Pickling Wild Mushrooms Hens of the Woods (Maitake)

Everything you need to know from harvesting Hens of the woods to Pickling (Giardiniera) and preserving them in the freezer from A-Z this video covers it all Complete STEP by STEP Process listed below. I discuss many topics on how to clean them which can be a grueling task to how and utilize every portion of these delicious mushrooms how my family has been doing this for generations.
Steps covered
1. Identification and Harvest
2. Properly Transport
3. How to prepare and Clean
4. Cooking Fresh pan seared
5. Prep for Freezing
6. Prep for Canning/Pickling ( With recipe/ingredients)
7. How to dry and age Black Walnuts
8. Omelet making

[@jackl8133]

This is the best demonstration video for cleaning, cooking and preserving maitake mushrooms in the wide wild KZbin world! Well done!!

[@gator7095]

Likes this video Buddy

[@chuckblazek1117]

Excellent! Excellent! Excellent! You are righton dude. I've been hunting HOUBY "mushrooms 🍄" since a child every fall in the Midwest northern Illinois and Wisconsin. My father taught me as a young boy how to HUNT for this big HOUBY in the forests of the Midwest, wear boots when it is raining to keep your feet dry, heavy jeans and long Sleeves eye protection to protect from the heavy cover of thorny bushes and the very thick growth and tangled growth one must traverse in the congested regions in the woods. Also required tools for the adventure would be some large containers for those Gigantic "HEN OF THE WOODS". The other tool you must take HOUBY HUNTING is a large heavy stick to ward off any wildlife you disturb in the. Woods. The Raccoons Coyotes Feral Dogs an occasional Badger or CHEESE HEAD in Wisconsin. The stick will also help to keep balance walking the uneven rolling hills in the forests.

[@paparomesoutdoors711]

Thank you for watching appreciate it

[@springbooth3547]

Good stuff . Thank you for sharing.

[@paparomesoutdoors711]

My pleasure enjoy ☺️

[@mountainbushcraftersallian8654]

Now thats a a process....Interesting for sure and either process was time well spent for the end result product...Loving the Homesteading addition to your list....everyone needs a Momma Romes!

[@paparomesoutdoors711]

Thanks brotha!!! These aren’t for everyone but figured for others it’s good content happy you enjoyed be safe

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

What a great video!! I really like hen of the woods but never knew how to preserve them! Thanks so much!!

[@paparomesoutdoors711]

Really glad you enjoyed this video and it helped

[@3TripleR]

Very neat. Always learning something new. Never really liked mushrooms, but my family loves them. Definitely taking notes

[@paparomesoutdoors711]

Thanks so much appreciate it

[@NatureIntoAction]

Great info.. I like to fry n freeze but will have to try your methods. Huge hen harvests you got!!!

[@paparomesoutdoors711]

Thanks man we did ok so far since then we found about double that, haven’t had time with work to go out anymore

[@howtogetoutofbabylon8978]

Can you Help them spread or propagate so you can actually get them to grow more?

[@Rattletrapfishing]

miss it buddy

[@paparomesoutdoors711]

Rattletrap fishing that’s ok

[@nickd2309]

Awesome job ! Can you use olive oil instead of of the vegetable oil for a different taste?

[@rnuss8304]

What kind of oak trees do they grow from?

[@margaretrussell2070]

Can they be canned for the pantry and if so what’s the process?

[@jofin86]

Hi, I have a question, or two...we recently purchased a home and just about a week ago we noticed these mushrooms growing at the base of two of our very mature trees. I was concerned (not knowing what they were) that it was a sign that my tree was decaying. My son ended up kicking (softly, apparently he liked the "ripping sound") the tops off. It wasn't until I posted on NextDoor today, worrying about signs of the tree rotting due to these mushrooms growing on them, that people were telling me what they were! I felt so horrible, because people were wanting to take them off my hands! My two questions...because they weren't ripped from the root, will they grow back again next year? Also, If the heads are still in the same spot, after being removed from the root (we did not throw them away) and they look just as fresh, would it be okay to offer them to someone if they've been off their root and outside since Friday evening (three days). I'd hate for them to go to waste! Thank you!

[@borisibragimov3411]

They’ll grow back every season

[@dankauffman8568]

Just tripped over your channel . Very good , detailed video . I've been making something very similar for about thirty years . ( I do boil water bath though ) I'm fortunate enough live across the street from some woods that really produce . What parts are you from ? I'm Western PA .

[@paparomesoutdoors711]

Oh found the video thank you for watching. I would guard those trees if I were you, everyone wants to find them as they are so delicious. Eastern PA and NY I hunt. Thanks again

[@dankauffman8568]

@@paparomesoutdoors711 Been picking them there for many years . I give a lot away to friends . No one else shows any interest . I also have quite a few other places that I do keep to myself .

[@jayneoleary9996]

Hey where’d you get your pack basket?

[@paparomesoutdoors711]

I think that was a garage sale in Maine but could be wrong I have many over the years, I also used to make them at one point

[@kenta3148]

nice video...thank you. Mushrooms seal in more flavor if you brown them in a dry none stick pan to reduce the moisture. Then use avocado oil our butter to finish them. Olive oil has a lower smoke temp and heating olive oil destroys all omega 3 fat. vegetable oil is horrible for your health, so I wonder if you've tried pickling with olive or avocado oil. Only cook eggs long enough to kill the salmonella or you also loose nutrients. Dried out firm scrambled eggs loose much of there nutritional value.

[@paparomesoutdoors711]

@@kenta3148 olive oil would alter the flavor we never used it, when we eat these we also squeeze out the oil in cloth or paper towel, thanks for watching

[@JohnAmes]

Could you freeze dry them as well

[@paparomesoutdoors711]

Im sure you can I just do not have a freeze dryer, do you have one of those? that would be neat

[@JohnAmes]

I never even had them before I heard there good Would like to try them

[@brutledge3507]

I dont freeze dry hens but I do flash freeze and freezer seal. I use the very cleanest ones and peal them down. I usually dont put in tap water, just use clean hens then wash when you thaw and straight into the skillet. I go for 100 frozen pounds a year.

[@brutledge3507]

@@JohnAmes Best mushroom known to man. I only eat morels and hens. Listed as a medicinal and a top choice edible.

[@thelinecook]

Very cool man! Those mushrooms were beautiful. I love how you didn’t waste anything, that’s amazing. I have a buddy who wanted to make me to get some hen of the woods mushrooms, but where he was foraging for them isn’t a very clean watershed. I’m wondering if it’s bad to eat them from there. Loved your video though. 👍👍

[@paparomesoutdoors711]

Thank you for watching, Yea gotta be careful mushrooms absorb toxics very easily so they say any dirty water or roads near by do not eat them from those locations.

[@katierobertsfnp6403]

Dear Papa Outdoors: your teeth are stunning 😳 💗

[@paparomesoutdoors711]

Lmfao 😅😅😂😂😂😂😂😂🤡🤡

[@Groucho-tg1tx]

Italian style

[@botero29love]

Did anybody notice the worm?

[@grandwonder5858]

Why can't you freeze or pickle them raw? Do they rot if you freeze or pickle them raw?

[@paparomesoutdoors711]

Usually wild mushrooms you want to cook some form because they can carry other bacteria’s not normally found on cultivated. I never froze them raw being we either eat them fresh or preserve them. From ones frozen I found in that woods I noticed when thawed they rotted and did not preserve well, not saying you can’t I just find this a safer better method allowed liquid to get all around and within the mushroom freezing it better, once thawed then we squeeze out all liquid before cooking to get all the liquid out and allow them to become crunchy

[@grandwonder5858]

@@paparomesoutdoors711 Thanks for the advice buddy, I truly appreciate it! So, you cook them and then freeze them with some water to help preserve the freshness of the mushrooms? Thanks for responding, I'm gonna use your technique when I start finding some edible mushrooms. I'm just starting to hunt for mushrooms so any advice is greatly appreciated!

[@islaykarp681]

You are better off not pulling them out disturbing the mycellium.Those bottom fronds are full of dirt and debris anyway.