Searching for Latvian mushrooms

Mushrooms & sauerkraut OCTOBER 2025 Searching for Latvian mushrooms Toronto, Canada When I was a little girl, my greatest joy in summer was going mushroom picking with my father in Latvia’s beautiful forests. Wandering around the world, I’ve seen many beautiful forests. I’ve walked through them, searching for the mushrooms of Latvia. I didn’t find them…” Aina Zūlis. Quote from the “Story Quilt” project by “Latvians Abroad” museum 2018 Oktober news Latvijas sēņu meklējumos Kā var kāpostus rīvēt, ja neiedzer aliņu? (Pēteris Freimanis) Mazā Māra mežā gāja… Ēriks un Aina stāsta par sēņošanu Skābēšana trijās paaudzēs Kanādā (Aija Zichmane) Liene marinē gurķus Madara Riley – “Mushroom Maddie” Sertificētā sēņotāja Mičigānā (Larisa Mednis) Jūs, ko, mani uz sēņu skolu sūtīsiet? (Austra Muižniece) Liene gatavo kotletes Skābo kāpostu meistarklase Melburnā Londonas latviešu skolas sēņošanas izbraukums Itāļiem ir nepareizi gurķi! (Austra Muižniece) Rudmiešu pilni grozi! (Iveta Leitase) Omīte iemācīja, kā skābēt kāpostus (Kalvis Mikelšteins) Divas, trīs dienas un jau skābi kāposti bija (Nestors Refbergs) Latviskā sirds un dārgās dilles (Iveta Leitase) Bergenas latvieši skābē kāpostus kopīgām svinībām Karbonāžu maratons vienā laidā (Austra Muižniece) Grāmatas “Letts Eat!” tapšana (Vija Doks) Recepte draudzībai un latviešu pavārgrāmatas diasporā (Signe Rirdance) Pavārgrāmatas izdotas ārpus Latvijas Manas vecmāmiņas recepšu grāmata (Marianna Auliciema) Kā es gatavoju rasolu (Dastins Betčers) No posts found

Ēriks and Aina on mushroom picking

They wanted to arrest me and Aina. We went to the forest to pick mushrooms, and they wanted to arrest us. Apparently, we were trying to poison someone!
The police arrived. The English people who walk there saw us picking mushrooms and had reported us to the police.

When we bought that other house — the bungalow — it was near the forest. During the day, my friend’s dog and I would go for walks after work and pick mushrooms. Sometimes Erik and the children came along too. And then — ‘What are you doing? Picking mushrooms? They’re poisonous!’
I said, ‘If they were poisoned, I’d have been dead long ago

Valērijs on sour cream

Oh my goodness, of course I do. A milanesa just isn’t the same as our karbonāde (Latvian pork cutlet). A milanesa is kind of tough, breaded and fried, but it doesn’t taste quite like the traditional Latvian ones, which are dipped in egg and flour before frying.

Ilze and Kristaps on Latvian food

We found sweet curd snacks in a Russian shop. And we went a bit crazy. We bought 100 of them! And the saleswoman says to us, “For the kids, right?”