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Early breakfast as I've a long day today. Bolete and potato herbed omelet (chives and chervil) with a tomato salad, blackberries and coffee. Close up interior slice shot was a blurry mess 😒

Ended up with over a Kg. of boletes. Sauteed some and have added them to an omelet and couscous. Dehydrated most:

I usually start my indoor herbs at the beginning of Sept. until the end of the month. Everything from seed. Dill and Flat Leaf Parsley: Chives and Basil: Chives and Cilantro: Chives and Chervil: Something new this year: mushroom kits (which I have plans once the spawn medium is exhausted: inoculating logs and bags of wood chips). Maitake and Blue Oyster:

Was invited to Canadian Thanksgiving yesterday and had a full on Jiggs dinner. Salt beef, chicken, cabbage, potatoes, carrots, rutabaga, parsnips and pease pudding. Only thing missing was mustard pickles. Apple pie for dessert. Not a very photogenic meal therefore so no photos.

Out for a short hike this morning and found these: My call is Boletus edulis or King Bolete (I'm 90% positive however I will get some more expert advice).

We hosted dinner for three of my cousins I haven't seen in near fifty years. Snow crab for seven with pasta salad, green salad, dinner rolls and finished with a blueberry topped cake. Too messy a meal for taking photos. Cousins left Thursday morning so they'll experience Fiona at home.

You're not mistaken. I've become hesitant, nae make that very reluctant, to buy them anymore.

In 1957 I was looking forward to kindergarten so would've missed the broadcast version (even if the CBC aired it). 😇

I remember a short black and white film I saw in my university days of (not sure of the exact title) "The Italian Spaghetti Harvest" showing farmers collecting handfuls of spaghetti from 'spaghetti trees'. And then there is the "North Carolina Marshmallow Farming":

Back to school time with some timely advice from the agribusiness community:

Do you cater fishing trips? Just joking. All that food would be a great reward after a day outdoors.

I'm a big fan of creative breakfast sandwiches and have seen some great examples on this forum. Honourable mentions to @blue_dolphin and @Ann_T. This morning's effort: lettuce, black pudding, mushroom with green onion, roasted red pepper, a tad overdone egg, old cheddar and lots of black pepper. Finished with the last of this season's fresh wild blueberries and blackberries and coffee.

Tea is for vitamin C. Depending on what this variety tastes like it can be amended. Syrup will be an experiment. I haven't seen any purslane here. Miss it.

@heidih Dehydrate for tea and will have a go at making syrup.

@chromedome My BIL family calls them wild pears although after researching my guides and online I found that wild pears are European natives and pear cultivars were brought over to North America. After looking at leaf and fruit structure and taking into account my BIL's family lore we came to the saskatoon berry conclusion. These have most likely been here for 90-110 years so no idea what the cultivars were then. I also know them as serviceberries.

Out for an early morning walkabout. Although finished for the season this is a very mature saskatoon berry bush/tree: They're not native to the area and were brought here by my BIL's great aunt from Regina. Note the knife for size comparison. One removed and resprouting: Wild rose hips starting to turn. These won't be ready until after a frost: And finally I've tentatively identified these as huckleberries but am unsure. They are partially shriveled since it's been very dry recently. Anyone? The only mushroom I've seen were Amanita pantherina which are deadly toxic. It's been too dry and have not seen any other types.

@TicTac Thanks. We'll see how mushroom season goes here. I've some experience however I'm cautious. To paraphrase an old adage: There are bold mushroom foragers, there are old mushroom foragers but not that many old bold ones.

@ElsieD Near in Ontario distances as in a weekend trip to cottage country. I'm still getting used to the distances here. I'm planning to head that way this fall when the weather cools and the crowds thin.

Out to scout today with camera and my room mate for the next few days. This is Cooper: I'll be sitting him for my sister and BIL while they're off to Halifax. Blueberry season is pretty much over. Any fruit left is not worth picking. Some exceptions for snacking while walking. Blackberries pretty much done as well. This 'patch', by a rough estimation is about half an acre, can only be picked by circling the perimeter. I'm thinking to cut two swaths through with a brush cutter next spring to allow access. Some berries left. Next year's fiddlehead crop:

I've been living on the northeastern end of Cape Breton for almost three months and have been exploring and foraging my area. These are all within hiking range of home: Blueberries, blackberries, saskatoon berries, old apple trees, a cherry tree, what will be a spring bounty of fiddleheads, wild roses (rosehips), spear-mint and dandelion greens. It's ongoing with something interesting found on every hike. I've been too busy picking and will eventually start posting photos.

Thanks. Born in New Brunswick and now a Nova Scotian.

@blue_dolphin Thanks and thanks for the welcome. Only a minor milestone however a great sunrise is always like the maple syrup on ones blueberry pancakes.

Cape Breton sunrise from my porch: And a celebratory breakfast: Mini grape tomatoes, french breakfast radishes, smoked salmon, ww english muffin with mango habanero jelly, cremini and oyster mushroom saute and herbed soft scrambled eggs. Foraged blueberries and blackberries and the obligatory coffee.