Main Steet and Morals.
Two words that are changing the finance backdrop of America.
I don't have the heart to incorporate the two into my blogging, the news stations are all over it right now.
So let's get our minds off the troubling realities for a moment and think...MUSHROOMS!
No, I'm not suggesting 60's and 70's counterculture revolution, I'm talking grab a frying pan, some crackers, a whole stick of butter and fry-these-babies-up-kind-of-mushrooms!
Back where I come from Morrels means "Mushrooming". Wet, wooded areas breath life to this particular delicacy. Springtime in Illinois means folks are up early battling the sting nettles for their fungi!
All around, stories about mushrooming are told in coffee shops and local watering holes. The stories of mushrooming in the Heartland are big as fish stories being told in Wisconsin! Just like a good fishing spot, not a soul will reveal thier caches of wild, edible mushrooms.
In the West, the word "Shaggy Mane" is substituted for "Morrel". And they really aren't a secret either, they are growing right in the middle of my backyard! Never seeing them before, I carelessly yanked them from the ground thinking I was warding off a vet bill or a dead dog. However, my neighbor stopped me and said, "Those mushrooms are delicious, have you ever had them?"
Well, no I haven't, but I guess it is high time to do so. So, I brought them into the house and scrubbed them up in the sink and left them on the counter to dry, and off I went to get Whitley from school.
Out of sight, out of mind is how my brain seems to function these days. I was on to another night of battling my pre-teen daughter about responsibility, smart mouthing her mother and homework. Agghhh...Whitley exasperates me! Then, John stops me. He is holding something in his hand and is half laughing.
"So this is how you're gonna fix her!"
I see that he thinks I've brought in poisonous mushrooms. We both start laughing.
No, it won't fix Whitley or Wall Street, but it very well may fix me for one evening as I salivate in the rich, deep fried butteriness of Shaggy Mane Mushrooms!
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