THE Darlington-based comedian and my dependable drinking buddy, Dave Adams, amusingly suggested in his letter that I may devour the odd “strange mushroom”.

Why? Because I often leave carrots on the Cleveland Hills for aliens (HAS, 16th May).

The only mushrooms I eat are assisted with a cooked breakfast, that I enjoy once or twice a month, and that I purchase in a tin from Asda.

I cook them on a simmering low heat and have them with sausages and scrambled eggs, all washed down with a mug of tea.

Christopher Wardell, Darlington.