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Popinkies (Honeys) and Blewits


Dave W

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I often find Blewits near where Honeys are. The Blewits like the areas near downed trees where leaf litter and woody debris collect. Blewits are now starting to also appear in other types of habitat... lawns, brushy areas, under conifers. The first ones usually occur in hardwood forests, and when those flushes start to dwindle, the other types of spots kick in. Here's some really nice ones I found today on my property, where a path has been mowed through an overgrown field. The vivid purple is because rain had fallen a short time before I found them.

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If you want to learn to recognize Blewits, then learning to recognize similar types of Cortinarius is essential. From yesterday.

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I measured 0.45" rainfall last night. It was mild today. No bitter cold weather in the forecast, and a significant rain event is predicted for Wednesday/Thursday. Next weekend could be interesting around here.

I boil/rinse/freeze about 95% of the Honeys I bring home. There are certain meals I like to use them in, and now there's enough in my chest freezer for about 2 years. Drying also works with Honeys. My Polish immigrant grandmother used to dry them.

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Try salting them! After parboiling, salt massage them heavily, then rinse and repeat - it gets a lot of the slime off. The second time around, leave them submerged in brine for a few days. Or longer if you're lazy, they don't go bad if they are well salted and kept in a cool dark place. At this point I mix in some of my favorite spices and then water bath can in boiling herb infused vinegar along with the brine.

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Salt-brined mine and they are great. boiled for 30min, then layered shrooms, garlic, dill, salt of course, peppercorns, for 3-4 weeks pressed under weight. I like them this way better than fried.

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