Here in the Pacific Northwest, I get a very ample supply of lobster mushrooms every fall. I honestly think they're better dehydrated than fresh. Their texture is kind of woody and their flavor is mild.
Drusas
Wouldn't Vietnam have won regardless of whether it was north or south? They were both Vietnam.
As a Pacific Northwesterner who also loves to eat blackberries, I have found that there are tactics. I can handle some brambles pretty well.
Raspberry thorns. Those are worse. They are so thin that they will go right through most leather gloves.
I'm sitting here watching my dogs harvest blackberries right now. Maybe we need more dogs with jobs. Of course, you have to pay them in blackberries.
I was a big fan of Excitebike. I should see about getting a copy of that again.
Also Paperboy.
Good. Maybe he'll give himself a stroke or a heart attack.
High quality kitchen knives. I'm partial to hand-forged Japanese carbon steel. So sharp. Maintains an edge. Easy to sharpen. Being beautiful is just an added bonus.
They make closed-toe versions which look far less ridiculous.
Yellowstone, too.
You can also remove some of the buckwheat hulls if you find the pillow to be too thick. Wonderful pillows.
With pans that have a non-stick coating, you want to add your fat (butter or oil usually) before you heat the pan.
With stainless steel pans, it is the opposite. You want to heat your pan up and then add your fat.
If you do either of those in the wrong order, you'll get food sticking to your pan.
That really covers most people's problems when cooking with stainless steel. They don't wait long enough to have their pan heat up before they add their butter or oil.