2008 Adirondack Adventure


2008 Adirondack Adventure, originally uploaded by Carly & Art.

Pictures from my recent trip to the Adirondack mountains. Notice the lovely camping Shabbas table in the bottom row and the challah french toast over the campfire, along with my husband roasting his own coffee beans Click through for originals and more detail.

The mushrooms were amazing up there. There was so much rain, it’s not surprising, but it has really gotten me into mushroom hunting. I found morels for the first time this past spring, but that’s not enough! I want more. I’m pretty sure that I also found a lactaria deliciosa, but I wasn’t sure enough to chow down on it.

I also found a great article on the Kashrus of mushrooms. Apparently they are considered doubly blessed because they can replace so many treif foods.

My husband also said that it upped the witchy-factor that I could identify a mushroom called “The Sickener.” I feel like I should do some crazy cackle every time I say that.

[tags]mushrooms, foraging, mushroom hunting, wild foraging, kashrus, adk, adirondack mountains[/tags]