Chanterelles

Doug found a little patch of chanterelles (or girolles in French - I thought chanterelle was French but ere you go). It seems that mushrooms are coming out quite early this year. We had them fried gently in butter with a little lemon on. Delicious. 

We have a big book on mushrooms to help identify things, these are pretty destinctive with only one similar thing - which isn't really very similar. There is a good service in France where you can take your mushrooms in to any chemist and they will tell you whether they are safe to eat (they will always err on the side of caution of course)