While many readers are located in the northern hemisphere and celebrating the winter holiday season with snow and cold, I just want to remind you that is rainy season--the Zambian summer--here in southern Africa. Everything is green and growing. For me, mushrooms typify the spontaneity of the earth during rainy season. They just pop up in the middle of nowhere or the middle of everywhere--like my yard. They are brown or white, big or little. These from the side of the road were polka dotted.
We see them the size of an umbrella or so small that it takes hours to cut and clean. They can delight the palate or kill you. The season doesn't last very long so I try to buy and cook as many as I can while they are poking their heads up. My favorite is grilled with olive oil and fresh tomatoes on toast.
Celebrate mushrooms as the promise of rain!
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