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Post by kyredneck on May 6, 2015 7:58:48 GMT -5
I'm gonna have to try to keep track of this festival too. It's a bit of a drive for me but well worth it if those things bring that kind of money. Heck at a price like that, I can't afford to eat these things anymore. Irvine is a slight detour off I-75 to the east about 20 miles before you get to Bill Best's place. The actual mileage would probably be about the same for you, Irvine maybe 5-10 miles farther than Berea.
Yes, by all means watch for shrooms next year and if you come down contact me and we'll meet up, have breakfast or something. I live 15 miles east of Irvine.
Question about those Little Brown Greasys you sent me, do the pods stay tender at full maturity? I mean like turning yellow mature. Do they split and drop beans on their own?
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Post by kyredneck on May 6, 2015 10:24:38 GMT -5
Meant to add, that last photo in the OP is a no-no. Never put the shrooms in plastic, they need to breathe. I was corrected on this by 'the master' at the festival. Store them in open paper bags in the fridge, they keep fresh much longer that way.
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Post by reed on May 6, 2015 15:21:22 GMT -5
kyredneck, I'll take you up on that. Spent a lot of time down that way at the Red River Gorge, back in the old days. The greasy beans do get tough and stringy if they go past green. We like to can them whole in pint jars for green beans and use dry for ham and beans. Yes they do pop open on their own, if it is real dry put a box on the ground to catch them as you pick. Shelling is almost automatic just crunch them up a little and sift.
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Post by kyredneck on May 8, 2015 19:43:30 GMT -5
kyredneck, I'll take you up on that. Spent a lot of time down that way at the Red River Gorge, back in the old days. The greasy beans do get tough and stringy if they go past green. We like to can them whole in pint jars for green beans and use dry for ham and beans. Yes they do pop open on their own, if it is real dry put a box on the ground to catch them as you pick. Shelling is almost automatic just crunch them up a little and sift. What about the White Greasys, do they stay tender to the end? How big do the vines get? |
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Post by reed on May 9, 2015 3:30:47 GMT -5
The white ones are pretty much the same, I can't tell much difference in flavor either. Don't know what a top range on size of vines, I'd say 12 to 15 feet, probably more if they had the chance. You can cut them back and they make lots of new shoots and more beans. They slow down and can look pretty bad when it gets hot and dry and then make LOTS more as soon as it cools off or rains.
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Post by kyredneck on May 9, 2015 11:15:27 GMT -5
Wow, and here I was thinkin all greasies stayed tender till the very end.
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Post by reed on May 10, 2015 4:21:52 GMT -5
Well, I'm not really sure. I don't think I ever made a distinction between tenderness and having strings but I think you might be right because even when the pods are good sized and the strings large they are still good. We just generally can them pretty small or let them go to dry.
I haven't grown the brown ones for awhile and getting a little low so am putting in a big row of them this year. I'll pay better attention. The white ones are new for me, last year from Bill Best. I only grew maybe 12 feet row of them and we ate some, canned a few, had them in soup a few times over winter and have 2 or 3 lbs left.
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Post by kyredneck on May 10, 2015 13:43:08 GMT -5
Thank you reed. I might, just maybe be able to squeeze in a short row of your lil' brown greasies !  |
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