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Happy New Year: Reishi Give-Away

Jan 1, 2012
Melissa
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Happy New Year!

We have so many great things planned for 2012 - and they involve YOU- our Food Under Foot family. (If you are not already signed up for our newsletter, please take a second to do that right now: in the green box to the right.) 2012 is going to be the year that Food Under Foot gets happy feet! More on that later, but for now….

Our very first Food Under Foot give-away! That’s right, we want to send one lucky person 4 oz (1/4 pound!) of some of the gorgeous dried reishi mushroom (Ganoderma tsugae) we harvested this past year from the old growth hemlock forests of Northern Pennsylvania.

Basket of Ganoderma tsugae (reishi mushroom)

Basket of Ganoderma tsugae (reishi mushroom)

To enter:

  1. Visit and like our facebook page* (if you don’t have a facebook account you can still enter by email…see information after the star (*) at the end of this post)
  2. Find the entry that says: REISHI GIVE-AWAY
  3. Under that entry leave a comment telling us where you are from, your favorite thing to forage (all the better if it’s a local treat) and what you love to do with it/how you love to eat/use it.
  4. Share so your friends and family can have a chance to win (one entry per person please.)

That’s it! And please share the info with your friends and family so they can join in the fun (who knows, maybe if they win they will share, as I’m sure you’d do the same ;-) )

4 oz dried Reishi (Ganoderma tsugae)

4 oz dried Reishi (Ganoderma tsugae)

Reishi is a medicinal mushroom which you boil in water and drink the tea.  Known in China as Ling Zhi - the mushroom of immortality, the tea is known for its health giving properties. It’s been used for thousands of years in Asia. It boosts the immune system and is anti-cancer and is known for supporting overall wellness and vitality.

You have until Sunday January 8, 2012 to enter, then on Monday January 9, we will assign everyone who entered a number, and randomly pick a number from a hat and whoever matches that number wins!!

We will pay shipping for the US…if you are outside the US we still invite you to enter, but we’d ask that you please help us pay for shipping.

Ganoderma tsugae (reishi) growing on a fallen hemlock tree

Ganoderma tsugae (reishi) growing on a fallen hemlock tree

Good Luck!!

~ Melissa Sokulski from Food Under Foot

* If you don’t have a facebook account but would still like to enter, please send me your name, where you live, favorite wild edible and what you love to do with it…send it to Melissa@FoodUnderFoot.com, subject: Reishi Give-Away, and we will get you entered to win. Please also make sure you are registered for our newsletter (upper right margin) to hear if you win! Get your entry in by January 8, 2012!!

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  • liz

    I lives in New York and has seen this mushroom growing on a tree along the roadside where my daughter lives. I wonder what kind it was, until now thank you for enlighten me

  • I love it, Thanks again.

  • Leila

    I live in southern arizona.Not as much to forage due to low water level. Would love to hear from people who forage in this area. I'm 1 mile from the San Pedro River, which is the Mexican border.

  • 1stmeridian

    I live in the Utah desert and have been learning about all this over the past couple years and I am still surprised at how much there is in the desert. I have documented some of it on my website wild utah edibles. I have a lot to add but have many there. If you can find them, the sego lily are delicious!, yucca flowers and root, prickly pear, dune evening primrose... there are a ton of things to eat in the desert. Not so much during the winter but spring is wonderful

  • Thanks so much! I will definitely check that out.
    ~ Melissa

  • That's interesting. I'm interested in learning more about desert foraging as well.
    ~ Melissa

  • Davis

     I have been searching for a place to puchase the ganoderma mushroom.   Please let me know if you know where I can find some.   I use a tea (has helped with glucose levels) that contains this mushroom but would love to make my own.
    Maybe I will be chosen to receive some of yours.

    Thanks,
    Peggy

  • The reshi mushroom is delicious when very young and tender, with a texture like filet mignon. Cooked in olive oil with garlic, fresh ginger, rosemary, and chili paste, it's incredible!

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