Update from the frontline

The new bit of equipment

I was away this weekend, so today's post is delayed slightly. In fact, I have only just back come back from the forest, and what a trip it was! A good crop of chanterelles, and some wildlife spotting. The said wildlife was even kind enough to pose for the camera, but I will save this for another time.

But let me not digress. Revenons a nos champignons.

The season is definitely picking up - I got at least 500g of chanterelles, even though the ground in the forest has been fairly dry. It was actually raining rather heavily all the past week - where did all that moisture go to, I wonder? In any case, chanterelles did not seem to mind.

I also got the first chance to test out a new mushroom knife that I got as a birthday gift recently. I think it's going to become my new favourite - very convenient grip, nice blade, a brush is a useful extra, too. The only issue with it is that because the blade is so sharp, it tends to slice right through the slugs instead of moving them away. I guess I'll just have to be more careful.

The day's result (with slugs removed). There is enough for a quiche!