Went dove hunting a couple of weeks ago and found some of the biggest puffballs I've ever seen. The inside is like mushy cow manure. I thought I heard before you could eat them but I wasn't sure so I left them.
I did go last weekend to look for hen o the woods. Found a couple, still pretty early and the deer were eating them like crazy. Got enough for a batch of gravy. I like them because they stay crunchy no matter how long you cook them and absorb the flavor of whatever you cook them with.
If anyone's interested just throw a pound of bacon chopped, and a couple of onions into a pan and cook, I peel the mushrooms into strips and add as much as you like, little salt and pepper to taste, coat with flour and let cook some more, add milk. Just like biscuits and gravy but different.
I made breaded pork tenderloin to put it on but you can put it on almost anything.
