Morels picked today

YukonRon

Botch said:

stv8r said:

YukonRon said:

Found 3 in a row

I must be blind as I can't see any here    They look amazing though.  Great find.

Me neither.  Kinda like a culinary "Where's Waldo?"  

They don't present themselves very well.

Biggreenpharmacist

Biggreenpharmacist said:

theyolksonyou said:

I have poor morals. 

Liar

I totally missed the "poor". Guess I'm dranked. I just read "I have morals". 

YukonRon

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Btw, this is the most information I have ever seen a 'shroom hunter give in regards to their honey holes.

Usually, its, "uummm, well, yeah.  I found em in the woods over yonder.  The one past that highway."

Trying to help those that hunt. It was a lot of fun today.

YukonRon

RRP said:

JEALOUS, but with a smile!

Finding them is My Beautiful Wife's passion.
We were going to find them or die trying.

Biggreenpharmacist

I just never have liked mushrooms. Do you @YukonRon have some special recipes?  I would like to love them. 

YukonRon

northGAcock said:

High morels are especially good at Easter.

Yeah, served with butter and onions.

YukonRon

Biggreenpharmacist said:

I just never have liked mushrooms. Do you @YukonRon have some special recipes?  I would like to love them. 

Morels are a bit different. We used them last year, I cold smoked them with maple, and added them to a lump crab cheese cake. Awesome cook. Add them to meals, stuff them, tons of ways to cook them.

Biggreenpharmacist

YukonRon said:

Biggreenpharmacist said:

I just never have liked mushrooms. Do you @YukonRon have some special recipes?  I would like to love them. 

Morels are a bit different. We used them last year, I cold smoked them with maple, and added them to a lump crab cheese cake. Awesome cook. Add them to meals, stuff them, tons of ways to cook them.

That sounds good. The lump crab cheese cake sounds awesome. Did you post that?

YukonRon

Biggreenpharmacist said:

YukonRon said:

Biggreenpharmacist said:

I just never have liked mushrooms. Do you @YukonRon have some special recipes?  I would like to love them. 

Morels are a bit different. We used them last year, I cold smoked them with maple, and added them to a lump crab cheese cake. Awesome cook. Add them to meals, stuff them, tons of ways to cook them.

That sounds good. The lump crab cheese cake sounds awesome. Did you post that?

I think I did, a while back. I will find a recipe and send it to you. It's pretty easy.

Biggreenpharmacist

Thank you!!!

RRP

Maybe this all goes back to how you had them growing up. My favorite is frying them at a low temperature in butter after wetting them in an egg and milk mixture bath and then dusting them with a bit of flour.

Hntnhrd

Take the big ones and slice open. Stuff witha mixture of ricotta cheese , sausage ( I use homemade elk Italian sausage) and crab meat. Roll around in a hot pan with butter place in a baking dish with a chunk of soft cheese on top ( i.e. Havarti) bake at 350 for twenty minutes. 
If you don't like them this way you flat out will never like them!!!

RRP

Hntnhrd said:

Take the big ones and slice open. Stuff witha mixture of ricotta cheese , sausage ( I use homemade elk Italian sausage) and crab meat. Roll around in a hot pan with butter place in a baking dish with a chunk of soft cheese on top ( i.e. Havarti) bake at 350 for twenty minutes. 
If you don't like them this way you flat out will never like them!!!

No offense, to each his own, but why not do all that to grocery store mushroom caps year around? Morels to me are too precious for that and not at all plentiful.

Hntnhrd

None taken. Our morels grow after forest fires here. My best year I picked 1500 pounds. Most years I am in the 500 plus pound range. Way different flavor, think smoked. We also get three different kinds . The conicas  ( brown single wall) come first. Then Later we get grays ( double walled) and if conditions are just right we will get greens ( -almost solid). I feel just frying them leaves them kind of bland. But that's my taste. Everyone is different  

YukonRon

Hntnhrd said:

None taken. Our morels grow after forest fires here. My best year I picked 1500 pounds. Most years I am in the 500 plus pound range. Way different flavor, think smoked. We also get three different kinds . The conicas  ( brown single wall) come first. Then Later we get grays ( double walled) and if conditions are just right we will get greens ( -almost solid). I feel just frying them leaves them kind of bland. But that's my taste. Everyone is different  

This area was the sight of a forest fire 5 years ago. I believe that to be key.
1500 pounds? Right on dude. Awesome haul.

RRP

Hntnhrd said:

None taken. Our morels grow after forest fires here. My best year I picked 1500 pounds. Most years I am in the 500 plus pound range. Way different flavor, think smoked. We also get three different kinds . The conicas  ( brown single wall) come first. Then Later we get grays ( double walled) and if conditions are just right we will get greens ( -almost solid). I feel just frying them leaves them kind of bland. But that's my taste. Everyone is different  

1,500 pounds! HOLY CRAP! Why don't you dry them, sell them for a bundle and retire at a ripe young age? 

saluki2007

Not bad. Still a bit early for my neck of the woods. Still about a week out before worth the trip.out. 

RRP

saluki2007 said:

Not bad. Still a bit early for my neck of the woods. Still about a week out before worth the trip.out. 

Like others have mentioned I too have my own secret patch in my own woods and it is private and shall I just say...guarded? LOL
Over the years my private crop isn't lost to other hunters, but to squirrels! 

Hntnhrd

 RRP said:

Hntnhrd said:

None taken. Our morels grow after forest fires here. My best year I picked 1500 pounds. Most years I am in the 500 plus pound range. Way different flavor, think smoked. We also get three different kinds . The conicas  ( brown single wall) come first. Then Later we get grays ( double walled) and if conditions are just right we will get greens ( -almost solid). I feel just frying them leaves them kind of bland. But that's my taste. Everyone is different  

1,500 pounds! HOLY CRAP! Why don't you dry them, sell them for a bundle and retire at a ripe young age? 

I do. I also work for a wholesaler some years. My best year buying I bought 10,000 pounds. I have 35 pounds of dried in my garage from the tail end of last season.  the price dropped dramatically last year. It is very intetresting way to spend a summer!! Lol here is a pound of dried  

Hntnhrd

YukonRon said:

Hntnhrd said:

None taken. Our morels grow after forest fires here. My best year I picked 1500 pounds. Most years I am in the 500 plus pound range. Way different flavor, think smoked. We also get three different kinds . The conicas  ( brown single wall) come first. Then Later we get grays ( double walled) and if conditions are just right we will get greens ( -almost solid). I feel just frying them leaves them kind of bland. But that's my taste. Everyone is different  

This area was the sight of a forest fire 5 years ago. I believe that to be key.
1500 pounds? Right on dude. Awesome haul.

Made it my summer job that year. Miles and miles of hiking at 5 to 7500 feet in elevation.i was in great shape at the start of hunting season!! It is something with the fire that triggers the mysiliam ( spelling?) at least here in the Rocky Mountains . I find some naturals in the river bottoms but most are the summer after a fire in lodge pole pine and Fir forests. 
Now I mostly eat BBQ and let others pick them and buy them in the evenings . Lol

saluki2007

RRP said:

saluki2007 said:

Not bad. Still a bit early for my neck of the woods. Still about a week out before worth the trip.out. 

Like others have mentioned I too have my own secret patch in my own woods and it is private and shall I just say...guarded? LOL
Over the years my private crop isn't lost to other hunters, but to squirrels! 

Unfortunately mine aren't in my back yard, however my honey holes are on "gaurded" private property. 

bgebrent

Ron, to me, morels are the top of the mountain.  There is no better savory taste.  I've found them once at the lake, then no more.  

YukonRon

bgebrent said:

Ron, to me, morels are the top of the mountain.  There is no better savory taste.  I've found them once at the lake, then no more.  

We enjoy them cooked with pasta in a butter garlic sauce. Suzy is a fan of finding and harvesting them. She loves the hunt. 
They are hard to find around here, which adds to the trophy of the Morel. We have a friend that operates one of the finest french restaurants in Louisville. We will do a trade for a great bottle of French wine for a couple of these bad boys.

blasting

Sounds like a fun endeavor Ron.  I don't know if we have those around my neck of the woods.  There's plenty of shrooms where we go camping, but I'm too scared to try any.  Thinking I may end up dead or hallucinating.

YukonRon

blasting said:

Sounds like a fun endeavor Ron.  I don't know if we have those around my neck of the woods.  There's plenty of shrooms where we go camping, but I'm too scared to try any.  Thinking I may end up dead or hallucinating.

It was fun. I saw My Beautiful Wife have a lot of fun and that was what it was all about for me.

YukonRon

Happy Easter everyone.

YukonRon

Pasta with sauté Morels, sweet onion, garlic, in a butter cream sauce, topped with shaved parmesean and fresh, coarse ground, black pepper, prepared and served by My Beautiful Wife.

theyolksonyou

Nichole been to your house?  I keed, I keed. 

YukonRon

theyolksonyou said:

Nichole been to your house?  I keed, I keed. 

Funny as ever.
Since I messed up my leg, and she drug me with her to harvest these Morels, she thought she would play nice, and cook for me this evening. It was not like I did not do anything. I had to select, open, and pour the wine. She also made me chop the onion and garlic. She did the sauté though.

SciAggie

That is incredible.