The warm, balmy weather, especially overnight has come with ant activity and with that, and after about two years, beefsteak mushrooms or amaKhowe.
It seems that the snails love them as much as we do, so none of them is a perfect specimen. Regardless, the flavours are, well, magnificent and perfect with pasta and with a salad antipasti festooned with lemon balm (melissa) and wild rocket (arugula).
Of course, last night was pasta night. It's been a while because we were entertained and entertained last week and the menu was their choice.
I do admit that I missed my pasta fix and considered rearranging the menu, but life just got ahead of me and it was easier - and simpler - just to stick to the plan. That made the wait worth every minute and every morsel all the more delicious.
The flavour of these mushrooms just cannot be described. The Husband was somewhere else in the house and his nose brought him to the kitchen.
They smell divine...
Happily there is some of that mixture left. I'm cogitating on its future and shall, no doubt, report back.
Just in case you're concerned about our foraging mushrooms from the garden, two, no three, things: we both ate them last night and live to tell the tale. And eat more🤣. Thirdly, and finally, I did the due diligence. Read about it here.
Until next time, be well
Fiona
The Sandbag House
McGregor, South Africa
Photo: Selma
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