The mushroom picking trip in the middle of the week did not look promising. Information from friends and from the inhabitants of the town we were going to was rather pessimistic. Something grows, but not much, so we couldn't count on a big harvest.

So we came to the village, of course, the first point of the visit is the local shop and the former village administrator, from whom we inquire about the occurrence of mushrooms. He showed us a basket from the morning harvest - a few young boletus, red-capped scaber stalk, Suillus luteus.

Well, we buy water for the road and go to our proven spots. Unfortunately our fears were confirmed, the edible mushrooms were like medicine.

So we decided to deviate from the routes known to us, it was a little better there. We found some Suillus luteus, boletus mushrooms, even the noble boletus.

Finally, we decided to take a look at the place where butterflies have always grown. Bingo, we were not disappointed. Within 45 minutes we collected about 5 kg of healthy young butterflies. We left a lot in the forest because they were too young.

Unfortunately, after such an abundant harvest, it is time for laborious processing, which took us half a night.

It was worth it, we have supplies for a few dishes, and today ribs with Suillus luteus.