How to cook puffball mushrooms and with what. Puffball mushrooms: varieties, medicinal properties and recipes. Is the puffball mushroom edible or not?
Fry the raincoats for 15 minutes, stirring constantly over medium heat.
How to fry raincoats
Products
Butter or vegetable oil - 40 milliliters
Salt - half a teaspoon
Pepper - to taste
How to fry raincoats
3. Cut each mushroom into pieces approximately 3 centimeters in size.
4. Place a dry frying pan over moderate heat, add butter or vegetable oil, and heat it up.
5. Place the mushrooms in a frying pan, add salt and pepper, and fry for 15 minutes, stirring until a golden crust appears.
Raincoats with sour cream
Products
Young raincoats - 500 grams
Vegetable oil - 50 milliliters
Onions - a couple of heads
Sour cream - glass
Salt - half a teaspoon
Black pepper - to taste
How to fry raincoats with sour cream
1. Clean the raincoats from forest debris, sort them out, and wash them.
2. Peel off the thick skin from the cap; to do this, you need to mash the mushroom a little in your hands, its shell will crack and peel off like an eggshell.
3. Cut the raincoats into pieces approximately 3 centimeters in size of any shape.
4. Cut the peeled onions into cubes.
5. Turn on the burner to moderate heat, place the frying pan, heat for 3 minutes, add oil.
6. Place puffballs in oil and fry for 10-15 minutes.
7. Add onion to the frying raincoats and continue frying for 5-7 minutes.
8. Add sour cream to the raincoats, stir, and keep on the stove for a couple of minutes.
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Raincoats can be found under different names: smoky, golovach, fluff, wolf tobacco, grandfather tobacco. The mushrooms received such names because when they ripen, they become receptacles for fine, lightweight dark dust.
Only young puffballs are eaten. To determine the age of a mushroom, you need to break or cut it. The white pulp is edible, the yellow pulp is not.
This year we didn’t get out to go mushroom picking. My husband is a hunter and the hunting season always coincides with the mushroom season. Guess what is more important to my husband. But we still collected some mushrooms, although we didn’t go anywhere specially.
We have a dacha outside the city, there are both pine and deciduous plantations, we drive past fields, but for some reason there are never mushrooms there.
And so, returning from the dacha, we suddenly see people walking across the field and picking mushrooms. Of course, we were surprised and stopped. People collected champignons and practically didn’t leave any for us, but we still picked mushrooms. And these were raincoats.
For some reason, people didn’t collect them; apparently they didn’t know that it was a puffball mushroom and that it was edible. We are not great experts in mushrooms, but we know some species for sure and collect them with confidence. And we have no doubts about the puffball mushroom - edible or not, we know 100% that it is edible.
And I decided to tell you about this mushroom; it’s a pity that people, sometimes out of ignorance, trample them and kick them. And this is not only edible, but also a very tasty and healthy mushroom. By the way, in Italy they consider the puffball to be the most delicious mushroom.
Mushroom raincoat - photo and description
The puffball mushroom belongs to the champignon family.
There are varieties that are round, and there are slightly elongated, pear-shaped ones, as if with a stem, as they also say - “false stem”.
Some raincoats are smooth, and some have small spikes.
We quite rarely come across raincoats and they were always round and smooth.
There is another variety - these are giant raincoats and they weigh up to 10 kg. Our son found such a mushroom the only time, it weighed 1 kg and even then it seemed big to us, but 10 kg is hard to even imagine. Watch the video about the giant raincoat.
Important! This mushroom differs from other species in that it does not have a pronounced stem and cap with plates.
This must be remembered so as not to be confused with a young fly agaric, the spiny puffballs are especially similar, but looking at the photo, it seems to me that the difference is obvious, the fly agaric has a leg and a cap.
Puffball mushroom - edible or not
As I already said, this is an edible mushroom, but it has a feature that important know and collect taking into account these features.
! Raincoat ages very quickly and becomes unsuitable for collection, so only young mushrooms should be collected.
! The pulp when cut should be pure white, dense, elastic and homogeneous. If the flesh is yellowish or greenish, then such a mushroom is not suitable for collection.
Over time, the insides of the puffball mushroom become flabby, and then generally turn into a powdery spore mass, which is pushed out through the hole formed in the upper part of the mushroom. Because of these features, it is often popularly called “flutter”, “dust tobacco”, “grandfather’s tobacco”. Maybe this influences the opinion that the puffball mushroom is inedible.
There is a false mushroom and it is distinguished by the fact that it has a hard, leathery shell, the flesh of young mushrooms is also white, but it ripens very quickly and becomes dark purple in color, the main distinguishing feature is the smell, in false ones it is unpleasant. The raincoats we collected have a smell very reminiscent of champignons.
Raincoat mushroom - how to cook
The puffball mushroom is a versatile mushroom; it can be fried, boiled, or pickled. For long-term storage, both freezing and drying are suitable. True, it should not be dried in the fresh air, but in an oven or a fruit and vegetable dryer.
You can cook puffball mushroom without pre-treatment (boiling or soaking).
And although it belongs to the fourth category, this does not affect the taste. This is a delicious mushroom, and by the way, the dried puffball mushroom is not inferior in taste and smell to the famous boletus mushroom.
Puffball mushroom - beneficial and medicinal properties
Puffball mushroom, included in your diet, will have a beneficial effect on the body:
- it helps eliminate toxins, as well as chlorine and fluorine-containing compounds, cleanses the gastrointestinal tract, improves the composition of blood and lymph;
- its antiseptic, hemostatic and wound-healing properties are known; they say it can be used right in the forest to treat wounds and cuts by applying the pulp of a freshly cut mushroom to the wound;
- This mushroom contains a substance called calvacin, which has antitumor properties.
- It is believed that puffball mushroom broth is healthier than chicken broth and is widely used to quickly restore the patient’s vitality, in the treatment of bronchitis, laryngitis, tuberculosis, and to enhance health.
Traditional healers make a tincture from the puffball mushroom and use it to treat various diseases.
Chop clean mushrooms and pack tightly into 0.5 liters. jar, fill the remaining space with vodka diluted with water in a 1:1 ratio. Infuse in the refrigerator for 15 days, then strain and keep the tincture in the refrigerator.
Take the tincture orally once a day, 30 ml half an hour before meals, with water or natural juice for diseases such as viral hepatitis, diseases of the genitourinary system, helps dissolve sand, kidney stones, and eliminates dysbacteriosis.
This tincture can also be used externally in the form of lotions for acne, purulent formations, and for the treatment of burns.
Even in folk medicine, powder from the puffball mushroom is used; it helps normalize blood pressure and hormonal balance, strengthens the immune system, when taken regularly.
How to prepare: grind dried mushrooms in a coffee grinder, pour into a dry container with a lid.
Add to dishes every day, but in order not to destroy the beneficial effect of the powder, the dishes should not be hot, no more than 50 degrees.
But not only traditional healers know about the beneficial and healing properties of raincoats. Based on this mushroom, various drugs and dietary supplements have been created in pharmacology; this mushroom is also used for the manufacture of cosmetic products, since the puffball mushroom helps improve the structure of the skin and eliminate sagging.
At home, you can make face masks; to do this, cut the mushroom into thin slices, apply to your face and hold for 15-20 minutes.
We collected such wonderful mushrooms, although not much, just a couple of kilograms, maybe a little more, but we also spent very little time on it, about half an hour. But we are happy about that too.
I hope the information was useful and even if you do not dare to collect puffball mushrooms, do not kick or trample them with your feet, remember that there are lovers of these mushrooms, for example, us.
Better yet, collect them in your baskets and use them both for preparing delicious dishes and for your health.
P.S. Just the other day I made cheese soup with raincoats, it turned out very tasty.
Elena Kasatova. See you by the fireplace.
Many people have encountered the raincoat mushroom in meadows, city parks and deciduous forests. It grows after the summer rains, from July to September. There are many types of puffballs, most of them edible. From the article you can find out a detailed description of raincoats, their medicinal properties and original culinary recipes.
Puffball mushroom, photo and description, varieties
The puffball mushroom, the photo and description of which will be of interest to mushroom pickers, belongs to the Champignon family. It has an unusual appearance - it does not have a stem or a cap. Its fruit body is round, sometimes pear-shaped, with a closed structure. Most species are small or medium in size, but there are also giants.
Types of puffball mushrooms:
Puffballs prickly or pearly are one of the most delicious and healthy mushrooms. The fruit body is small, up to 9 cm high and up to 4 cm wide. Small soft spines or warts are visible on the shell of the mushroom. Young mushrooms, edible, have white, dense flesh. If you fry these mushrooms raw, they have a pleasant, strong aroma.
Particularly interesting is the giant puffball mushroom, which some mushroom pickers avoid, mistaking it for a mutant because of its large size. It looks like a big white ball and easily comes off the ground. Such “balls” weigh up to 10 kg. The white dense pulp of young mushrooms is similar to Adyghe cheese or marshmallows.
If you see a giant puffball with ripe spores, do not step on it or kick it. From there, a whole cloud of small spores will fly out, which can lead to bronchospasm and respiratory arrest.
Hedgehog, meadow and pear-shaped puffball mushrooms are also edible. Only false puffballs cannot be eaten; they differ from other varieties in the yellowish color of their flesh.
How to make raincoats
Mushrooms with white, dense flesh are eaten. If the flesh begins to turn yellow, the mushroom is not suitable for food. Before cooking, wash and peel the mushrooms.
Mushroom soup
An unusual soup can be prepared with melted cheese and mushrooms. The combination of products is very tasty.
Products:
- puffball mushroom – 400 g;
- processed cheese – 150 g;
- water – 2 l;
- onion – 1 pc.;
- greens – 3 sprigs;
- salt - to taste;
- vegetable oil – 2 tbsp. l.
Preparation:
- Cut the peeled and washed mushrooms into small cubes, fry with onions in a frying pan in oil.
- Place melted cheese in hot water and add salt. After two minutes, add the fried mushrooms.
- Serve the soup with finely chopped herbs.
Fried mushrooms in breading
This delicacy resembles tender meat and cooks very quickly.
Products:
- puffball mushrooms – 1 kg;
- - 2 pcs.;
- milk – 90 ml;
- breadcrumbs – 180 g;
- vegetable oil – 120 ml;
- salt, pepper, paprika - to taste.
Preparation:
- Cut the prepared mushrooms into slices about 1 cm thick.
- For the batter, beat the egg with milk.
- Salt and pepper the mushroom slices, dip them into batter and then into breadcrumbs on both sides.
- Fry breaded mushrooms in hot vegetable oil until golden brown.
For this recipe, the mushrooms can be pre-cooked in boiling water for 5-10 minutes, then breaded and fried.
In addition to the suggested recipes, puffball mushrooms are fried with carrots and onions, boiled, and stewed in sour cream. They can also be dried to be used as a mushroom seasoning in cooking.
Mushroom broth from raincoat is very useful; it is given to weakened patients to speed up recovery.
Healing properties of puffball mushroom
The puffball mushroom, whose medicinal properties are used by folk healers, is easily digestible, removes harmful substances from the body, and normalizes intestinal activity. These mushrooms contain a valuable substance - calvacin, which has an antitumor effect. It suppresses the growth of benign and malignant tumors.
Young mushrooms are used externally to stop bleeding. To do this, peeled and washed mushroom pulp is applied to the wound. Thanks to the antibacterial properties of the fungus, the wound heals quickly and does not become inflamed. The raincoat is also used in home cosmetology; masks made from it restore elasticity and healthy color to the skin.
The recipe for a medicinal tincture of raincoats is simple. To prepare it, you need to fill a half-liter jar of mushrooms with vodka and place it in a dark place for 3 weeks. Strain the prepared tincture, squeeze out the mushrooms and discard. Drink 1 tbsp. l. three times a day before meals.
Mushroom tincture is used to treat anemia, venous congestion, eczema and other diseases.
The mushroom is effective for the treatment of fibroids and thyroid diseases.
With the help of its extract, toxins are removed from the body in case of hepatitis and kidney diseases. A raincoat helps quickly cure intestinal disorders.
puffball mushroom - preparing it.
Unexpectedly for me, the publication of the article - Mushroom raincoat - do not pass by, caused many responses - from messages that expressed sincere surprise that mushroom puffball(grandfather's tobacco) is an excellent hemostatic agent, and also edible, there are various recipes for its preparation. Here are the recipes for making a raincoat from your letters that I will share with you.
Dried raincoats
Cut the raincoats crosswise and dry them. Whenever preparing a meat dish, add dried puffball mushrooms, which gives the dish a delicate mushroom flavor.
You can use dried puffball mushrooms yourself - for making soups and other dishes.
Raincoat mushrooms fried in sour cream
Raincoat mushrooms are fried, just like other mushrooms (can be with potatoes, or with onions). The taste of the dish is amazing.
Thoroughly clean the mushrooms, rinse quickly with water, cut into large pieces and boil in salted boiling water for about 7 minutes. After this, place the boiled raincoats in a heated frying pan, fry in vegetable oil for about 15 minutes, then add sour cream and spices and fry for another 2-3 minutes.
The puffball is a very tasty mushroom, but in our country, unfortunately, it is not appreciated. But in Europe, this mushroom is considered a delicacy and there are many recipes for its preparation. Yes, by the way, the protein content in puffball is much higher than the famous porcini mushroom - boletus.
So, puffball dishes from Europe.
Mushroom schnitzel Parisian style
I’m telling you how my friend from Paris makes raincoats.
Ingredients - half a kilo of raincoats, half a liter of milk, 1 egg, 100 grams of flour, 200 grams of fat for frying (can be replaced with vegetable oil - I fried in olive oil), salt.
Beat the egg into the milk, add flour and salt - mix everything - the resulting dough should not be too thick and not runny.
Cut the puffballs into slices, dip them in the dough and fry until golden brown. Simple and delicious. In Paris they are served with stewed potatoes.
Raincoats with scrambled eggs in Hungarian style
Ingredients - half an onion, half a kilo of puffball mushrooms, 7 eggs, 50 grams of grated cheese, 50 grams of butter, 150 gr. cream, about 2 tablespoons chopped parsley, salt and ground sweet red pepper.
1. Peel the onion and chop finely.
2. Quickly rinse the raincoats, pat them dry and chop them finely.
3. Melt about 4 tablespoons of butter in a frying pan.
4. Add parsley and onion to the pan and sauté them. Then add the chopped puffballs and fry everything together. Season with a mixture of salt and pepper to taste.
5. At this time, heat the oven to 180 degrees.
6. Remove the frying pan from the heat, pour in the oud cream and stir everything.
7. Grease a refractory dish with the remaining butter and place the mushroom mixture in which to make 7 indentations. Carefully pour a raw egg into each cavity. Sprinkle cheese on top and place in the oven. Baking time is approximately 10 minutes (until a beautiful golden color). The yolk should remain soft.
This dish turns out very tasty. There's only one thing I don't like. That it takes a lot of time to prepare it, but it is eaten instantly.
Now is the season for puffball mushrooms. Don't pass by - bring home an unusual miracle for us - mushrooms and please your family with delicious nutritious dishes.
Previously, puffball mushrooms were classified as a separate family Lycoperdaceae, but then in the mycological classification they were included in the Champignon family. Popularly, these fruiting bodies are known as bee sponge, duster, wolf's or grandfather's tobacco, hare's potato or devil's tavlinka. Given the healing properties of puffballs, these mushrooms are used in homeopathy and traditional medicine.
These mushrooms are widespread in Russia. Everyone knows them, but not everyone knows that raincoats have valuable medicinal properties, which have been used in folk medicine since ancient times.
Beneficial properties of puffball mushroom for treating diseases
Puffballs, like other types of mushrooms, have a rich chemical composition and contain proteins (more than in porcini mushrooms and champignons), fats, polysaccharides, vitamins, mineral salts, antibiotics, fiber and other substances beneficial to the body.
They have strong bactericidal, anti-inflammatory, wound-healing, hemostatic and antitumor effects. The properties of puffball mushrooms have a positive effect on the digestive organs, cardiovascular system, genital organs of men and women, and remove heavy metal salts, radionuclides and toxins from the body.
Raincoat mushrooms are used to treat disorders of the digestive system, diseases of the cardiovascular system and blood (including venous stagnation of blood, bleeding, anemia, leukemia, etc.), long-term non-healing wounds and ulcers, eczema, diaper rash, bedsores, nail fungus and other skin diseases (problem areas of the skin are covered with spores of this fungus or its pulp is applied). Raincoats are also of great benefit after chemotherapy and radiation (if they are collected in an environmentally friendly area). There is evidence that the spores of this fungus help with skin cancer.
The beneficial properties of puffball mushrooms are also effective in cosmetology. Their spores are used in home cosmetics, adding to masks, creams, and lotions. A raincoat makes the skin smooth and healthy, smoothes out wrinkles, and slows down its aging.
There are no poisonous mushrooms among puffballs, and many of them have a good taste and are used not only in folk medicine, but also in cooking. Puffballs are edible only when they are young, while the flesh is white and elastic. Before cooking, remove the shell from the mushrooms. They can be fried, stewed and boiled.
For treatment, these mushrooms are dried and stored in a glass jar in a dry room.
Contraindications for the use of puffball mushrooms: pregnancy and breastfeeding (the effect of mushrooms has not been studied), individual intolerance.
Traditional medicine recipes based on puffball mushroom
The beneficial properties of puffball mushrooms are used to treat many diseases. Below are several recipes for traditional medicine based on Lycoperdon.
Recipe 1. To stop bleeding.
You need to apply a piece of a young puffball mushroom to the wound or sprinkle it with spores, then apply a bandage.
Recipe 2. A remedy for the treatment of purulent wounds.
The wound must first be treated with 3% hydrogen peroxide, blotted with a bandage and then covered with spores. Don't tie it right away. For the first 2-3 days, pus will come out of the wound; the wound must be disinfected and covered with spores again. When it is completely cleared, it will gradually begin to tighten. Carry out the procedure 2-3 times a day. Treat yourself until you recover.
