What's It All About, eh?

Cape Breton evokes deep memories and strong emotions for me as well as a deep appreciation for the beauty of my adopted island. My hopes are that you too might find the photos evocative - maybe a view you've not enjoyed before, or an 'Oh I've been there', or if from away that you may be encouraged to visit this fair isle so that you might come to love and breathe Cape Breton as I do. One word about place names that I use - some are completely local usage while others are from maps of Cape Breton that I've purchased over the years. I frequently post travel and other photos that are of interest to me - and hopefully you.

On the right hand side bar find my take on Single Malt whiskey - from how to best enjoy this noble drink to reviews (in a most non-professional manner) of ones that I have tried and liked - or not. Also musings, mine and others, on life in general.

Photographs are roughly 98%+ my own and copy-righted. For the occasional photo that is borrowed, credit is given where possible - recently I have started posting unusual net photographs that seem unique. Feel free to borrow any of my photos for non-commercial use, otherwise contact me. Starting late in 2013 I have tried to be consistent in identifying my photographs using ©smck on all out of camera photos I personally captured - (I often do minor computer changes such as 'crop' or 'shadow' etc but usually nothing major), and using
©norvellhimself on all photos that I have played around with in case it might not be obvious. Lately I have dropped the ©smck and have watermarked them with the blog name.

COMMENTS are appreciated as feedback is the driving energy of blogging - And if you like this site please pass it along to a friend. Thanks!

NOTE: TO ENLARGE PHOTO, CLICK ON SAME - If using Firefox also click f11 - photos will fill the screen ...... ----------------------------------- ......TRANSLATION BUTTON AT TOP OF LEFT COLUMN!

Black Velvet Bolete - Tylopilus alboatur



The black velvet bolete is listed as a choice edible mushroom so I may have misidentified this Bolete because after satisfying myself that this was the Black Velvet (and since it was a bolete that was not brusing blue upon being opened - as in the last photo - I did not bother with a spore identification as I knew that the worst that could be was a non-palatable taste upon cooking) I brushed it clean and removed the porous sponge-like gill section then sliced the lovely white meat of the crown into small pieces and using olive oil gently grilled these for five to ten minutes.  When I chewed one small section the taste was quite bitter so I spate it out and rinsed my mouth with water, put the cooked and un-cooked pieces in the compost and washed the round iron grill, that I had used, very carefully.  It might have been just my own personal reaction to that particular mushroom and that it was identified correctly or maybe it was just a Black Bolete look-a-like - for sure next time I will do a spore identification first

No comments:

Post a Comment