A few more Morels

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

After work tonight the MRS. and I headed to our honey hole for a few more shrooms. We managed to find a couple of really nice extra large ones ! The big ones are the best for stuffed mushrooms
VPR

 

[dwayne sueno]

wow! those are some big ones.
do you stuff those with butter and more morels?
hard to imagine improving on that combination.
i might have to follow the morel season north next year.
only got a good week of them here in NY this year.
congrats VPR!

 

[Tuberale]

After work tonight the MRS. and I headed to our honey hole for a few more shrooms. We managed to find a couple of really nice extra large ones ! The big ones are the best for stuffed mushrooms
VPR

Are you willing to share what trees, if any, were nearby?

Here on the West Coast, I have been growing morels since 1985. Knowing what trees are nearby may also indicate what the morels prefer to feed on, since most morel species appear to be saprophytes (living by breaking down organic debris).

 

[godisnum1]

This recipe looked kinda good... but then again, I've never had a morel before.
I'd maybe add a little crushed garlic to the cream cheese, but that's just me.

Bran <><

 

[umrgolf]

Nice VPR, I do miss those missouri morels... this post seriously made my mouth water

 

[MaineRelic]

I have 6 species of shrooms I generally pick and eat in Maine and only once have I found morels. Yet in Vermont you get them great big ones ! I have picked piles of morels during my 7 years of living in Missouri , but only once in Maine ?

 

[Cal_Cobra]

What do Morels taste like? We don't (as far as I know at least) have them in California.

I did have mushroom icecream....sounds nasty, BUT it was made from candy cap mushrooms, which taste like butterscotch Pretty wild all the flavors and effects mushrooms can provide

 

[Pull_tab_mike]

DUDE THAT IS SOME BIG MORELS................... I HAVE NOT BEEN OUT TO GET ANY IN OVER 14 YEARS..............I MISS THE TASTE

 

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

Thanks for the replies We may be able to get one more batch before they dry up around here. They seem a little late for my area this year.

We were able to get more this year than previous years so we are trying a few different recipies

These things are awsome !!!


VPR

 

[Tuberale]

What do Morels taste like? We don't (as far as I know at least) have them in California.

I did have mushroom icecream....sounds nasty, BUT it was made from candy cap mushrooms, which taste like butterscotch Pretty wild all the flavors and effects mushrooms can provide

Morels are sometimes called "Dry Land Fish", which should give you some indication. They have their own, meaty texture, flavor and aroma. They are ascomycetes, which just means that the spores are born in ascii: elongated sacs. They are closely related to truffles.

They are found all over California. At lower elevations, they are pretty much gone by now. But at higher elevations in the Sierra Nevadas, you find them now and later in the season, especially where there have been recent fires, road-building, construction, etc.

Most reference books refer to the maple syrup flavored Candy Cap.

Just wait until you start looking for truffles, though! Wild, out of the ordinary flavors and extreme tastes: an ounce of truffles is like 2-10 pounds of other mushrooms! In California, look under oak, Douglas-fir or Redwoods in the northern coastal areas. Eucalyptus often has underground fungi, but edibility of most of these is currently not well known.

 

[Treasure $ Trekkies]

That's a nice bunch of morels, must be good soil, man I wish I had sum! slim to none in Miami. Lets fry em up!!

 

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

A few of these will be cooked within the hour. Pan fry with butter, garlic and some onion. I am not sure what we are having with it and I dont care



VPR

 

[goldie1959]

We pigged out this year also been picking almost a month and will look tommorrow. had about 15 tuesday the same size as the one you showed. as big as pepsi bottles. had mine with fresh asparagus and a porterhouse steak. mich has had a long season this year. good luck ps forgot to get pics apple orchards are honeyholes

 

[Tnmountains]

I want some morels and morals to go with them! Yummy.

 

[Cal_Cobra]

What do Morels taste like? We don't (as far as I know at least) have them in California.

I did have mushroom icecream....sounds nasty, BUT it was made from candy cap mushrooms, which taste like butterscotch Pretty wild all the flavors and effects mushrooms can provide

Morels are sometimes called "Dry Land Fish", which should give you some indication. They have their own, meaty texture, flavor and aroma. They are ascomycetes, which just means that the spores are born in ascii: elongated sacs. They are closely related to truffles.

They are found all over California. At lower elevations, they are pretty much gone by now. But at higher elevations in the Sierra Nevadas, you find them now and later in the season, especially where there have been recent fires, road-building, construction, etc.

Most reference books refer to the maple syrup flavored Candy Cap.

Just wait until you start looking for truffles, though! Wild, out of the ordinary flavors and extreme tastes: an ounce of truffles is like 2-10 pounds of other mushrooms! In California, look under oak, Douglas-fir or Redwoods in the northern coastal areas. Eucalyptus often has underground fungi, but edibility of most of these is currently not well known.

Odd I've lived here almost all my life and never heard of morels in CA

I know some of those truffles are BIG $$$. I'm sure with as many places as I detected in the forests in NorCal this spring, I probably went by all kinds of good mushrooms, I need to get into mushroom collecting Any good websites or books you can recommend?

Thanks, I appreciate the info.
Brian

 

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

Here is a web site about the Morel mushroom....

VPR

http://thegreatmorel.com/

 

[Tuberale]

What do Morels taste like? We don't (as far as I know at least) have them in California.

I did have mushroom icecream....sounds nasty, BUT it was made from candy cap mushrooms, which taste like butterscotch Pretty wild all the flavors and effects mushrooms can provide

Morels are sometimes called "Dry Land Fish", which should give you some indication. They have their own, meaty texture, flavor and aroma. They are ascomycetes, which just means that the spores are born in ascii: elongated sacs. They are closely related to truffles.

They are found all over California. At lower elevations, they are pretty much gone by now. But at higher elevations in the Sierra Nevadas, you find them now and later in the season, especially where there have been recent fires, road-building, construction, etc.

Most reference books refer to the maple syrup flavored Candy Cap.

Just wait until you start looking for truffles, though! Wild, out of the ordinary flavors and extreme tastes: an ounce of truffles is like 2-10 pounds of other mushrooms! In California, look under oak, Douglas-fir or Redwoods in the northern coastal areas. Eucalyptus often has underground fungi, but edibility of most of these is currently not well known.

Odd I've lived here almost all my life and never heard of morels in CA

I know some of those truffles are BIG $$$. I'm sure with as many places as I detected in the forests in NorCal this spring, I probably went by all kinds of good mushrooms, I need to get into mushroom collecting Any good websites or books you can recommend?

Thanks, I appreciate the info.
Brian

For more information on U.S. truffles, go to North American Truffling Society's website: www.NATS.org.

Oregon White truffles (Tuber gibbosum) were first found in CA near San Francisco in 1870, although not described in science until 1898, I believe. In other words, they may be closer than you think.