Re: Chestnut Mushrooms

Neeps are what some Scottish people call swede ( or even turnips). If you haven't tried them they are are a tasty root vegetable.

Re: Chestnut Mushrooms

Turnips, parsnips, (and at a stretch swedes). If you peel and chop sweet potatoes and steam them with the turnips & parsnips and then mash them with a generous knob of butter they make a tasty base on which to rest the Haggis.

Re: Chestnut Mushrooms

I might try those Shitake mushrooms, maybe in a casserole ?
Or is the taste too delicate ?

Re: Chestnut Mushrooms

Well, now I know - about the noble neep.
Will try it.

Still reckon the best mushies are the ones which pop up a day or two after rain on the grassy foreshore between my house and the beach.
Surprising I guess because it's sandy soil but loaded with roo-poo so I guess the original spores could have come from anywhere.

Perfectly natural - none of this cultivated, commercial muck probably laced with chemicals.

I de-stalk and "skin" them and wash them in milk for cooking (with butter, salt and ground pepper).
And they're FREE.

Should I not get enough, a friend has a large dairy farm not far away which is always productive too.