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From: mem@sii.UUCP (Mark Mallett)
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Subject: Puffballs
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Date: Mon, 9-Jan-84 08:12:26 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan  9 08:12:26 1984
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I used to live in Gravesville, New York.  No, really.  Some years ago when
my family was out there visiting, Mr. went out early in the morning and
plucked a puffball about the size of a canteloupe, sliced it into 1" thick
pieces, and fried the pieces.  Wow!  what an excellent breakfast steak.
A puffball, you know, are those fungus balls (hmmm) that sprout up in the
fields in the morning and turn to dry shells in the sun so that when they
are stepped on, they go PUFF! and splatter their spores everywhere.

Mind you, I have no idea what varieties of puffballs exist.  I can't
recommend that anyone pick fungus and eat it randomly.  But I'd say that
if you have occasion to have someone who knows what they are doing serve
one to you, do it!

This is the same man, by the way, who put cabbage in the macaroni and cheese
that he made for us kids while the other big folks were away.  Me, a
cabbage hater, loved it.

Mark Mallett
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