Okay I don't measure when I cook..so all measurements are approximate...:p

half a stick of butter - reserve about a 1 tablespoon chunk
3 stalks celery diced
one small onion.preferably a sweet one
1 glove garlic minced
3 -4 cups chopped oyster shrooms
1 TBSP each Rosemary, parsley, thyme, oregeno and basil
(sorry I just cut bundles from the garden..this really is an estimate..)

using the butter saute all of the above ingredients until the vegetables are clear

Melt the other chunk of butter in a heavy soup pot...stir in a small handful ( i have little hands and use whole wheat flour) flour and brown it to make good thick bubbly roux...

into the roux gradually stir un about 4 cups half and half..let this simmer and get bubbly..add a about two tablespoons of lawry's perfect blend seasoning a rub - fish and seafood...keep stirring cause this will scorch if you aren't careful then dump in all the sauted goodies and stir some more...heat everything through..I let mine simmer a good little bit to get a rich full shroomy flavor...
BAM DO NOT MULTI TASK AND DO THIS IT WILL STICK AND SCORCH!

wish I could give more accurate measurements...but I don't even know where my measuring utensils are! LOL

just a side note..oyster shrooms produce levostatin, a cholesterol lowering compound, so maybe that offsets the butter half and half??? ROFL

Well it sounds very good, altho I would much rather try a nice bowl before I decided to make a batch. :) Sounds a bit like how I make Oyster stew/soup with them regular kind that come in a shell. By the way, were can I find a good pic and info on them I really think I seen some the other day but I am not sure? do they grow on the limbs of willow? Thanks

http://www.siloutdoors.com/showthread.php?t=2111 Has some good pictures for you.

That sounds delish Gretchen. I don't have any Lowry's though. Guess this calls for a shopping trip too.

thanks life.

DD learns new lesson...don't cook ze rouz w/ no shirt on....still screaming !!:eek: :eek: :eek:

do they grow on the limbs of willow? Thanks

I have found them on willow, I posted a pic last week or so of a willow branch floating in a pond that had some growing on it, in my woods they seem to prefer Hickory, but I have found them on all kinds of host trees, willow, cottonwood, oak...
I don't believe there are any poisonous lookalikes to oysters, white to light tan, gills on the underside are also white, sometimes when they are real fresh I find a yellow slime near base, the best IMO are the smaller delicate white ones, we used to call them "angels wings", sometimes in warmer weather they will be bigger and tougher more tan in color, still good, just make sure you cook them all the way through, my favorite way to eat them is fried light & crispy almost like a chip, they have kind of a nutty flavor, have had them in squirrel stew, I found some growing on a stump a long time ago at work, I just happen to have taken spaghetti for lunch that day, I sliced the shrooms and cooked with my sgetti, the guys I worked with thought I was crazy and were waiting for me to fall over dead, they kept asking me all day "are you feeling alright?, you look pale" best thing about 'em is when you find them you can usually LOAD UP! more than you can eat, and usually go back to same stump or log year after year, stumps seem to be more reliable long term, dead logs usually only last a few years.

http://www.jgi.doe.gov/sequencing/why/CSP2007/pleurotus.jpg

when I find them looking like this my mouth starts watering...like it is now!

Huntrz summed it up pretty well :) every once in awhile you'll see em on pines..they're edible still but the ones on the pines just taste wierd...mediciney...I've found them on deaed falls on the edges of the lakes, river too..keep your eyes open when you are out in the boat......note to self..take a spin around the lake....
Critter has eaten small amounts raw..I wouldn't suggest it, but he"s terrible about snacking on raw shrooms before we get them home...

Dave what have you done to yourself now???:eek: it bubbles..it spatters..it makes little volcanoes...:eek: :eek:

Ya and nice red marks on me belly. Got the spatula hung on a handle rivet just as it reached nearly done point aka 9000 degrees C.