Winter share, 8 of 11

[magid]

• four pounds of sweet potatoes
  
• four pounds of carrots
  
• two pounds of potatoes
  
• two pounds of spinach
  
• a small head of green cabbage (one of the slightly flattened head types, not spherical)
  
• a tetsukabuto winter squash
  
• a bag (half a pound?) of mixed shiitake and lion's mane mushrooms

First thoughts: I still have a lot of shiitakes from last week's mushroom share, plus I'll be getting oyster, pioppino, and more lion's mane tomorrow, so I need to find something delicious that uses a lot of mushrooms. Not sure what, though; soup is a possibility, but for some reason doesn't feel exciting. Suggestions welcome. Otherwise, it's all fairly standard veg. I don't think I've had this particular variety of winter squash before (a quick look elsewhere says it's a cross-bred squash developed in Japan in the 1960s, and quite popular in parts of South America), so while I can follow the standard winter squash templates, if anyone has favorite uses for this particular kind of squash, happy to hear them.

Comments

[ruthling]

that looks awesome!

[magid]

It's all good, basic things that should be easy to use.

[ruthling]

yeah, and that won't go bad if you look at them funny.

[magid]

Though spinach definitely requires attention sooner.

[cellio]

Garlic marinated mushrooms?

[magid]

Interesting!

I tend towards mushrooms exclusively in cooked things, not raw or pickled, but maybe I should reconsider the pickled option.

[cellio]

Everyone's tastes are of course different, but in case this anecdatum helps, I am not much of a fan of cooked mushrooms (aside from the Chinese kind), and a friend gave me a jar of marinated mushrooms that she'd made and they were amazing. It made me re-evaluate mushrooms in the positive direction. :-)

[minoanmiss]

Roast the mushrooms and center a noodle or risotto type dish around them?

That squash sounds gorgeous. You could have fun researching Asian squash recipes if ou have a little time.

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

>>I need to find something delicious that uses a lot of mushrooms. Not sure what, though; soup is a possibility, but for some reason doesn't feel exciting. Suggestions welcome.<<

I often saute mushrooms in ghee or coconut oil with garam masala.

Sometimes I put them in stroganoff noodle packets, but I also have a recipe for cream cheese stroganoff that I add extra mushrooms to.

Mushrooms make excellent stuffing if you chop them up with something else (rice, carrots, spinach, etc.) and put them inside a squash, pepper, or other edible shell. Here is an example:
https://www.mykitchenescapades.com/stuffed-butternut-squash-recipe/

Mushrooms work great in quiche, especially with bacon:
https://iowaegg.org/recipe/1-2-3-quiche/

If you want to try something adventurous, there's always mushroom ketchup:
https://foragerchef.com/wild-mushroom-ketchup/