Winter mushroom share
Nov. 30th, 2023 05:13 pmI signed up for a winter share of mushrooms from Siena Farms. I pick up (conveniently at a location across the street from my office) two pounds of mushrooms each Thursday for 12 weeks, except not the last week of December or the first week of January. I'm aggregating what I get here, in lieu of a short post each time.
This is also where I remind myself that leaving mushrooms out in sunlight increases their vitamin D content.
Since the email notification includes information about the regular winter share pickup, I get to compare what they're getting with what I'm getting from Stone Soup Farm; so far, I'm happy with the one I chose (since I'm not super fond of radicchio, couldn't use the bread, and can get butternut squash elsewhere when I want to, though some local honey would be a nice addition).
This is also where I remind myself that leaving mushrooms out in sunlight increases their vitamin D content.
- Week 1, 30Nov23: shiitake and black oyster mushrooms (oddly, the former are in plastic clamshell containers, while the latter are wholly loose) (according to the email, some folks got blue oyster mushrooms; maybe I'll get to try those another time)
- Week 2, 7Dec23: pioppino, king oyster, and lion's mane mushrooms
- Week 3, 14Dec23: black oyster mushrooms
- Week 4, 21Dec23: shiitake, lion's mane, and black oyster mushrooms
- Week 5, 11Jan24: black oyster mushrooms
- Week 6, 18Jan24: black oyster and lion's mane mushrooms
- Week 7, 25Jan24: blue oyster and shiitake mushrooms
- Week 8, 1Feb24: black oyster, pioppino, and king oyster mushrooms
- Week 9, 8Feb24: black oyster and shiitake mushrooms
- Week 10, 15Feb24: blue oyster, lion's mane, and pioppino mushrooms
- Week 11, 22Feb24: black oyster and shiitake mushrooms
- Week 12, 29Feb24: black oyster and a lone king oyster mushrooms
Since the email notification includes information about the regular winter share pickup, I get to compare what they're getting with what I'm getting from Stone Soup Farm; so far, I'm happy with the one I chose (since I'm not super fond of radicchio, couldn't use the bread, and can get butternut squash elsewhere when I want to, though some local honey would be a nice addition).