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Boar's Head Mushrooms

About a year ago, I went to Chinatown and noticed some strange looking mushrooms called "Monkey's Head Mushrooms". They were dried, black, lumpy, and hairy looking. I didn't pick one up, but I probably should have.

A while ago (I intended to blog it right away, but forgot), I went to the Tuesday Farmer's Market in San Francisco, and the mushroom stand had a lumpy, hairy, white mushroom called "Boar's Head Mushrooms". I asked, and they were in fact the same thing as Monkey's Head. I bought some at $8 a pound, went home, and cooked it. It had an unusual, spongy, seafood-like texture, and a nice sweetness to it. They were delicious! Here's a picture: