Chanterelles

Glory

The wooden girls found their very own Chanterelle in the woods...it was somewhat too big for Constance’s picking basket.

Harvest

Help with the harvest…..

In the Basket

Fortunately the humans brought bigger baskets than the Hittys did.

Washed

The girls helped to pick off the fir needles and moss, and then the humans washed the Chanterelles and drained them on a paper towel.

Dried

Some of the mushrooms went into the drying basket above the woodstove.

Pie, Pie and more Pie

But most of them went into Cream of mushroom soup, Chanterelle and blue cheese pie, and tarts filled with leftover mushroom soup mixed with leftover cheese fondue and an egg. The soup/fondue ones are the boring-looking grey ones. They were in fact extremely delicious!

Thanks to the Hitty friend who took us mushrooming, and to her mother for making the pie crusts. Thanks also to the all the human friends who tolerated the Hitty Help, which is always earnest, though sometimes slow. It was a great weekend, and very nice to harvest the mushrooms in the morning and eat them for Thanksgiving Dinner that afternoon.

Tags: Chanterelle, doll, Hitty, mushroom, Quimper Hitty, Quimperhitty, Read Island

14 thoughts on “Chanterelles”

laurasey on October 20, 2013 at 3:42 am said:

YUM!!!! laura

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- Quimper Hitty on October 20, 2013 at 8:09 am said:
  
  They were delicious!
  
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Becca on October 20, 2013 at 6:06 am said:

Wow! I want to spend next Thanksgiving with your Hittys. But would I have to eat from a Hitty-sized plate?

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- Quimper Hitty on October 20, 2013 at 8:12 am said:
  
  You might have a small plate, but the Quimper Hittys are very generous and allow second helpings!
  
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Ann S. and the Bonsai Hittys on October 20, 2013 at 9:02 am said:

Delicious! We found Shaggy Manes. What can I make with them?

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- Quimper Hitty on October 20, 2013 at 9:15 am said:
  
  I usually go mushrooming with an expert and ask them for recipes!
  
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Sherry on October 20, 2013 at 12:42 pm said:

lovely lovely. What a wonderful time you must have had with friends and the girls. Makes my Thanksgiving plans seem positively….mundane!! And now I am hungry for mushroom quiche.

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- Quimper Hitty on October 20, 2013 at 2:48 pm said:
  
  I am sure your Thanksgiving will be glorious – just don’t let Hetty anywhere near the kitchen!
  
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Lisa Bengston on October 20, 2013 at 4:12 pm said:

What a harvest! and what a mushroom feast! Love the Hittys’ outfits too.

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- Quimper Hitty on October 20, 2013 at 4:26 pm said:
  
  Thank you 🙂 the Mushrooms were the best we ever ate! The Hittys are generous with sharing their clothes too – though Tansy hopes I will get on with making her some skivvies.
  
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ehpem on October 20, 2013 at 9:45 pm said:

What a wonderful feast, straight from the forest into the pan. Yum.

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- Quimper Hitty on October 21, 2013 at 7:02 am said:
  
  The chanterelles were delectable, and beautiful and filled with memories!
  
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marilyn clay on October 20, 2013 at 9:47 pm said:

Those tarts look so delicious. What lovely mushrooms. Wish I could sample some of those tarts and soup !!! Yummy.

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- Quimper Hitty on October 21, 2013 at 6:55 am said:
  
  It was a heavenly meal!
  
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