How to Identify and Eat White Puffball Mushrooms

[@ericferguson9989]

My wife and I found some in the woods end of August. She cut some up into strips, seasoned it and fried it in butter. I came out like scrambled eggs and was delicious. If you have vegan friends, they'll really get a kick out of it. We were so stoked to find 10 pounds of free food just sitting by the trail.

[@HaphazardHomestead]

My favorite way to cook giant puffballs is to cut them in big slabs, about twice as thick as you've done, and then drege them in beaten eggs and flour, and then cook them slowly in butter in a cast iron skillet. A big puffball steak! Yours look pretty good, too! Giant puffballs are pretty unmistakable, especially at the giant sizes. But if the insides have started turning yellow, they are too old. Thanks for featuring a really special part of autumn!

[@riddicksraven]

They're so pretty and white, I can't help but think of mozzarella cheese.

[@hemantanath9516]

😂😂me too

[@RainbowCoda]

Bob Ross but with foraging for mushrooms

[@thekittenmage]

I found my first Puff ball! It was smaller and when I broke it open it looked like it was already spoiling - happy to have found it but also happy to leave it to go back into the soil ♡

[@candyluna2929]

I can't take the word puffballs seriously..I have cats ...lol

[@kemptonjones]

Tim, this is probably this best video on YT on how to cook giant puffballs (exactly as my dear mom did). Thanks for sharing your thoughts about the delicious GIANT PUFFBALL!

[@markbeedy6041]

Today is June 17th and I picked a giant puffball mushroom at a friend's house and will cook some of it up for breakfast tomorrow with garlic and eggs. Yum!

[@benjaminshealey1751]

Thank you for this wonderful video. I recently found some puff balls and fried them in olive oil and butter. It was the best egg white substitute ever! My wife and son waited 24 hours to see if there where any side effects😅🤣🤣😅.

[@carstenzierden]

You can also cut the giant puffballs into slices with the skin and freeze them. The taste and consistency with the skin are better preserved. greetings from Germany

[@jakethesnake6305]

This is such a good video. I seen these in the woods, and my mom did too. We searched for some videos, used this one, and it came out sooo good. Thanks for the great idea Tim!

[@SSANCHEZ1985]

I like how at the end he's seen hogging up the mushrooms on the plate practically knocking her fork out of the way

[@rickythegreaetist]

I feel like you have definitely given a lot of young men great advice throughout your life

[@bettymacallister3475]

My husband just found them yesterday ohh my are they delicious 😋 egg and breadcrumbs with butter 🧈, delicious thank you and I love your kitchen 👍

[@bethlibart]

Just found a bunch, picked them and sautéed until caramelized in butter, salt, pepper. Will probably add to primavera pasta sauce later

[@wesbass75]

man that looks good. i have always seen them in there later stage like when i stepped on them to make a dust cloud...think I'll have to try'em out.

[@alondragutierrez2280]

It kind of looks like a mozzarella ball

[@nicolecorrado1959]

Vegan hunter here LOL! Found one of these! They’re delicious!

[@nj1639]

Hey Tim, Hurricane Helene brought us four days and four inches of rain here in S.E. Indiana after a bit of a drought. Went on a walkabout this morning looking to see what mushrooms might have popped up. Found a few giant puffballs not far from the house. I hurried home to do a search online and there you are! No need to look further. Thanks!

[@Talmorne]

that is a HUGE mushroom, I love mushrooms and I would love to try some one day

[@notasian7620]

Just found some smaller ones ina field near our house they were delicious! I saw some tiny ones growing so we left them to grow for next time

[@nannetteferra5732]

We have these mushrooms all over the place ib front of our house! We just pulled a few and I'm so happy to hear we can eat them! (Better than my husband running them over with the lawn mower! LOL)

[@BlueRice]

Once in a while i search for puffballs. One of the mushroom i want to try someday

[@friedit7862]

When i was in primary school, these were all over the play field back in the 80s after it rains, we use to pick them up and stone each other with it lol. Its plentiful in Jamaica

[@southpoundham]

Amanita muscaria is great to eat when dried 😉

[@nothingworksworks3511]

This was a great vid. I love how you wanted to surprise your lady! Awesome. I found smaller ones- is it okay to pick them small? I halved them and they were like hot marshmallows.

[@TimFarmerCK]

just make sure they are all white to the center

[@TimFarmerCK]

As they start to deteriorate, they will turn yellowish.

[@ModelARider]

Thank you folks! As always, love your videos!

[@PenRippyJr]

0:57 “which makes you DAHH”

[@TimFarmerCK]

Yup....we are from the south. No apology necessary. Normally I don't reply to people who don't use their real name.

[@PenRippyJr]

Tim Farmer i meant no disrespect Tim!! i enjoyed ur video a lot and got a good laugh out of this part!

[@floatingbooks4058]

For a few years now I get exactly one popping up outside my house. Last year it looked like a butt...

[@无韵北方]

I like mushroom so much! nice for me to see a pullball like this!

[@theenjeneer2792]

I hate mushrooms almost with all my heart but damn that looks tasty I might try one if i ever get the chance

[@sophiawish9772]

You guys have made me so hungry!

[@paulaking7007]

Thank You for sharing!...this is The Best video I’ve seen on these lovely Puffballs yet!..and I’ve seen a lot!...GOD bless You and Yours in JESUS name!

[@badarock177]

We don't have them in Brazil. I wish there were. This looks so good!

[@andylandAMband]

When they have a little bit of dirt on them how do you get that off you Pat it with a wet towel or just slightly rinse that section it's a great video by the way I appreciate you

[@ZoeyTheGSP]

Just cooked one up per this video, yummy town.

[@RiazUddin-sk3uw]

Haven’t seen them in Brisbane, Australia, where I live. Looks beautiful - nice video, mate.

[@lawmiscellany1186]

i wish i could find one

[@zidanutomo326]

The marshmallow of the wood

[@kcb5336]

I have huge ones grow in my yard. Maybe I’ll try em.

[@MomoSimmer]

The one I found today is bigger than a volleyball. Safe to say I probably have the right thing?

[@bunnyb9326]

I just found 3 in my backyard! I thought it was a god toy or something and tried to grab it lol

[@mybasics7194]

Good job

[@zatoichiMiyamoto]

Dang that ASMR voice...

[@tsardine2573]

Tim , you seem like a very kind soul and a down right cool guy

[@brananherndon6947]

Then there’s cubes

[@essebug1066]

What happend to your hand? Don't take offense, Just curious :)

[@TimFarmerCK]

Square dancing accident......

[@Sunfoshy]

How exactly would I know if a mushroom is poison or no?

[@TimFarmerCK]

By educating yourself, reading, observing, talking with experts, looking up websites dedicated to mushroom ID.

[@silkenemperor]

These grow in my backyard every summer Unfortunately the slugs got to them by the time I learned what they are.

[@GaryWRose]

I was in V M in the late 60s and saw puffballs over 6 ft in diameter

[@ophthodoc]

I would never be able to eat a wild mushroom. Maybe with the exception of a morel... Just the thought of mushroom poisoning...

[@TimFarmerCK]

There are plenty of ways to educate yourself. When you spend the time to key out particular parts of the mushroom, and understand the varieties, it will become very clear. The awards are amazing. Next week we include a chicken of the woods mushroom with our meal. It was outstanding. If you know what to look for, you cannot make a mistake. Diligence and research is worth the effort.

[@abhinavrajesh2975]

It looks like a mozzarella cheese ball

[@ppboy9992]

just looks like... :] tofu!! looks so delicious.

[@mistycords4680]

Wild Mushroom is way better than cultured. But never seen this thing in the Philippines.

[@briaarauz2364]

the puffballs look like huge marshmallows

[@chazworm3]

On your opening theme (Love your theme) when you say “try some food you’ve never tried before” I use to hunt those mushrooms with an old girlfriend but could never find them. We live in Carter County Kentucky. When is the best time to hunt those mushrooms

[@TimFarmerCK]

I always notice them starting around the middle of September

[@bunnyb9326]

They remind me of angel food cake

[@rpedraza4121]

Does the texture inside stay the same once cooked?

[@TimFarmerCK]

The texture is the same. Inside and out.

[@dougiequick1]

Why is there no date on this video??

[@militantpacifist4087]

You can also grill them, like a big piece of meat. 🥩

[@TimFarmerCK]

One of our favorite mushrooms

[@jcepri]

Nature is just overwhelming sometimes. The older I get the more amazed I am by the sheer diversity of life. And we get hung up on a few races and cultures? It's laughable and sad at the same time.

[@GhostyMist]

NGL I thought Mel Gibson was out in the woods teaching us about mushrooms

[@WadcaWymiaru]

WOW Those are really big! Hey, can we just grow them on the organic matter? With that SIZE they should fix the *global hunger!*

[@carlquitzau]

Where's your other hand???!!!!!

[@TimFarmerCK]

Timothy Farmer (born March 18, 1964) is an American outdoorsman, musician, and television presenter. He is known as the host and executive producer of the television shows Kentucky Afield, Tim Farmer's Country Kitchen, and Tim Farmer's Homemade Jam.,[1] for which he has won a total of five regional Emmy awards.[2] A motorcycle accident in 1984 left Farmer without the use of his right arm, and he has since worked with other Kentuckians to cope with and overcome similar physical disabilities [3][4]. From Wikipedia

[@CuentaBackUpBaby]

His arm is missing?

[@TimFarmerCK]

Yes! have you seen it?! I’ve been looking everywhere!!

[@quackstar8993]

There’s something similar like that in my front porch

[@bigjim9706]

Is he missing his arm?

[@TimFarmerCK]

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[@gaskinsgarage4192]

Just had a giant bunch of them pop up in the tree line behind my house all sizes from softball to larger then basket balls