DIY Fungi

My husband, Jason, recently brought home a mushroom log from the Ferry Plaza Farmer's Market. When he first showed it to me, I thought it was some nasty-looking panettone, or some other sweet euro-bread that I don't like.

It's actually a Mushroom Mini Farm, and is sold by Far West Fungi

out of Moss Landing. Ours is a shiitake mini farm. This thing is really cool. You punch a few holes in it, keep it in a plastic bag, and in a few days you have a mushroom harvest! It's like a science project watching the mushrooms grow, seemingly getting larger hour-by-hour. Our mini farm should last 4-5 months and produce 3-4 crops.

We harvested our first crop last night and enjoyed shiitake mushrooms with garlic, sauteed in butter and served over whole wheat fettucine. Yum.

Curious cats and shiitake log