Help in locating wild exotic mushrooms

cafewonderland

Anyone know where I can get oysters, clams, and some different type of mushrooms other than those white button mushrooms here in chennai?

Thanks

Sherill

thejag

hmm i remember different kinds of mushrooms at supermarkets but when i think of to.. its only been the button kind of mushrooms the past year or so...

not a fan of sea food so cant comment on the oysters and clams...

cafewonderland

Yea jag all I see are the white regular mushrooms, and still hunting for some different ones though

Thanks,
Sherill

camelgirl

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If you can, change your title to Help in Finding Mushrooms or something like that--otherwise a moderator will have to do it.

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cafewonderland

Hey camelgirl, thanks for letting me know. Sorry about the inappropriate title.

Thanks,
Sherill

martinez

I would imagine that eating bivalves in Chennai(unless frozen and imported)is a dangerous pastime.They would have to be collected locally to be fresh and there would probably be no regulations as to where they are harvested and the quality of water etc that they have been living in. I am not too fussy around food,but clams etc for me would be a certain no go food in a tropical densly populated area.

cafewonderland

Yea guess your right martinez, just love seafood though

Nick-H

Absence of mushrooms can be pretty urgent !

I've occasionally seen other kinds of mushroom --- and it would have been in one of the CP Ramaswamy Road supermarkets (Spencers or Nilgiris), near where I used to live. Unfortunately, I find that, since Foodworld re-branded as Spencers, their stock is more restricted.

There is an organic veg shop in 2nd Main Road, Kasturba Nagar, Adyar. I had a look around it two days ago, for the first time. I don't remember anything but the regular button mushrooms, though.



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hill spirits

well i dont know about clams but wild mushrooms are best in kullu a hilly region of himachal pradesh ranging from morel which is about 10,000 per kilo to umbrella which are found freely in the forests to the magic ones with psilocybin are also found here almost 50 varities are found which are eaten asa vegetable in the forests in rainy season , but the best is morel with heavenly taste the magic ones are also not bad but are only recommended for the experienced

fsg

You can get Nandu[ tamil for crabs] and quit nice prawns.

I think the waters are too warm for shell fish

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Nick-H

Personally, I don't like crab --- but we do get great prawns here

cafewonderland

Hey,

Nick-H- Yea I used to find a lot of good produce in Foodworld but now xince they have rebranded to Spencers, their stock seems to be more limited.

Hill Spirits- Wow you really know your mushrooms!

Thanks for the help guys,
Sherill