A group of Lactarius indigo mushrooms with distinctive blue caps and gills, scattered across a forest floor covered in brown leaves and twigs; titled “Lactarius indigo – Claudette Lamprecht” and awarded 1st Place Scientific/Technical

Category Cooking Mushrooms

Tater Tot Hotdish

Tater Tot Hotdish

The word “hotdish” originated in Minnesota in the 1930s. The Ore-Ida company invented Tater Tots in 1954, about 20 years after the introduction of cream of mushroom soup. Put them all together, and you get the classic Minnesota hotdish. I…

Mushroom Soup

A bowl of creamy mushroom soup garnished with herbs, served on a floral-patterned dish atop a white placemat with a spoon and folded napkin beside it. The soup appears homemade with chunks of mushrooms visible in the thick, white broth.

This recipe is for world-class cream of mushroom soup. The only essential components are mushrooms, salt, and milk/cream/half and half.

The Dietary Benefits of Mushrooms

Colorful market stall displaying a variety of fresh mushrooms, including chanterelles, porcini, and king oyster mushrooms, alongside tomatoes, asparagus, red chili peppers, and other vegetables, with handwritten “No Tocar” signs in Spanish indicating not to touch the produce.

By MMS Culinary Correspondent, Mike Tangedal. Not enough mushrooms are eaten in Western culture to warrant their placement in any comprehensive nutritional guide. The food spectrum constituting a healthy diet changes in our culture at the rate that society changes,…

Cooking with Dried Mushrooms

Mushrooms in a Wok

By Culinary Corespondant, Mike Tangedal. Drying and cooking with dried mushrooms doesn’t require too much technology or expertise, which is why it has been practiced for thousands of years. Simply place some freshly picked mushrooms where there is lots of…

KF-COW: Cooking with Chicken of the Woods

Close-up of a vibrant Chicken of the Woods mushroom (Laetiporus sulphureus) growing on a moss-covered log, displaying its distinctive bright yellow and orange ruffled shelves in a forest setting with soft natural lighting.

By MMS Culinary Correspondent, Mike Tangedal. I’m not as enamored with chicken fingers as today’s youth. I like chicken as much as the next omnivore, but I prefer chicken of the woods (COW). We have two varieties here, Laetiporus sulphureous…

I’m Bringing Pheasant Back!

Pheasant Backs on a stump

By Mike Tangedal, MMS Culinary Correspondent. Here’s a cooking article I wrote inspired by all the requests I’m getting in my feed on how to cook the first mushroom of the season – Cerioporus squamosus – the pheasant back or…