{"id":520,"date":"2007-07-14T23:28:07","date_gmt":"2007-07-14T14:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2007-07-14\/520"},"modified":"2007-07-14T23:28:07","modified_gmt":"2007-07-14T14:28:07","slug":"feasting-like-indulgent-royalty-on-matsutake-mushrooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2007-07-14\/520","title":{"rendered":"Feasting Like Indulgent Royalty on Matsutake Mushrooms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>350 sec, f\/3.2, ISO 800 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nPriceless Matsutake Mushrooms — \u677e\u8338<\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
\n\nMatsutake mushrooms more commonlylook like this<\/div>\n\n\n

A friend of ours is a professional chef of the highest order (such that\nwe can't possibly afford to eat at his restaurant), and today he\nunexpectedly gave us an amazing gift: two huge matsutake mushrooms.\n<\/p>\n\n

Unlike the wild (and possibly poisonous) mushrooms we saw the other\nday<\/a>, matsutake mushrooms are a rare delicacy<\/a>, perhaps along the line of\ntruffles in the west. Normally, they're tiny little stubs like those shown\nat right, which would take a good<\/span> dozen just to cover the bottom of the\nbasket we received.<\/p>\n\n

Yet, even those little stubs are about $50 each<\/i>, so it's not\nreally possible to place a value<\/span> on the humongous basket-overflowing\nspecimens he gave us. We're really at a loss<\/span> for words over this amazing\ngesture. (We may have to gesture back our firstborn or a couple<\/span> of kidneys\njust to try to start to show our appreciation.)<\/p>\n\n

I tried to refuse them, telling him over and over that such high quality\nwould be wasted on us. He insisted, so I brought<\/span> them home to a shocked<\/span>\nFumie.<\/p>\n\n

We tried one right away.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>160 sec, f\/2, ISO 800 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nThe Chefs Prepare<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>160 sec, f\/2, ISO 800 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nFirst Cut<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>160 sec, f\/1.6, ISO 1000 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nGreasing the Pan<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55 f\/2.8 @ 40mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>160 sec, f\/2.8, ISO 1000 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nArranging Them Just So<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55 f\/2.8 @ 55mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>100 sec, f\/2.8, ISO 1000 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nHuge Chunks of Matsutake<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

It's really not possible to overemphasize how completely gluttonous and\nexcessive this is. I can't<\/span> speak to how the $500-per-person restaurants\nmight serve these mushrooms because I don't<\/span> eat there, but an expensive\nbowl of Matsutake soup at an upscale restaurant might contain four or five\nvery thinly sliced pieces that total a third<\/span> of one of the chunks shown\nhere.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55 f\/2.8 @ 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>45 sec, f\/2.8, ISO 1000 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nInto the Broiler<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Particularly when cooking, their smell was exquisite<\/i>, and it filled the house.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55 f\/2.8 @ 38mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>250 sec, f\/2.8, ISO 1000 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nSnack is Served, Your Highness<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A friend of ours is a professional chef of the highest order (such that we can't possibly afford to eat at his restaurant), and today he unexpectedly gave us an amazing gift: two huge matsutake mushrooms. <\/p>

Unlike the wild (and possibly poisonous) mushrooms we saw the other day, matsutake mushrooms are a rare delicacy, perhaps along the line of truffles in the west. Normally, they're tiny little stubs like those shown at right, which would take a good dozen just to cover the bottom of the basket we received.<\/p>

Yet, even those little stubs are about $50 each, so [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}