Peter DiStefano
6 April 2018
Blog Post
English 102
In class we watched a video on wild mushrooms and how people make a living off of picking and selling them. After the mushrooms are bought, they are used in restaurants, at home or sold in the market. All organic, no chemicals or human involvement went into growing these mushrooms. This reminds me of when my grandfather and I would pick fiddleheads in the woods near our houses. If you don't know what fiddleheads are, it is a fern that has not fully sprouted but curled in a spiral. I never knew about these until one day when my grandfather was baby-sitting me, we were looking for things to do. He mentioned how he planned on gathering fiddleheads later this week and asked me if I wanted to help him get started. He showed me where they grew and how to harvest them. When we brought them back to the house and after washing them, he laid them out on a baking tray, drizzled olive oil over them, added salt and pepper and finally some balsamic vinegar. I was not sure weather I would like them or not but after the fiddleheads cooled, I popped one in my mouth and I loved it. The tenderness and vinegar worked in with the flavor of the fiddlehead was amazing and something I will love forever. Many people will pass on the thought of eating a shriveled up fern, but if prepared correctly, they can be the most delicious back yard found vegetable!
Great blogpost! You put a lot of description and detail into your post which really allowed me to visualize what was going on. I'm glad you were able to share a unique personal experience with mushrooms and connect it with the video. I will have to try looking for mushrooms myself as they really are "the most delicious backyard found vegetable!"
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