June came in wet and wild, glowing gold in remarkable contrast to the burning blues and burnt browns of last year. June came in practicing mountain magic, making mycology of all that rain. It's been a fantastic summer so far for Golden Oysters. My friend Sonya and I found a few while on a hike on a nearby hill overlooking my favorite river. It was getting dark, a thin layer of fog clung to the mountain and served to deepen all colors around us, when I spotted something whose ghastly aura shone in the fog. Those mushrooms I harvested and made some pasta the next day to bring to work. A few days later, more rain hit, the river raged and swelled, and eventually, while checking on a highwater snakehead spot, Slavik and I found even more, the most I've found on one log. The woods brought gifts in a chain, gifts of rain, of mushrooms that grew because of the rain, and public lands that we can go look for mushrooms and critters and fishes on. These things are worth fighting for! A huge victory was just won, Mike Lee retracted the public lands sale from the Big Beautiful Bill, but the fight's not over. Keep fighting for them!
Sunspots and deadwood
Sacred drinking of the land
Oh, how the spores sway
Unofficial Golden Oyster Pasta Recipe:
- Salt and boil water, drop in fettucine or whatever noodle you desire and cook al dente
- Chop up your mushrooms, any cured pork product (I used prosciutto), onion, dice garlic
- Drop the pork in a steel pan, render out the fat. Put the meat aside.
- Fry onions and garlic in the fat until fragrant. Drop in mushrooms and pork.
- Drop in a knob of butter, bit of milk or cream, and your cooked noodles. Stir in shredded mozzarella and parmesan and whatever other cheeses you desire. Shake well before enjoying.
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