"Grandpa's tobacco," or a mushroom-raincoat. How to cook it?

Surely when traveling to the bosom of nature, you met in the groves, forests or even in the meadows a kind of white mushrooms in the form of balls in size from tennis to baseball. There are also larger specimens.

They are called raincoats. A characteristic feature of these fungi is that they have the ability to explode. No, nothing dangerous in this, just if you touch a mature raincoat, it will burst, releasing a cloud of spores - so they multiply, and it is this feature that gave birth to the popular name - "grandfather tobacco", "wolf tobacco", "dust" , Or just a mushroom-raincoat. How to prepare it, know a few, since seasoned mushroom pickers from the middle strip of Russia with contempt look at the raincoat, considering it a third-rate. For this, by the way, there are reasons - this is how the raincoat describes the mushroom encyclopedia. But on the other hand, abroad they are highly appreciated. Not like truffles, but at the level of champignons. And this mushroom should pay attention not only to those who live in the "shallow" zone, but also to avid lovers of "quiet hunting".

In addition to purely culinary qualities, the raincoat also has an excellent blood-restoring property. It is enough to attach a cut of the fungus to the wound, as it almost instantly stops bleeding.

How to cook a mushroom-raincoat

To taste it resembles a champignon, as it is a close relative, but has a more pronounced mushroom smell and taste. If it is dried and poured, then the powder obtained is perfect for filling soups, and in fried form, it is simply a delicacy, and not a dish. Especially if you put out raincoats in sour cream.

For frying fungi fit any size, the main thing is that the fruit body is elastic and dense. If the core is dark, then you are a false representative of this family, and if white - a real mushroom raincoat.

How to cook it for frying? Yes, just like all other mushrooms: first wash, then cut into pieces, boil and fry in hot butter or sunflower oil for about seven minutes. Then the dish should be salted, lightly peppered, poured with sour cream and put out for a couple of minutes. Preliminary boiling can also be missed if you are sure that the area in which you collected mushrooms is environmentally friendly. Fruit bodies of fungi have the ability to collect all the toxic emissions of our civilization, is not an exception in this respect, and a mushroom-raincoat. How to cook it and not get poisoned? This is why pre-digesting of the whole collection is recommended.

If you heard something about boiling water with mushrooms you need to throw a bulb to determine the virulence, then forget this advice. It has no basis under itself. So the mushrooms are not checked for edibility. As for the raincoats, even its false varieties are not very poisonous. The maximum that threatens you is an upset stomach and a mild allergenic reaction.

Very delicious and soup from the "grandfather's tobacco" (as mentioned above, this is how people call a mushroom-raincoat). Soup recipes are listed in many culinary books, and here we will talk about how to cook it in a hurry.

You will need:

• A handful of vermicelli;
• One potato;
• One onion;
• salt;
• spice;
• A mushroom-raincoat.

How to make soup from one mushroom? With "grandfather's tobacco" this focus may well pass, since it can grow up to 20-40 cm in diameter. It's enough for a three-liter pot of light soup.

Mushrooms and cut into small pieces. We throw in boiling water, boil a couple of minutes and drain the water. Then we throw the mushrooms into the pan again, fill it with fresh water and put it on the fire. Quickly fry onion in oil, peel and cut potatoes into cubes. In a boiling broth we send potatoes with onion and bring it to half-ready. Now it is the turn and vermicelli. Salt, bay leaves and spices should be added at the end of the soup preparation. There is it can and immediately after the end of cooking, and the next day. It is very tasty even in cold form, and perfectly replaces in the summer traditional okroshka.