My dad worked as a car mechanic for more than 50 years until he retired a few years ago. He had his own shop right next to the house, and I spent a lot of time there as a child.<\/p>\n
Every fall, he goes to the mountains to pick wild mushrooms.\u00a0 He comes home with a couple bagfuls of at least five different kinds of mushrooms. I went with him sometimes, but all the ones I pointed out were not edible\/poisonous. I soon realized that good-to-eat mushrooms are the ones usually hidden under fallen leaves.<\/p>\n
Since not many people could tell edible wild mushrooms from non-edible ones, his harvest was always well appreciated by our neighbors.\u00a0 Then they would kindly return the favor with something from their hobby\/specialty.\u00a0 I miss those days.<\/p>\n
It’s been a while since seasonal vegetables – not only mushrooms – became available at stores all through the year.\u00a0 Although there are voices worrying about people losing their sense of the seasons, I enjoy taking advantage of farming revolutions \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Shimeji mushrooms are one of my family’s favorite mushrooms.\u00a0 Those tiny heads on top of long plump stems are pretty resilient in cooking.\u00a0 Also, they don’t absorb too much sauce like button mushrooms or shiitake mushrooms.<\/p>\n
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Japanese Cheese-Melt Open Sandwich<\/strong> -Ingredients for Japanese BBQ Sauce-<\/p>\n <\/a> Mix them all well…<\/p>\n Shimeji mushrooms look like this. <\/p>\n
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\n*Rayu is a spicy sesame oil and comes in a small 1 oz bottle.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAren’t they darling?<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\n
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