Mushroom weekend at Meany

Meany Lodge and the Puget Sound Mycological Society proudly and with great anticipation, present the annual Meany Mushroom Weekend. This event is open to both Mountaineer members and non-members at the same GREAT price. Remember it sells out quickly, so sign up ASAP at Mushroom signup>.

We offer two ways you can experience this culinary event:


Option 1

Friday night October 29th through Sunday afternoon October 31st.
Cost is $125.
Sign up Limit 40.

Arrive at Meany prior to 7 PM on Friday night to stake out your sleeping accomodations. After that is accomplished, come and gather on the main floor for some mushroom hors d'oeuvre tasting, followed by a Mushroom identification seminar, during which, yoou will receive a Mushroom Identification Field Guide and CD of mushrooms examples, some of which you may find the next day. This year the seminar will led by Jerry Stein and assisted by Larry Baxter and Cathy Lennebacker. The evening will end with the famous Meany dessert buffet.

Get up Saturday morning to a great Meany breakfast. After you get your day gear ready, come back to the main floor where the Meany Chefs will have "fixens" layed out for you to pack a sack lunch. Then head out for a day of mushroom hunting with our team of expert guides. Plan on coming back to Meany around 3 PM.

Option 2

Saturday morning October 30th, through Sunday afternoon October 31st
Cost is $95
sign up limit 40.

Gather at Crystal Springs campground on Saturday, around 9:30 AM. Note: Campground is closed, so you will need to park by the side of the road. Meet and talk to the guides. Then break into collecting groups, and go scavange mushrooms. Please do remember to pack something for lunch and to drink. Plan on coming to Meany around 3 PM.

As both groups begin to gather back at Meany, we will have a sorting/display tables set up to let all appreciate the aquired treasures of the forest - nope, you can't horde !!!

While the mushrooms are being sorted, your taste buds will be tempted by a hot mulled punch, canapés, and mushroom hors d'oeuvres. This will be followed by a sumptuous gourmet dinner and dessert.

A featured speaker (bio and picture below) will present the Saturday evening program.

Sunday we'll enjoy another fantastic Meany breakfast, featuring locally grown mushrooms. After breakfast we will collect locally, review the display, have a seminars on "Don't eat the mushroom!" and a "mushroom preservation, preparation and cooking". Sit down to another famaus Meany mushroom based lunch before we head back to town.

Saturday Night Speaker


Langdon Cook:
The author of "Fat of the Land: Adventures of a 21st Century Forager." He was a senior book editor at Amazon.com before leaving the corporate world in 2004 to live in a cabin off the grid with his family.

Now a freelance writer and blogger, Cook has written for Gray's Sporting Journal, Outside, Fly Fisherman, The Stranger, Seattle Metropolitan, Northwest Palate, and numerous other publications. He's also been profiled in Bon Appetit, WSJ magazine, and Serious Eats. Cook is a graduate of the University of Washington's MFA program and a recipient of PEN Northwest's Margery Boyden Wilderness Writing Residency. He lives in Seattle, WA, and blogs at www.fat-of-the-land.blogspot.com





What one needs to bring:

Driving directions, maps and GPS coordinates to Meany and Crystal Springs Campground

For additional information, please contact one of the leaders
Patti Polinsky or Jerry Stein

To register click mushroom weekend

To see what kind of recipes we use at the lodge during Mushroom weekend please click on Recipes then click on event meal icon.