A Wood-engraved Feathursday
MORE CHICKENS!!
One can never have enough chickens. Today's flock is from a wood engraving by Kentucky potter and engraver Gwen Heffner (1952-2021) entitled Three French Hens from the catalog of the Fourth Triennial Exhibition 2020-2022 of the American American wood engravers society, the Wood Engravers’ Network (WEN). We love how Heffner captures the goofy, maniacal look that chickens often have.
Gwen Heffner received her BA degree in printmaking and ceramics from Luther College in Iowa and her graduate degree in ceramics from the University of Louisville, and she maintained a pottery outside Irvine, Kentucky. Heffner worked as an artist for school systems in her state and had long associations with the Contemporary Artifacts Gallery and the Kentucky Artisan Center, both in Berea, Kentucky. Unfortunately, Heffner passed away before this catalog was printed. We are pleased to share her print with you.
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Fungi February: The hen-of-the-woods is also known as the maitake at fancy restaurants. It is a perennial, so once established it can produce mushrooms in the same location for years. The polysaccharides contained in the mushroom have potential medicinal value, but more research is needed.
Disclaimer: Don’t rely on pictures of cute mushrooms with eyes to accurately identify edible mushrooms. At best the wrong one will taste bad, at worst it’ll be deadly!
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Hen of the Woods (Maitake) | Grifola frondosa
When I first found this mushroom last year, it was already well past its prime. So happy I got to it in time this year, even with the broken body 🙌
Hen of the Woods and Gruyere Galette
Ingredients: butter, flour, thyme, lemon zest, olive oil, dijon mustard, shallots, garlic, maitake, Gruyere, goat cheese, nutmeg, honey, parsley
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my biggest confession is that while i like every fruit and every vegetable in the entire world i actually do not like some mushrooms very much.. and i am so ashamed of it and trying to get better but i cannot make myself like button mushrooms they are not good tasting.. i hate disliking foods i hate itttttttt
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Maitake found in my back yard! I know the picture isn't too pretty, but I was excited and they were yummy 🥰
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my fiancée and i’s dinner tonight :3 ginger garlic pork belly gf udon with bok choy, leek, endive, maitake, bell pepper, glazed carrots, parsley, green onion (mine has baby corn). and some lightly pickled watermelon radish 🥬🥕🫑🌶️
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It's very nice of you to make sure that Kakashi lives a healthy life, like eats or sleeps well. I just mean, caring is precious <3
I do that to all my friends. I’m not called a mother hen for nothing. Hatake just needs to be strong armed more into receiving affection than anybody else.
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Round 3 match 1B
The Wood Duck is sexually dimorphic, meaning the females look different from the males. Females have a greyish brown head with a white eye ring, a dark brown chest with light brown streaks, and a dark bill. Wood ducks nest in tree cavities and have sharp claws that allow them to perch on branches.
The Bufflehead is sexually dimorphic, meaning the females look different from the males. The female has a dark greyish brown head with a white oval-shaped patch behind and below the eye. They typically nest in holes created by woodpeckers. The Bufflehead is an incredibly small species of duck, with an average length of 34 centimetres or 13.5 inches.
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