Mushroom plantation

I never really thought about how to grow mushrooms familiar to us, oyster or shiitake mushrooms for Japanese restaurants.

It turned out that it is done in caves Troglodytes. Here in the underground restaurant, we have prepared a snail on an open fire and were treated to traditional dishes of Anjou kitchen ...

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1. Our hotel is located in Angers near the botanical garden. Walk I have not had time, but a couple of pictures made



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3. Chateau d'Angers St. Louis, we were able to see just outside



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6. From Angers, we went to the caves Troglodytes. Troglodytes settled in these caves in the 270th year of our era. There they were hiding from the attacks of the barbarians. Again, these caves were used in the 9th century, but this time the people were hiding from the Vikings already. Sometimes they had to take refuge there for over a week. If the meal was over, they were forced to starve. Therefore, in the modern world called troglodytes very hungry person.

Especially for us to discover the best underground restaurant of this province, which is located at a depth of 100 meters



7. Down is dimly lit tunnel



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11. For the fungi is important humid climate and constant temperature. Here she is kept at 12 degrees. Mushrooms are grown in these caves only to the needs of the restaurant, so not huge plantations.

We started with a survey of Japanese shiitake mushrooms