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My first time finding lobster mushrooms! A nice patch of them was on a path I walk several times a week. I picked the biggest ones and left some smaller ones that are still growing. I plan on checking back in a couple days.

I learned today that lobster mushrooms are actually a parasitic fungus!

Anyone have any recipe suggestions?

a bowl of bright orange lobster mushrooms on a scale showing 634g

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[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] picnicolas 6 points 2 months ago

She should get that checked out

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They're actually super good if you grill them with a steak, just slice em up and cook them in the steak fat and butter when you baste.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Grilling and basting? Are you grilling them in a pan of some kind?

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Correct. I usually do it with cast iron.

[–] PhatInferno@midwest.social 3 points 2 months ago

Basted and grillpilled

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Does these mushrooms taste like lobster the same way chicken of the woods tastes like chicken?

[–] picnicolas 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It’s both that they’re the color of cooked lobster, and they have a mild seafood flavor like lobster. They even smell pleasantly and mildly of seafood!

[–] Lennnny@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Is it like lions mane?