March 25, 2013

Yanagi Matsutake/柳まつたけ

Today, I bought a pack of yanagi matsutake.
yanagi = willow
matsutake = pine mushroom
Despite the name, yanagi matsutake has nothing to do with matsutake, but it belongs to the family Bolbitiaceae.
今日は、柳まつたけを1パック買いました。
名前にかかわらず、柳まつたけは松茸(マツタケ、まつたけ)とは関係なく、オキナタケ科に属します。

The label says, "Kaori to matsutake no hagotae" (Aroma and the texture of matsutake). As requested by my son, my wife put it in clear soup. I can't comment how it smelled or tasted because we let my son have all of it. My son asked me to buy two packs next time.
ラベルには「香りとまつたけの歯ごたえ」と書いてあります。息子のリクエストで、妻は澄まし汁に入れました。どんな香り、味なのかコメントできません。すべて息子に食べさせてあげたので。息子は今度は2パック買ってっと言ってました。

8 comments:

Sissi said...

Very interesting! I have just seen it's sold in "grow your own mushrooms" sets, so it can be grown at home! (I have recently been very tempted to grow my own oyster mushrooms... apparently it's very easy and quick).

Hiroyuki said...

Sissi: As for me, I want to buy an enoki set. As you may know, wild enoki is completely different from cultured.

Fräulein Trude said...

I can highly recommend "grow it yourself"-sets for mushrooms. Enoki is easy and oyster mushrooms too, same goes for Stropharia rugosoannulata / saketsubatake. The only nasty to grow mushrooms are Shiitake - I am not going to grow Shiitake again.

Hiroyuki said...

Kiki: I have grown maitake, oyster mushrooms, and shiitake from such logs so far. The results are satisfying, but when I consider the cost and labor involved, I don't think I'll do the same thing again. Enoki is the only exception for me.

Sissi said...

Kiki, thank you for the encouragement. It's good to know! My dream mushroom would be the king oyster mushroom (eringi) because it's very expensive here and if I could I would have it twice a week. Shiitake are far from being my favourite mushrooms (I often prefer substituting them with humble cheap button mushroom).
Hiroyuki, I know nothing compares to wild-growing mushrooms...

Fräulein Trude said...

Sissi: For growing mushrooms on a balcony you should use ready made sets in bags or baskets but this is quite expensive - more some kind of a hobby. Don't aspect a huge harvest. Concerning king oyster mushrooms: they are very special. They don't grow on straw or wood but on herbs, substrate mixture is quite tricky (and expensive...)

Hiroyuki: Yes, it is cheaper to buy mushrooms (laugh). Here I ordered my seeds before, just have a look at the different wonderful breeds and price tags (in english)
http://www.shii-take.de/irw_lang.454e47.page.534e5f486f6d65.html

Hiroyuki said...

Kiki: Thanks for the link. I have other problems, too: My yard is limited, and doesn't have much soil on it.

Sissi said...

Kiki, thank you for the advice. I will probably stick to herbs...