Our across-the-street neighbor has started a new business, and Honey and I went over yesterday to take the grand tour.
Derek McLean is now a mushroom farmer, growing a variety of high-end gourmet mushrooms. The big shop that was once going to house his forge and other tools for his knife making business is now almost entirely dedicated to mushroom production, and he has registered the mushroom business with the state as TKF Mushrooms LLC.
As a lab tech, Honey was particularly interested in the fact that Derek is doing everything from inoculation to harvest under sterile conditions. He pasteurizes the wood chips the mushrooms grow in, the plastic bags that hold them and is even making his own Agar plates to start new cultures. In addition to growing mushrooms to eat, he is also growing some strains for medical applications.
These are Lion's Mane mushrooms Derek grew, and I can't wait to try them. Derek says they have the taste and consistency of crab.
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