Quail Pumpkin Soup

Quail Pumpkin Soup

By an accident of fate, I ended up with a single quail in my ice chest at Halloween Camp.  A perfect opportunity to try out a new flavor at camp, but a quail is a small bird, barely enough for one person and I had three to feed. Soup was the obvious way to stretch the...
Sparassis Stroganov

Sparassis Stroganov

  I found a small Sparassis down by Cabbage Creek. It was just large enough to provide the noodles for a single serving of stroganov. Lunch is sorted. I scalded the Sparassis in salted water while I cut some beef into small, thin strips. I seared the beef in hot...
Chanterelles for Lunch

Chanterelles for Lunch

Mike, Walter and I ranged a little farther north than usual in search of mushrooms. The new territory didn’t yield any boletes or chanterelles, but we collected some wild ginger and  a few early cranberries before heading over to Chanty Camp. Back in familiar...
Mushroom Stuffed Burger

Mushroom Stuffed Burger

I had some fresh chanterelles, a half a pound of ground beef and some grated cheese left over from last night’s dinner. It was lunch time, I was hungry. A stuffed burger seemed like the obvious solution.     Ingredients   ½# ground beef 1-2 medium...