the remains of atlantic storms have been raining down on us lately, and one such downpour chased me out of the woods today. good timing, because i was exhausted from all the funnel chanterelles already. there are too many everywhere, i'm renaming them fun: nil chanterelles, because they do kind of suck the joy out of mushrooming, forcing one to crawl all over the forest floor forever... i mean really, it's supposed to be about the thrill of the treasure hunt, not a mind-numbing, back-breaking task.
luckily, i also found a good few boletes, a couple of porcinis even, as well as chanterelles and some milk-caps. there were so many, actually, that i really only bothered with some, the very best, new and firm ones. earlier i felt so down i didn't even crave the crazy chocolate cake i made last night, despite getting a tub of vanilla ice cream from the ice cream van to make it perfect. but now, now i could devour the whole thing on one go... i used a cake mix, but added cherry dr. pepper instead of water, and topped it with caramel spiced with the same soda, then chocolate. and pink nonpareil. i actually wrote on my shopping list, next to these ingredients, "i know better than this!" but did it anyway.
