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Here they come......
We desperately need more moisture here.....we'll hit the usual islands in Coon Rapids and a couple other spots too.....about 2-3 weeks we should be seeing them....if we get some long soaking rains.
Last year was just enough to make a couple meals, hopefuly we'll do better this year.
As always, the worst case scenario is a day in the woods with friends, stogies and beer.
We desperately need more moisture here.....we'll hit the usual islands in Coon Rapids and a couple other spots too.....about 2-3 weeks we should be seeing them....if we get some long soaking rains.
Last year was just enough to make a couple meals, hopefuly we'll do better this year.
As always, the worst case scenario is a day in the woods with friends, stogies and beer.
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Damn straight MO, wipe of the dirt and enjoy. That's the best.
Hell, maybe just biting off the caps while they're still in the ground, like the deer do, is bestest.
Hell, maybe just biting off the caps while they're still in the ground, like the deer do, is bestest.
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Let me know when you head out on a hunt. If you want another guy to harvest with, that is.
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You are welcome to join!
Just be aware....three years back after Charlie flipped the canoe and soaked everybody and everything....while Phil was still ranting....
Charlie says "I don't see why he's so pissed, I do this kind of stuff all the time"
:lmao:
Bring a change of clothes.
Just be aware....three years back after Charlie flipped the canoe and soaked everybody and everything....while Phil was still ranting....
Charlie says "I don't see why he's so pissed, I do this kind of stuff all the time"
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Bring a change of clothes.
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Oh, and we can shoot in Rat Bastard's back yard. After a near skunking last year (too dry) even though he's on prime land for it in Cannon Falls, we loaded up the picnic table with guns and spent the afternoon shooting.
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I am in. I love the outdoors, anyway you take it. Can't do it this weekend, family in town. But in two or three weekends should work fine.
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Around Mother's Day is usually when they start showing up here, then we've got three, maybe four weeks to hunt.
Last year Rochester/LaCrosse area was raking them in.
Last year Rochester/LaCrosse area was raking them in.
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I wonder if the small amount of meals has anything to do with the "morel" decline that's going on in this country. :pLlagoud wrote:Last year was just enough to make a couple meals, hopefuly we'll do better this year.
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Pun Tax in effect.
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Zhurdan wrote:I wonder if the small amount of meals has anything to do with the "morel" decline that's going on in this country. :pLlagoud wrote:Last year was just enough to make a couple meals, hopefuly we'll do better this year.
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I can almost hear the little feckers now.
They make a sound that's a cross between little mice feets on leaves and evil clown laughter.
We're getting the moisure right now, a good multi-day soaking.....next some warm days, and a few beers.....
They make a sound that's a cross between little mice feets on leaves and evil clown laughter.
We're getting the moisure right now, a good multi-day soaking.....next some warm days, and a few beers.....
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Mushrooms thrive in today's (political) climate - kept in the dark and with heaps of BS.Zhurdan wrote:I wonder if the small amount of meals has anything to do with the "morel" decline that's going on in this country. :p
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Mushroom rain is happening here right now! It's been raining off and on since yesterday. Now if the wind will stay calm we might have a good year. :clap:
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Indeed the pun factor hit zenith on topic when MO said he hadn't any...
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I'm going to grab my 'shroomin stick and wander around in the woods at Dad's on Sunday.
No reported sightings this far north yet, but a couple in his area.
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Crap. Yesterday while I was working on a project to cross our part numbers on a product line of hundreds of items with two of our affiliates numbers, two different manufacturers numbers and an importers numbers, Phil was out on an island south of the metro gathering morels.
He called to shake the bag and let me listen to them scream.
He reported that the finds are spotty, some areas dry with few mushies, while a hundred yards away a nice damp patch of 40 or more.....though somewhat smallish.
At 5 pm he had 70 and I'm sure he kept going.
He called to shake the bag and let me listen to them scream.
He reported that the finds are spotty, some areas dry with few mushies, while a hundred yards away a nice damp patch of 40 or more.....though somewhat smallish.
At 5 pm he had 70 and I'm sure he kept going.
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Mmmm
Best not antagonize that guy. He might be your only way to get some :laugh:
Best not antagonize that guy. He might be your only way to get some :laugh:
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After our range trip today my son and I walked around the woods for about an hour and only found 2.
They were still tastey.
They were still tastey.
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Is there anything poisonous that they resemble?
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Tell these guys about the death Angles.
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'False Morel'
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http://americanmushrooms.com/toxicms.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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It's been very cool here, 42F in the am topping out around high 50's but I'm going to try to get out between storms this week. Maybe play a little hookie (shhhhh)
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It's been very cool here, 42F in the am topping out around high 50's but I'm going to try to get out between storms this week. Maybe play a little hookie (shhhhh)
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Wow, a Great Morel debate... Where exactly does this one fall in the political realm? :p
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Amanita virosa, A warehouse worker my father used to work with found a bunch of these, made soup out of them and ate them all.
He's dead now.
He's dead now.
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That seems to happen every spring here....at least for the last few years.
We've had a few (welcomed) waves of Hmong immigrants and unfortunately there are poisonous mushies here that resemble safe ones in Vietnam.
They do what they've always done, gather 'shrooms for a stew and a whole family is lost.
Very sad.
I only gather morels, and only eat them fresh never dried or frozen. Ick.
We've had a few (welcomed) waves of Hmong immigrants and unfortunately there are poisonous mushies here that resemble safe ones in Vietnam.
They do what they've always done, gather 'shrooms for a stew and a whole family is lost.
Very sad.
I only gather morels, and only eat them fresh never dried or frozen. Ick.
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Alrighty then.....up to the islands in Coon Rapids Saturday am with Phil (and Ryan?) then shooting with Dude and Nichole.........then down to Cannon Falls Sunday am with Rat Bastard (and Tim?) then shooting up his back yard....
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Gotcha down. Charlie can't make it so we probably won't end up swimming....unless that 1953 Johnson motor craps out
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Don't forget to take at least one bread sack for luck.
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That was a fun hunt Irish.....we got skunked but Phil found a dozen or so....we at least got a gritty taste of them
Always a good time to get out of the city and walk around in the woods....dozens of deer, geese and other critters....
Sorry we couldn't come up with a catastrophe that would make a great story, all the fixin's were there but it went well. (shear pin on that '53 Johnson went, not 5 feet from shore when we first hit the water)
I followed up by shooting with Dude and his gf at Bill's.....took the Glock 20, DW RZ10, MR .40 Baby Eagle and the 5.7
Tomorrow is Marlin 338 time.
Now I'm going to crack an August Schell's Long Roasted Dark and clean guns.
Tim, you in for tomorrow?
Always a good time to get out of the city and walk around in the woods....dozens of deer, geese and other critters....
Sorry we couldn't come up with a catastrophe that would make a great story, all the fixin's were there but it went well. (shear pin on that '53 Johnson went, not 5 feet from shore when we first hit the water)
I followed up by shooting with Dude and his gf at Bill's.....took the Glock 20, DW RZ10, MR .40 Baby Eagle and the 5.7
Tomorrow is Marlin 338 time.
Now I'm going to crack an August Schell's Long Roasted Dark and clean guns.
Tim, you in for tomorrow?
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I work at 9 I can call in early and maybe get that delayed untill 11-1130 or so...PM me with the location of the hunt.
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PM'd.....you know where that....uh....er..."steakhouse" is on 52 south of town?
Could meet there if your up for it.....I'm going to call Irish about 8:00 and see if he can still go.
Could meet there if your up for it.....I'm going to call Irish about 8:00 and see if he can still go.
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I've always said 'worse case scenerio here is a day in woods, walkin about, poking dead things with a stick....seeing the beauty of the woods'
but is sure is nice to look up and see one of these up the hillside after a couple hours of that crap...
and then see one over there
and over there.....and next to my foot....
I almost missed this guy, got him the 3rd time through the area>
Then we shot a bunch of guns. A good day
but is sure is nice to look up and see one of these up the hillside after a couple hours of that crap...
and then see one over there
and over there.....and next to my foot....
I almost missed this guy, got him the 3rd time through the area>
Then we shot a bunch of guns. A good day
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Wow man, nice haul!
Jealous... :drool:
If we're not able to get up there again till Christmas, you should at least have a few in deep freeze :laugh:
Jealous... :drool:
If we're not able to get up there again till Christmas, you should at least have a few in deep freeze :laugh:
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Nice haul indeed. Of course my boss had to get me so shitfaced last night that I was still drunk when you called this morning. I truly missed out it seems. How did the 338 shoot?
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I've heard that if they're blanched and flash frozen, they're no bad at Christmas. Better than none at all according to Phil.
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Frikkin awesome. I am very pleased with my purchase.How did the 338 shoot
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Beautamous!
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Better keep those wrapped up...
people keep saying that the downfall of this country will be loose morels.
people keep saying that the downfall of this country will be loose morels.
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Congrats!
You are lucky man.
When's the next hunt!?
how long before you found any mushrooms?
You are lucky man.
When's the next hunt!?
how long before you found any mushrooms?
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I assure you my morels are above reproach.Better keep those wrapped up...
We're getting to the end of the brief season. Dependant on night/weekend-job obligations I want to try and get out again next weekend if we gets some rains.
I'll be talking to Phil and Rat Bastard this week to tentatively set plans.
I was about 2 hours of enjoying the splendor of the forest before my first sighting.how long before you found any mushrooms?
I was about to throw in the towel and go enjoy some shooting when I found myself in the middle of a patch.
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While I was working on a pair gain device out in the ditch I found this.
And this.
And this.
There wasn't a tree for miles, they where just growing in the grass. Some of them were starting to dry out, but I'm gonna keep them any way.
And this.
And this.
There wasn't a tree for miles, they where just growing in the grass. Some of them were starting to dry out, but I'm gonna keep them any way.
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Score!
Mark the spot in your mind....tell no one
Mark the spot in your mind....tell no one
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I did, I put an X on my dashboard.
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This was in SE Iowa. If I was you I would definitly go out next weekend.
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LK45s wrote:I did, I put an X on my dashboard.
Is that like high-lighting your monitor? In Iowa?
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It's like using whiteout on your monitor. :laugh:
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And after mushroom season come wild asparagus season so you have to designate which is which on the dash. :laugh:
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Anyway you can "plant" the morels and grow more?
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They are not easy to reproduce. During good years when people find alot they sell them for $15/$20 bucks a pound.
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Bummer, you should find a way to do it and then make some big bucks selling them :p
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Man, those looked really tasty. I don't think they grow down here.
When I got back from St Thomas USVI, I got some of the last of the fresh Stone Crabs (season closed May 15th). And just today I had some early season Lychees.
I just gotta catch a snook before that season shuts down in 10 days.
BTW, we do have psilocybe cubensis, but I ain't into that Bullshit.
When I got back from St Thomas USVI, I got some of the last of the fresh Stone Crabs (season closed May 15th). And just today I had some early season Lychees.
I just gotta catch a snook before that season shuts down in 10 days.
BTW, we do have psilocybe cubensis, but I ain't into that Bullshit.
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Llagoud my friend found a little over a hundred about 15 miles west of where you hunted. Im hoping for a little rain and the next few days might be highly successful. I am looking at drying the mushrooms, I heard it's easy to ruin them if you don't cook them first before freezing. Here is a decent site to visit if you hit the mother load. i've done research and it seems like drying them in the oven, and not freezing, is the way to go.
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Those are highly sought after and even more valuable than morels!! :laugh:gotants wrote:
BTW, we do have psilocybe cubensis, but I ain't into that Bullshit.
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Razzlefrakkin'frikafrakkin.....grumble.....we have only had 1/2 inch of rain here all month.
I had to work all last weekend but may try to browse again if we get the predicted rains Sunday....otherwise the season is near over.
I'll be in Fairibault next weekend, then Waseca...I'll look around but that may be it for us.
I bet the folks in Rochester/LaCrosse area have tons of them.
And no, to the best of my knowledge no one has ever been able to domesticate the Morel.
Most hunters try to encourage the spread by using onion bags for collecting to let any spores free, and tossing the rinse water to an area that could support them, but if someone did domesticate them I think they would lose some of their allure.
I had to work all last weekend but may try to browse again if we get the predicted rains Sunday....otherwise the season is near over.
I'll be in Fairibault next weekend, then Waseca...I'll look around but that may be it for us.
I bet the folks in Rochester/LaCrosse area have tons of them.
And no, to the best of my knowledge no one has ever been able to domesticate the Morel.
Most hunters try to encourage the spread by using onion bags for collecting to let any spores free, and tossing the rinse water to an area that could support them, but if someone did domesticate them I think they would lose some of their allure.
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They're back and just as tastey as last year. Kind of small but still good. Those were found on Saturday. My son found more and bigger ones today.
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Those with a nice thick Porterhouse and a COLD beer would be the chit
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Nice score!
I've been watching the maps and getting ready......we've been getting some rain the last few days, maybe I can get out there this weekend
I've been watching the maps and getting ready......we've been getting some rain the last few days, maybe I can get out there this weekend
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I had a delivery to make down by Cannon Falls so I stopped by my hunting grounds for a quick peek.
I found some beautiful Goldens almost right away.....
I'm going back tomorrow morning to check the spot where I found the Greys last year.
I found some beautiful Goldens almost right away.....
I'm going back tomorrow morning to check the spot where I found the Greys last year.
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and south Florida.flyingirish04 wrote:another reason why i hate fargo.
The only mushrooms we have here are psilocybe cubensis :puke: :monkey:
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Another good day.....it is on.
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Hunting the morels is like golf....or disc golf.....or any other sport that involves walking and talking with old buds and brief exertions followed by walk and talk....and a tumble in the briar....and a walk and talk....
Phil said [hi Irish, and] they have come close to figuring out the morel cycle.
The value of the morel season has always been the rare exclusive appearance for a wee bit that scientists cannot simulate....the morels resist domestication like a champ.
This is dated 2002....
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Well hell, we knew that already didn't we?
*edit, murdering trees is OK. As long as it's to draw out the morels.
Phil said [hi Irish, and] they have come close to figuring out the morel cycle.
The value of the morel season has always been the rare exclusive appearance for a wee bit that scientists cannot simulate....the morels resist domestication like a champ.
This is dated 2002....
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Recently dead trees=morels.On April 23, 2002, after taking thousands of photos, Stewart finally captured the detailed microscopic pictures that he was searching for, the hyphae of the morel fungus growing from a single spore and entering the root of an ash tree, see picture attached.
The actual discovery, in laymen’s terms, can be outlined in three parts as follows:
1. The morel fungus infects the roots of certain trees and plants.
2. During the course of his experiments Stewart Miller discovered that trees that have been inoculated with the morel fungus grow faster and are healthier than those that are not inoculated. So, the fungus helps the tree ingest nutrients and moisture from the soil thereby helping it grow, while the fungus enjoys living and expanding inside the tree roots while ingesting the sap. The second discovery is that there is a mutualistic or symbiotic relationship between the fungus and the tree.
3. The third discovery answers the question, “How and when does the fungus develop into a morel mushroom? Stewart Miller coined the term “symbiotic disruption” to explain this event. A dying or dead tree stimulates the fungus inside it, causing it to withdraw from the roots, thereby forming hardened nodules below the ground called “sclerotia”. These sclerotia eventually swell in size with sufficient water and warmth and the morel mushroom eventually pops up through the ground in the spring. When an inoculated tree is healthy the fungus does not want to leave its happy home. Its not until the fungus experiences symbiotic disruption from its' happy home that causes it to withdraw from the roots of the dying tree or plant.
Well hell, we knew that already didn't we?
*edit, murdering trees is OK. As long as it's to draw out the morels.
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Oh yeah, lookin good! Those were some nice ones.
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Re: Morels
Cannon Falls?? My Sister lives there
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They are starting to find them in southern Iowa now. I went out yesterday for about an hour. Had a nice walk in the woods , but no mushrooms.
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LK45s wrote:They are starting to find them in southern Iowa now. I went out yesterday for about an hour. Had a nice walk in the woods , but no mushrooms.
Good to see ya LK.
We're getting plenty of moisture this year it just needs to warm up a bit. I've done some poking around but no sightings yet.
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I've been hanging around, just don't post much. It's plenty moist around here too, but the constant wind is taking care of that. Last year the season was so late that they were hidden by the undergrowth.
Some from last year.
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In the yard.
I've been checking this spot daily because I found some there last year...that doesn't always mean anything but it did this year.
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Holy crap, I think this thread is the oldest running thread on the forum.
So, what do these buggers taste like? Never had one.
So, what do these buggers taste like? Never had one.
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Food of the Gods. :thumb:
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I went out last Friday and only found some fresh shelf mushrooms. We had some rain and warmer temps recently so I'm going to try again tomorrow. The undergrowth is getting taller and will make them harder to find. I know last year they were still being found about this time, the one by the Pepsi can was found 5/15.
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Godzilla opossum is a couple of months older :laugh: But this is more active. If I hadn't found that opossum story & resurrected the thread then this would be the winner. Give it a week or two, opossum thread will die again & this will reignf3rr37 wrote:Holy crap, I think this thread is the oldest running thread on the forum.
So, what do these buggers taste like? Never had one.
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Hey Jim, I plan on being in your parts May 26th. Should I bring the rifles and ammo that you haven't shot yet, maybe we can wrestle up some morels. Just a thought.
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:thumb: Give me a call when you're in the neighborhood.
Edit: Better call ahead, I just got some coffee in me and realized that is Memorial Day Weekend. I have some as-yet unscheduled responsibilities with the RWF Cemetery Assn. Probably the 27th or 28th but not sure yet.
Edit: Better call ahead, I just got some coffee in me and realized that is Memorial Day Weekend. I have some as-yet unscheduled responsibilities with the RWF Cemetery Assn. Probably the 27th or 28th but not sure yet.
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Ever the optimist, I took a shopping basket with me for a walk in the woods this morning.
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Oh yeah, you're gonna have some good eating. All I've gotten so far is poison ivy.
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They're coming.
Breakthroughs in discovering the lifecycle and how to encourage propagation are still happening too.
This is kinda big news if it works.
http://www.thefarm.org/mushroom/morel.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.morelfarms.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I'm going to try farming some stump mushrooms too....
http://www.fungi.com/plugs/index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I've got plenty of stumps around the yard. I'd rather use them than try to remove them. :laugh:
Breakthroughs in discovering the lifecycle and how to encourage propagation are still happening too.
This is kinda big news if it works.
http://www.thefarm.org/mushroom/morel.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.morelfarms.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I'm going to try farming some stump mushrooms too....
http://www.fungi.com/plugs/index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I've got plenty of stumps around the yard. I'd rather use them than try to remove them. :laugh:
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It's been raining here all week and supposed to be 80 this weekend. I think it will be an early season this year. I can almost smell them now.
P.S. You beat me to it LLagoud, I was going to dredge this up the other day but didn't.
P.S. You beat me to it LLagoud, I was going to dredge this up the other day but didn't.
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Found some yesterday. It looks like the season is about done here. We got about 2 1/2 pounds in about 3 hours.
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:clap: Very nice!
I was taking a break today and decided to take a quick peek out back.
Just as I was getting ready to come back in empty handed I saw one...then another...then another....then another....
I was standing in the middle of a patch with 5-8 pounds of fresh mushies. :laugh:
I was taking a break today and decided to take a quick peek out back.
Just as I was getting ready to come back in empty handed I saw one...then another...then another....then another....
I was standing in the middle of a patch with 5-8 pounds of fresh mushies. :laugh:
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Ya! Good stuff. That's a nice bunch of schrooms. :clap:
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This is the first time Mo has had fresh morels.
I made her breakfast of Apple-Cinnamon bacon wrapped and a batch drenched in butter, drug through flour and fried in the bacon grease.
She said "OMG these are good" :thumb:
These have been halved for drying and I set aside a pound or so for a coworker that makes an awesome morel quiche...and shares.
I'll head back to the other spots where I usually find them this afternoon. I didn't make it that direction from the house yesterday.
I made her breakfast of Apple-Cinnamon bacon wrapped and a batch drenched in butter, drug through flour and fried in the bacon grease.
She said "OMG these are good" :thumb:
These have been halved for drying and I set aside a pound or so for a coworker that makes an awesome morel quiche...and shares.
I'll head back to the other spots where I usually find them this afternoon. I didn't make it that direction from the house yesterday.
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Interesting idea. I have not heard of anyone doing a bacon wrap. A coworker of mine breads (cracker crumbs) and lightly cooks them and then freezes them for their super bowl party. He says they are quite good in the middle of winter.
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I just found another patch. I backed away slowly and don't think they saw me.
They were still giggling as I backed away so I'm pretty sure they won't run.
I'm going to take Mo out later and let her "find" them. :thumb:
They were still giggling as I backed away so I'm pretty sure they won't run.
I'm going to take Mo out later and let her "find" them. :thumb:
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I heard more giggling closer to the house and found these:
Need more butter....and bacon. :laugh:
Need more butter....and bacon. :laugh:
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That sounds wonderful. Though I even like em raw. Love Morels.
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Right out of the ground IS tasty......but after a soak when you see how many slugs and bugs flee for air.....I like to at least give them a rinse before chomping. :laugh:
(slugs and bugs POOP in them!)
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Just found another dozen goldens. It's a good year for 'em. :thumb:
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My sons went out last Friday and found these.
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Standing tall.
Just thought I'd throw that brisket in.
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Nice find. We've got rains for Weds/Thurs/Fri here.
After that I'll head down to the places where I used to find a ton of Greys and Goldens.
So far I haven't seen any in those areas but they usually put out a few pounds a year.
edit, add: Mo found her first morels all by herself! I shouldn't have been surprised. She pointed to three good size goldens right by my feet that I had missed.
After that I'll head down to the places where I used to find a ton of Greys and Goldens.
So far I haven't seen any in those areas but they usually put out a few pounds a year.
edit, add: Mo found her first morels all by herself! I shouldn't have been surprised. She pointed to three good size goldens right by my feet that I had missed.
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OK, I'm from our west and have never even seen a morel. They look and sound awesome, but I have to qualify the above recipe. ANYTHING wrapped in apple-cinnamon bacon, drenched in butter, drug through flour and fried in bacon grease would be divine. I'm working up an appetite just typing this. I think I will go grab some prickly-pear fruit, or something native to this area and try that recipe...Llagoud wrote:This is the first time Mo has had fresh morels.
I made her breakfast of Apple-Cinnamon bacon wrapped and a batch drenched in butter, drug through flour and fried in the bacon grease.
She said "OMG these are good" :thumb:
These have been halved for drying and I set aside a pound or so for a coworker that makes an awesome morel quiche...and shares.
I'll head back to the other spots where I usually find them this afternoon. I didn't make it that direction from the house yesterday.
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Prickly-pear fruit, or tuna, goes well with the Agorita berries that are ripening as I type this.
Try it in a blend with muddles Agorita berries and Wood Sorrel.
It's going to be basically the organic, no-fat, low-calorie snack.
The total opposite of the very Western-style Apple-bacon-butter!
Try it in a blend with muddles Agorita berries and Wood Sorrel.
It's going to be basically the organic, no-fat, low-calorie snack.
The total opposite of the very Western-style Apple-bacon-butter!
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