Something else has grown...

Just look at this huge crop of mushrooms! For Christmas, I gave DH a mushroom growing kit. Just a week ago the soil was finally covered with tiny pinheads. Then 3-4 days ago the largest ones were about an inch high. We checked the box last night and this is what we found--a virtual explosion of mushrooms! So we harvested a big bowlful, and I tried out a couple of recipes from recipezaar.com. Mushroom and barley soup and wild rice with mushrooms. DH thought the soup was good. The wild rice was good, although it was way too salty (too much bouillon powder) so I turned it into meatloaf, which worked wonderfully!

(Update: unfortunately, after we harvested a big bowlful of mushrooms, I thought the soil looked dry, so I spritzed it with water. The next day the remaining mushrooms and pinheads were turning brown, and after started to mold. So our mushroom experiment turned out to be fun, but short lived!)