The Tolkien Coming of Age Club 2

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Nogrod wrote:

Chantarelles are mushrooms... bright yellow ones... (chantarellus cibarius). Quite common in the Northern hemisphere but not too common to be cheap in the market (the Italians buy all our mushrooms today and that rises the prizes).

I had to pay 6€ (7-8$) for a litre of them. Okay they were the first ones of the season and thence one can understand the special price on them but whatever... Not cheap.

Perhaps the high price of mushrooms added to their allure to hobbits. This might be the reason behind Farmer Maggot's wrath at the young Frodo's depradations.