Our people are well known for its natural production of hallucinogenic mushrooms that abound in some paddocks that surround it. In these days of endless rain, those "champis" take history to be replaced by "hands", which appear in the oak forests adjacent to Villa de Leyva. In the past, when the oak was the king, many went to pick them up and taste them, prepared, almost always, in a simple, foolproof, onion and tomato, all well cooked. Occasionally, they would complement pans, with a couple of eggs farmers, some wonderful parrots.
The hands are a beautiful and delicious mushrooms rarely come to the table the villaleyvanos. Their strange shapes remind fragile corals moved by sea water. Its texture is unique, perhaps a bit more elastic than white mushrooms. The grandparents of the people speak of their protein properties, which replaced them in their humble meal of meat. Magical gift from the damp earth.
The hands are another great reason to preserve the oak, not just the High Ricaurte, a province where is Villa de Leyva, but of all Boyacá. The oak tree is the flagship of the Colombian Department a few months ago five of its leaves linked by an acorn, became part of their flag. When viewing
oak in the flag department is to generate between Boyaca responsibility and love for the oak and all the extraordinary life that is generated in their branches. There are many places also near Villa de Leyva, where oaks have been fed without any care where you finish preparing the traditional manteros chorotes and famous in the region.
Having this handful of hands is very fortunate that very few regulars at Good Earth will be able to enjoy walking through a friend and ecologist who brought gifts. For you, even if the photo and if they are lucky ...
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