Giant puff balls

Look what I found. Giant puffballs.
Actually, these are quite modest compared to how big they can get. The largest is about 10" in circumference.

Found on a beautiful late summer day. As always, deep in fertile soil. These I think are growing on a long-buried dung-heap. Nettles also thrive on fertile soil, so some care in wading to these...

Down amongst the nettles...

Like a sea of nettles...

Back in the kitchen, here are the beauties...

close ups...

For scale, here's an average-size pug...

In the lovely evening setting sun light...

They slice into steaks...

The smell is intense...

I cut these thick...

They have a fluffy marshmallow texture...

I chopped these into cubes and chucked them in a roasting tray...

Some cold-pressed rapeseed oil and garlic...

And a spatchcocked chicken...

more oil and seasoning...

Roasted and basted for about one and a half hours...

Delish...