 These mosquitoes are ruthless mate at moments, sir Let's get done what I need to do because it's getting late in the day when they start getting a bit peckish Peckish for Roberto his old denier not having it so I've certainly selling midge smidge. It's not just because it's not great It's not just because I'm greasy Right, let's get this done as the title may suggest. I'm doing I'm doing a smidge mate There's a lot to be said for winter chicken of the woods When I brought you me a fish miss dad spearfish that was I had graft mate, but I'll tell you something I've put just as much hard graft into getting this mushroom than I did for that fish I think I Spent a good few days many hours just In different woodlands in different areas just trawling me looking at different trees just to find to find it So I've been coming out the last few days frantically searching For a certain type of fungus fingers crossed fingers crossed we see something I'm willing to climb trees. I'm willing to climb trees been searching this woodland all day long To no avail. It's not always easy It's not always easy mate move on to another day and another woodland and then Me and my daughter went out into woods for a little bit of an explore and she got eyes on we're out Out with little in I'm out with little in and we're searching for chicken of the woods which Looks a little bit like this hair bobble Is what we're looking for But we're not finding it. We're not finding it. It might be another day Another day added to the list of days trying to find this elusive chicken of the woods. Here we go. Just walking along here And little unit found What we've been looking for what I've been looking for for the last Few days and what we've been looking for all day so you make sure what tree it's on because if it's on a you tree and there's any of the Detritus growing in on around the mushroom that can be poisonous, but this is this is all fair game There's a lovely bit Stunning colors on it excellent Excellent filming work there teeny beautiful. Well done. Can we give a thumbs up? Can we get a thumbs up for kaya, please like like below the camera girl, right? I'm gonna get a few bits I'm not gonna take it all But I'm gonna take it This is the same as I felt when I got that fish because I've been looking for this For days mate, so I don't want to take all of it. I think That do we'll get one more bit of this back bit see what that's all about There we go Absolutely brilliant look at that Excellent work Are you pleased with it or the eagle eye? Eagle eye cherry spotted it didn't you? Yeah, well done darling And there we go. Don't take more than we need but that is ample to do What we need to do with it? She found it sir. Well done Well done young and well done keen eye keen eye like a odd man, and I'm gonna try and recreate like a KFC style Thing, but it's gonna be Kfm Kentucky fried mushroom Kentucky fried chicken of the woods. Let's get it on a little bit of fat wood Simple, let's get this on me. Let's just do it. Got loads mate. I managed to I even took some round to me from your mates So they can have some right so what you want to do is cover it Douse it in smidge Get an old toothbrush and just Get to work on the gaps Getting all dust off and that's quite it's quite a clean on this just as a small caveat Some people will have an allergic reaction to this mushroom not a lot, but some will your lips will swell up and whatever so If you've not had it before I've had it before so if you've not had it before just fry off a little bit eat it See how you get on if you start having a few Weird symptoms makes that tingling and stuff It's not for you But otherwise it's a Wonderful look at that as well as a specimen. That's beautiful. Isn't it absolutely beautiful Here's me can if I use that right how big to me bread bun. Let's work work to the bread bun is what I've always said in life That's what my commander always told me so that's the size of me rustic roll So what am I looking at here there? Look at that. That's a decent. Let's get half of it in shall we? We're not here for a We're here for a good time not a long time Let's have all that as a wanna shall we like a big chicken bit and look at all that I've got left If you're in it I give it frying pan spatula got me spatula that I've Knocked this up out of a bit of it's a nice bit of spalted spalted birch actually look at the Crafted right Let's bumble our way through this shall we shall I? Flower it up First bit of flower and then we're gonna put it in an egg wash then in the breadcrumbs Then into some into some oil Be I am happy Pip there you go brother Sent me this from his mate. Can you see that get a load of that mate get a load of that to be Tom's death dust World-famous super hot seasoning and he sent me that and one of his hot sauces and it was delicious May I lime and chili and all sorts in it so go check out? My yeah there on Instagram and Gets the sense some tubby Tom's we're gonna have a give it a go cuz what look I've got my breadcrumbs And I'm gonna season it with some of tubby Tom's There you go look at that. Oh My god, it smells Divine get a bit in because it's quite spicy It is quite spicy. What's it going it? Ingredients Cornmeal salt cayenne pepper Carolina reaper Garlic powder smoked paprika black pepper and dried marjoram. So that's gonna blow me nut off in it That's gonna blow me nut off put a bit too much in I think maybe but I like it spicy anyway, so that doesn't matter I Just want a shallow fry it really I don't want to be messing about with too much Too much oil come on. This is not the time for focusing issues. There you go. Lovely Into the egg wash we go Get it all into all the contours or contours Right Gotta get a bit messy Again a good one to do with kids So it's into egg wash. Let's go. Let's double up at the same time. Why not? You only live once don't you so if you can't double up on egg wash what sort of life are you living? Not a very fulfilled one. I'll tell you that You stay there. Got rid of mozzies, don't it? Get rid of me. I mean look at the size of the flame. Right, and then we're gonna go into our customised Red crumb spice mix That's all you can do mate. That's all you can do innit? That's that. There you go customization. You can smell that Carolina Reaper is it's strong It's strong tobs I would like more. Let's go right. We're gonna double dip. We're double dipping guys I'm double dipping. That's just how it is We're going in again spice world the movie, right? It'll go get it on Top tip don't touch your eyes. Oh Oh, are you genitals after you've been handling? After you've been handling there to be Tom's death dust because to be Tom's death dust Doesn't agree with peepers Does not agree with noggin bollocks at all and I found out the hard way I'm excited after all Just a quick point of mate is them. I've been out as I've been looking for this mushroom for the last few days I've done a lot of walking through a lot of bracken and then I've had quite a lot of ticks on me I'd won on me take and then one right up in me thigh and I've seen loads of them mate. They're all over place. I don't know if that's good if that's It seems like there's getting more and more each year. So Just keep your eye out for them people Careful careful Steady away look at that Steady away lad, you hear how crispy it is That's dumb. That's because it doubled it. No other reason Right, we've got some smoked cheese some garlic and herb Sauce Some pea sprouts Pea sprouts with purple radish and garlic chive because we're hipsters and then Because we're gangsters That's gonna be well up Well up bit more of that another Slice of the smoked cheese and then that on top there mate. That's a stuff of legend, isn't it? having that Give it a rotation for you I'm happy with it. Well happy with it. Look at that Let's go in on it. Let's give that nibble of the corner of the actual thing Look at the texture of it. It's like a What that? That is delicious This is my tea as well. Are you having that or not? Yes or no you're having that Poetry slam Slam dunk date mate. You should break a bit off for you Look at that. Look at it's even Even breaks like chicken. I've nailed it with breadcrumbs as well. That's nicer than them Than anything that you'd get from a takeaway Vegetarian it's not quite vegan because they have the egg and the cheese and That's spinning bat-fisted a Bull aren't we in? I don't think it was it won't look another clever when I left it like Man, that's so nice Another reason why it's so nice is because of the effort and that has been put into getting it last bit mate if you just came walking out of them out of these roaded engines we top off and Demanded or even just asked for this last bit Hand on nut, it's yours mate. You're having it and it's filled me up. It's filled me up the mozzie's The bushbox the bushbox kept the mozzie's at bay just for me to eat it as well I feel like I maybe should have talked a bit more about the actual mushroom itself. I didn't do that There's it hasn't got that many lookalikes. It's very very distinctive But please do if you're gonna be foraging for mushrooms, especially mushrooms or anything, but especially mushrooms Double triple check just make sure you 100% sure and as I say Do a little taste test with it first just to make sure that you're not allergic to it That's if you can find it and And only take what you need it take what you'll use and I Got carried away. I took two big bits and I realized it's too much for me So I took some to my friends so they're gonna have that for their tea tonight But people don't mind when when I come and knocking with foraged goods That was delicious absolutely stunning one of the best Meals of any woods and I've had a lot of good ones I've had a lot of good ones But yeah, just forage with caution If you knew to it, especially just Build your knowledge in time and just be safe Right, I'm gonna I'm gonna pack this stuff what he's getting late mate and I'm working tomorrow got a fence to build Bob the builder back at it Bobby Bobby hazel Dino the first I Right, let's get let's get this packed up you dafty api and and get gonna come on That's another one at wing column foot bush box as well 244 I've owned an ad about getting titanium one because it's lighter, but can't be asked. I'm dedicated to that one It's like when you if your missus puts on a bit of weight and stuff, but you just got a still lover Get loving that was absolutely Junington Junington, it's an easy tidy up job as well. Look at that leave only memories good memories Talking to Going a little bit do lolly Right come up here For the lovely lovely time And I got there in end. I was thinking I might not ever find any and as I say the only times I've ever found it I I've not actually been out looking for it. I've just stumbled across it and thought I'll have a bit of that but When I went out specifically to try and find it became a bit of a chew, but Brilliant and well done teeny Not that she watches but teeny with a little Forage of vision eyes on well done well done Right I'm off now. 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