CAULIFLOWER MUSHROOM

Pictured above is a cauliflower mushroom
I found in the woods next to our property.
It brought back memories of when growing
up in northern California during the fall
my dad would take us mushroom hunting.
It was fun finding the different kinds that
were edible. After we got home we would
clean the mushrooms (scrape off the dirt)
then my dad would slice them up and we
kids had the job of spreading them on screens
that my dad had made to go on a rake that
he also made to go over the stove to dry the
mushroom. After they were dried they were
sacked up in large cloth sacks and we waited
for the buyers from San Francisco to come up
and purchase what they wanted for their
restaurants. It was a good way to make a
little extra money. Of course my mother would
save some for our own use. She made the best
spaghetti sauce.