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leemysliwiec - Posted - 04/10/2012: 13:29:24
I got lucky today. My neighbor just gave me and my wife a full pound of Morels. I'm going out looking tomorrow. How many have you found?
Trapper Rich - Posted - 04/10/2012: 13:33:12
Found 40 blacks a few weeks ago. Since then it got cold again and I haven't been out.
figmo59 - Posted - 04/10/2012: 13:41:45
I'm...afraid...i'm ah little..lackin in tha...morel Dept......
leemysliwiec - Posted - 04/10/2012: 13:47:39
quote:
Originally posted by figmo59
I'm...afraid...i'm ah little..lackin in tha...morel Dept......
I said morels, not morals 
BadTaco - Posted - 04/10/2012: 16:39:02
Always wanted to try those. (I also mean morels, not morals!) My friends in WV would go get them all the time, but I never did eat one.
eagleisland - Posted - 04/10/2012: 17:04:09
If they grow around here I've never seen 'em. But I've had them both ways and I actually prefer them dried to fresh... like many mushrooms they take on entirely different flavor, texture and aromatic profiles when they're dried. Reconstituted dried morels develop this amazingly smoky, woodsy profile that's just perfect in sauces for poultry.
This would be a post for the food forum, if we had one... 
Corwyn - Posted - 04/10/2012: 18:40:02
A pound?! Around here they are $7an ounce...
Enjoy!
dingo - Posted - 04/10/2012: 18:59:30
We have had to wierd of weather this year. Might try again this weekend.
fivebranch - Posted - 04/10/2012: 20:08:51
I've never eaten a morel..... does that make me part of the "morel minority"
chief3 - Posted - 04/11/2012: 04:03:47
Anyone have a bad encounter with a "false morel"?
Martian - Posted - 04/11/2012: 04:53:11
I look for them every year, and never, never find them
chief3 - Posted - 04/11/2012: 07:39:30
As a kid we would find morels in the bush around our camp in Northern Ontario. One year my father became very ill but we didn't get the connection until we learned about "False Morels". Different people are affected by False Morels in different ways but they can be deadly so I would advise anyone interested in picking morels to be sure of what they are picking.
“There are old mushroom eaters and there are bold mushroom eaters, but there are no old bold mushroom eaters”
Jim Yates - Posted - 04/11/2012: 08:46:40
I used to find them in the Northumberland Forest north of Cobourg, Ontario. They also grew around my compost pile in the small grove beside my house in Baltimore, Ontario. I had never heard of false morels and assumed that they were all safe to eat. We also found puff balls in the same areas, but I didn't enjoy them as much as the morels.
Trapper Rich - Posted - 04/11/2012: 10:05:24
True morels are very easy to identify.
The only false morel that even comes close to looking like a true morel is verpa bohemica, and even these can easily be identified by looking at the base of the cap or splitting the mushroom open. At a glance, verpa bohemica can look like a half-free morel until you take a close look at it.
Beefsteaks are also called false morels, but they don't look anything like a true morel.
Most people can eat either of those and not get sick, but some people do have a reaction to them. It probably isn't a good idea to eat either.
When i find false morels I kick them so someone who doesn't know any better won't eat them.
Trapper Rich - Posted - 04/11/2012: 11:31:44
quote:
Originally posted by fivebranch
thegreatmorel.com/falsemorel2.html
thought I would add this to the discussion....... bad morels are not good for anyone.
The author of that page has a few of those photos wrong.
The bottom photo is not a verpa bohemica as the author claims. It is Morchella semilibera , a true morel called the half-free morel. A verpa would have a stem filled with a cotton candy substance and the stem would be attached at the top of the stalk. The "pocket" at the top is another dead giveaway that it is a half-free morel.
The author of that page has also misidentified another Morchella semilibera as a verpa conica when the botton photo is expanded. Verpa conica doesn't look anything like the photo the author has posted.
Edited by - Trapper Rich on 04/11/2012 11:36:20
JackJack - Posted - 04/11/2012: 14:46:13
To all interested, there is a mushroom hunters group here on the BHO. There's only three members and we don't do anything. I'm not even sure why I created it or what it does, but heck! Ya wanna join the Mushroom Hunters Group?
figmo59 - Posted - 04/11/2012: 15:21:59
quote:
Originally posted by JackJack
To all interested, there is a mushroom hunters group here on the BHO. There's only three members and we don't do anything. I'm not even sure why I created it or what it does, but heck! Ya wanna join the Mushroom Hunters Group?
id that were thay been keepin tha ..mushroom food...n..save on electwisitty?
Edited by - figmo59 on 04/11/2012 15:25:06
csrat - Posted - 04/11/2012: 16:17:49
Haven't been out yet, but here in West Michigan, we got 'em Big Time! Morels just might be my favorite mushroom.
Trapper Rich - Posted - 05/06/2012: 07:53:26
The big yellows are up. Found some nice ones yesterday.
Banjo - Posted - 05/21/2012: 12:58:24
leemysliwiec - Posted - 05/21/2012: 13:04:52
That must be a $200 pizza, Banjo. LEE
BConk - Posted - 05/21/2012: 13:23:49
quote:
Originally posted by Trapper Rich
The big yellows are up. Found some nice ones yesterday.
That's wicked cool!
D'ya ever find 'em with $5 bills?
