Hello again. This is Ann. We've had the very good fortune of traveling in Oregon so sorry for the lack of posts for the last little bit. But, not to worry. We took the "good book" with us and I'm able to report on a few of the expotitions (as Poo would say) we had.I was hoping chanterelles would be in season in Oregon while we were out and that I could find someone selling them at a farmer's market. Well, luck was with me. We were in the right town (Waldport, OR) at the right time for their farmer's market. One sweet lady was selling mushrooms, and she did have chanterelles for $12 per pound, which to me seems like a deal. After all, morels were $50 per pound this spring in Missouri.
Anyway, later that day we went to a beach and luck was still by our side, apparently. It was low tide and the coastal area we stopped at had fantastic tide pools with starfish, sea weed and mussels clinging to the rocks waiting for the water to rise again. The boys learned how to pull mussels off the rocks by a fellow who was doing the same, and they ended up with a nice clump of mussels to cook up with the mushrooms. Later in the day we tried to catch crabs in the bay where we were staying but we didn't get the timing right on that, so we bought a nice sized crab from a boy by the docks and took it back to our cabin. 
Fred did a great job getting the fire right. We boiled crab, baked the polenta and chanterelles in foil (which was the Cooking Wild In Missouri recipe) and steamed the mussels in wine, garlic and lemon. Now, that's my kind of camp cooking!!! Oregon rocks!
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