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I guess the cool nights and rain have been enough to set off the puffball season. My daughter showed up with a puffball she found while walking the unmaintained road, unfortunately it was past it's due date and getting soft. Undaunted I popped by a neighbour's place that I know usually has the odd one and sure enough there were two of them on his lawn that had just popped up this past week. One was a bit misshapen and will need some trimming but still in decent shape and the other was nice and round. So after checking with him I grabbed the odd shaped one and I'm sure looking forward to having that with a nice steak tonight. I use the schnitzel method to cook them, a nice thick slice dipped in spiced flour, then in egg wash and finally in my own smoked bread crumbs and fried over medium heat in a mix of oil and butter. It's the best way I've ever had them. So this one was 8 1/2" across and just over two pounds. When I tap it with finger tips it makes a nice boomp boomp sound so I know it will be great and pure white inside. So if you're a fan it could be worth a little drive around checking out ditches, fields and fence lines, they grow very fast and quickly get over ripe. They can also be cut in chunks, dehydrated and then powdered to use in thickening stews and gravies. Cheers