SKY BLUE CHIFFON DRESS

"Błękitna Kania"; Rysunek na papierze; ołowki kolorowe "Prismacolor",
 Malgorzata Kawashima 2009 All Rights Rserved.
Ciocia Marysia smarzyła kanie na patelni. Byly one panierowane: najpierw w jajku, potem w mące, znowu w jajku i na koniec w bułce tartej. Smaczne były niemożliwie! Dlatego w przyszłosci (19 years later) zjadłam kawałek tej fałszywej kani na Florydzie. Chciałam odtworzyć ten smak sprzed lat. Niestety to była pomylka: Czubajka Kania nie rosnie na Florydzie! Zjadlam trującego grzyba! Byl to specymen nazywany tutaj parasolem o zielonych sporach, green - spored parasol, czyli Chlorophyllum molybdites. Dostałam tez od Cioci Marysi podarunek: sukieneczkę z błękitnego szyfonu - Sky Blue chiffon dress.
For the English version of this part of the Kania Tale, please go to Cabbage Rules My Universe.

FAIRIES EXIST

fairies exist -- mine is a mushroom.
in prismacolor pencils on charcoal paper.

THE CZUBAJKA KANIA TALE

Aunt Maria (ciocia Maria) visited us in Koniecpol. It was summer of maybe 1963; She came with uncle Romek and the kids -- Teresa, Paweł, and maybe the older girls -- Zuzanna and Helena. I am not sure if they all came, but I am sure how they came : They all came in my uncle Romek's tractor trailer, that was parked on Polana, a large clearing on the edge of the birch and pine forest adjacent to our house/kurnik. Plenty of mushrooms in it too, but not Kania. To hunt for Kania, we had to go further into a deeper forest on the other side of the asphalt road. To be continued....

My Own Mushrooms

I found these mushrooms by our hotel near UCF.

How Malg Found Mushrooms in Orlando

I am holding "trujacy prawdziwek", czyli false porcini, while Lidia is taking a test. Earlier that evening I went for a walk, and it ( the walk) turned into a full fledged mushrooming event. As you can see, there are a lot of specimens that mimic chanterelles ("kurki" po Polsku), and boletuses, czyli podgrzybki. One large "rydz"-looking specimen might be edible, actually. Fake Chanterelles - "kurki" nieprawdziwe jednak Rydz - Lactarius deliciosus niestety chyba nie Bunch of Boletus mushrooms

"Podgrzybki" jadalne?