MMS POTLUCK 2002

Our society held its famous annual potluck diner at the last meeting of the fall season on October 28. As usual it was a magnificent feast with great food and good fellowship. This year members outdid themselves in creating a wonderful assortment of mushroom dishes featuring thirteen different species of wild mushroom. Where else can you experience such exotic cuisine? Here is a list of the dishes and their creators:

• Shaggy mane (Coprinus comatus) soup by Doris Johannes
• Pork Loin with black trumpets (Craterellus fallax) in madeira sauce by Maxine Bethke
• Bolete Risotto with black boletes by Judy Kenny
• Boursin with Boletus edulis by Anna Gerenday
• Tossed salad with Elm Cap (Hypsizygus tessulatus) dressing by Steve Netzman
  Find the Recipe on the Mushroom Recipe page
• Pastry hors d 'oervres with Paragyrodon sphereosporus by Barbi Bursh Eysselinck
• Wild Rice with Mushrooms by Patti Bellino and Leon Horien
• Ripened cheese with mushroom by Adele Mehta
• Pasta with Blewits (Clytocybe nuda) by Ron Spinosa
• Chanterelle (Cantherellus cibarius) spread and Shitake (Lentinus edodes) dip by Peggy Laine
• Puffball Parmeason (Calvatia gigantea) by Doris Johannes
• Shitake pork soup by Lee Moellerman
• Venison Stroganoff with Slippery Jacks (Suillus luteus) by Will Ince
• Jenny 's Shitake Corn Bread by Jenny Benn
• Wild Mushroom Patte by Ted King
• Chicken breast stuffed with cuitlacoche/corn smut (Ustilago maydis) in a poblano cream sauce by Leah Spinosa de Vega
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Submitted by Ron Spinosa