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from Stephen Howard contains these words:

Isn't there a fungus known as (very politically incorrectly) "Jews'
ears"? I
remember eating some when I was young after a mushroom hunt in Cwmbran,
Gwent . . .

Yes.. it grows on Elder true..the legend being that this is the tree
that Judas hung himself from.
Needs a bit of preparation to make it palatable though.

Nah, just let it dry, then powder it in a coffee-grinder. Add to soups,
stews, casseroles. Adds flavour and thickens it.

I do this with the less palatable (soft or slimy) boleti, and with old
specimens of other fungi.

It's a useful way of storing mushrooms - they reduce to a very small
volume, and keep indefinitely.

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Rusty
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