> South America.
>
> These are a different type of less common "boletus" (which just means
> "mushroom") - technically not a porcini. Porcini is Boletus
> edulis(sp?) and those are B. luteus.
>
> -sw
>

I'll see how they work. They looked like what I remembered and the
description seemed right.

They are on their way, but I still have a couple of containers of the
last batch of mushroom barley soup in the freezer so I won't use them
for a while.

--
From somewhere very deep in the heart of Texas

On 12/3/2014 1:16 AM, isw wrote:
> In article om>,
> Janet Wilder > wrote:
>
>> On 12/2/2014 5:31 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>>
>>> Definitely not Morels. I will look into Boletus mushrooms. Thanks.
>>>
>>
>> They were boletus mushrooms.
>>
>> I ordered a 4 ounce package. With free shipping and $3.33 credit from
>> Discover card, it was about $5.
>
> That is an amazingly low price for 4 oz. of boletes (porcini??);
> unbelievable, even.
>
> Could you share the site please?
>
> ISaac
>

http://tinyurl.com/k72owtk

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Janet Wilder > wrote:

> I used to buy small packages of dried, black mushrooms at the grocery
> store. These were not terribly expensive, were definitely nothing
> Oriental and were, I believe, the kind that were put into the tubes of
> mushroom barley soup mix by Manaschewitz and Streits, two Kosher
> companies. They were sold right next to the aforementioned dried soup
> mixes in the Kosher foods aisle.

Just a guess, but the soup mixes are/were likely to contain some kind of
cultivated mushrooms. Anything else would probably make little sense
from a commercial point of view, the supply of certain kind of mushrooms
having to be predictable.

Victor

Janet Wilder > wrote:

> The ones I was looking for are the boletus/porcini I found.
> The boletus are mostly black. These are the ones I ordered
>
> http://tinyurl.com/mw7cxdg

These ones have very little to do with the noble porcini. They are very
common mushrooms, called "Butterpilze" or "Butterröhrlinge" in German
and "maslyata" in Russian, the name deriving from "butter" in both cases
and referring, presumably, to the oily/slimy surface of their caps.
These mushrooms are not very highly prized and are considered to be hard
to digest.

> They are most probably cultivated in Chile as they are not native to
> South America.

They are not cultivated anywhere, as far as I know, but have been
introduced to South America with the pine trees.

Victor

On 12/3/2014 4:52 PM, Victor Sack wrote:
> Janet Wilder > wrote:
>
>> The ones I was looking for are the boletus/porcini I found.
>> The boletus are mostly black. These are the ones I ordered
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/mw7cxdg
>
> These ones have very little to do with the noble porcini. They are very
> common mushrooms, called "Butterpilze" or "Butterröhrlinge" in German
> and "maslyata" in Russian, the name deriving from "butter" in both cases
> and referring, presumably, to the oily/slimy surface of their caps.
> These mushrooms are not very highly prized and are considered to be hard
> to digest.
>
>> They are most probably cultivated in Chile as they are not native to
>> South America.
>
> They are not cultivated anywhere, as far as I know, but have been
> introduced to South America with the pine trees.
>
> Victor
>

If I don't like them, I'm out a little over $5. They sure looked like
the ones I remembered from New Jersey.

--
From somewhere very deep in the heart of Texas

Janet Wilder > wrote:

> If I don't like them, I'm out a little over $5. They sure looked like
> the ones I remembered from New Jersey.

I like most edible mushrooms, "butter mushrooms" not excluding. I used
to gather them myself, among many other kinds, though not in New Jersey.
I also used to buy those mushroom-barley soup tubes at a Pathmark, in
New Jersey.

Victor

On Tuesday, December 2, 2014 6:49:44 PM UTC-8, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Tue, 02 Dec 2014 20:41:48 -0600, Janet Wilder wrote:
>
> > I know tree fungus and cloud ears quite well from my days of Chinese
> > cooking. The ones I was looking for are the boletus/porcini I found.
> > The boletus are mostly black. These are the ones I ordered
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/mw7cxdg
> >
> > They are most probably cultivated in Chile as they are not native to
> > South America.
>
> These are a different type of less common "boletus" (which just means
> "mushroom") - technically not a porcini. Porcini is Boletus
> edulis(sp?) and those are B. luteus.
>

From what I have managed to gather online, Polish dried mushrooms
are porcini, Boletus edulis, but also "bay boletus," Boletus badius.

On Wednesday, December 3, 2014 3:42:28 PM UTC-8, wrote:
> On Tuesday, December 2, 2014 6:49:44 PM UTC-8, Sqwertz wrote:
> > On Tue, 02 Dec 2014 20:41:48 -0600, Janet Wilder wrote:
> >
> > > I know tree fungus and cloud ears quite well from my days of Chinese
> > > cooking. The ones I was looking for are the boletus/porcini I found.
> > > The boletus are mostly black. These are the ones I ordered
> > >
> > > http://tinyurl.com/mw7cxdg
> > >
> > > They are most probably cultivated in Chile as they are not native to
> > > South America.
> >
> > These are a different type of less common "boletus" (which just means
> > "mushroom") - technically not a porcini. Porcini is Boletus
> > edulis(sp?) and those are B. luteus.
> >
>
> From what I have managed to gather online, Polish dried mushrooms
> are porcini, Boletus edulis, but also "bay boletus," Boletus badius.

Waait a minit -- there are also Leccinum species "kozlarz"

On 12/3/2014 5:25 PM, Victor Sack wrote:
> Janet Wilder > wrote:
>
>> If I don't like them, I'm out a little over $5. They sure looked like
>> the ones I remembered from New Jersey.
>
> I like most edible mushrooms, "butter mushrooms" not excluding. I used
> to gather them myself, among many other kinds, though not in New Jersey.
> I also used to buy those mushroom-barley soup tubes at a Pathmark, in
> New Jersey.
>
> Victor
>

I didn't gather mushrooms in New Jersey. I would buy little packages of
dried mushrooms in the Shop Rite. These mushrooms looked like them.
They were sold next to the tubes of soup mix in the Kosher department.

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From somewhere very deep in the heart of Texas

On 12/3/2014 5:42 PM, wrote:
> On Tuesday, December 2, 2014 6:49:44 PM UTC-8, Sqwertz wrote:
>> On Tue, 02 Dec 2014 20:41:48 -0600, Janet Wilder wrote:
>>
>>> I know tree fungus and cloud ears quite well from my days of Chinese
>>> cooking. The ones I was looking for are the boletus/porcini I found.
>>> The boletus are mostly black. These are the ones I ordered
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/mw7cxdg
>>>
>>> They are most probably cultivated in Chile as they are not native to
>>> South America.
>>
>> These are a different type of less common "boletus" (which just means
>> "mushroom") - technically not a porcini. Porcini is Boletus
>> edulis(sp?) and those are B. luteus.
>>
>
> From what I have managed to gather online, Polish dried mushrooms
> are porcini, Boletus edulis, but also "bay boletus," Boletus badius.
>
Thanks

--
From somewhere very deep in the heart of Texas

Janet Wilder > wrote:

> I didn't gather mushrooms in New Jersey.

I didn't think so, the context being pretty clear. Besides, not all
that many people gather mushrooms in America, aging California hippies
with their particular preferences notwithstanding. From a culinary
viewpoint, this is a shame, as far as I am concerned.

Even in NJ, mushrooms can still be gathered but in that general area,
upstate NY, being still almost wild in a lot of places, is rather more
congenial in this respect.

> I would buy little packages of
> dried mushrooms in the Shop Rite. These mushrooms looked like them.
> They were sold next to the tubes of soup mix in the Kosher department.

At the Pathmark where I used to buy the soup tubes, I think they were
sold in the general department, but I cannot be sure after so many
years...

Victor

On Thu, 4 Dec 2014 01:41:11 +0100, (Victor Sack)
wrote:

> Besides, not all
> that many people gather mushrooms in America, aging California hippies
> with their particular preferences notwithstanding.

Aging hippies. PAH. Some people who are in touch with their Italian
roots do it, but normal people don't want to die over a few saved $$.

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On 12/4/2014 1:35 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Wed, 03 Dec 2014 17:06:20 -0600, Janet Wilder wrote:
>
>> If I don't like them, I'm out a little over $5. They sure looked like
>> the ones I remembered from New Jersey.
>
> I'm sure you'll be able to find a use for them despite the overload of
> information!
>
> -sw
>

I just want to put them in barley soup.

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From somewhere very deep in the heart of Texas

On 2014-12-02 23:54:47 +0000, Janet Wilder said:

> On 12/2/2014 5:31 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>
>> Definitely not Morels. I will look into Boletus mushrooms. Thanks.
>>
>
> They were boletus mushrooms.
>
> I ordered a 4 ounce package. With free shipping and $3.33 credit from
> Discover card, it was about $5.

Boletus Edulis, aka The Cep or the King Boletus, is one of the finest
eating mushrooms around. We have a number of very similar species out
here but the specific variety that is the most famous comes from
southern Europe.

If you are into mushrooming they are easily found and easily identified
as they have little tubules in lieu of gills. I am not aware of any
poisonous Boletus shrooms but your locality may have special exceptions
of course.

>> "boletus" (which just means "mushroom")

I think David Arora, author of what is certainly the most authorative
and hilarious mushroom guide in print (Mushrooms Demystified) woud
disagree with you!