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    Morels picked today

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      RRP said:
      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.
      @RRP
      Ron, a few years back when I was working in Illinois, a fellow who lived there brought in some prepared in a similar fashion to what you described above. They were simply outstanding. Up to that point I had never had them. 

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      SGH said:
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      @RRP
      Ron, a few years back when I was working in Illinois, a fellow who lived there brought in some prepared in a similar fashion to what you described above. They were simply outstanding. Up to that point I had never had them. 
      Ritz cracker breading, CI pan fried in butter, a staple here in the Midwest.  Akin to deer sausage...ingestible crack.

      Beautiful haul @YukonRon.
      Reminds me I need to get off my a$$ and walk the woods.
      Brandon
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      Nice haul Ron!  One of my favorites.  Jealous bro.
      Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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      Low temp fry in butter and bacon grease! Yesterday mornings breakfast! The greys and yellows are up good in central Indiana too
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      YukonRon said:
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      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.
      Ron,.....I don't feel sorry for you hurting your leg anymore. You seem to be getting by just fine ;)
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      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 =)  
      That is $75,000 worth of mushrooms where I am from.  Last time i was in Boyne City, MI for their Morel mushroom fest, they were being sold on the streets for $50/lb.  I could have that wrong, it may have been $50 for a 1/2 lb.  I thought the price was crazy, until i tried looking for some myself. . .
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      northGAcock said:
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      Ron,.....I don't feel sorry for you hurting your leg anymore. You seem to be getting by just fine ;)
      @northgacock
      I have a Frankenstein size knee brace, the surgeon is making me wear for 6 weeks. It is a royal PITA to wear and walk in. 
      I told you that, to tell you this; it is getting the job done. I am walking, I use hiking sticks and have become very reliant on them for stability while on the trails. I will occasionally use a cane, but, I am good.
      My problems are zero compared to many others out there.
      Truly looking forward to seeing you at the NCBB. Take care my friend.



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      CountryBoy said:
      Low temp fry in butter and bacon grease! Yesterday mornings breakfast! The greys and yellows are up good in central Indiana too
      We did a few of those last night as an appetizer for the pasta. Just plain awesome. Beautiful cook.
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      bgebrent said:
      Nice haul Ron!  One of my favorites.  Jealous bro.
      Thank you. We plan to go back out to try and find more, the weekend after the NCBB. My Beautiful Wife is obsessed with these things. I hope I survive.
      They do not last long around here.
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      Focker said:
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      Ritz cracker breading, CI pan fried in butter, a staple here in the Midwest.  Akin to deer sausage...ingestible crack.

      Beautiful haul @YukonRon.
      Reminds me I need to get off my a$$ and walk the woods.
      Or be like me with my bad knee, step drag through the dang woods. Thanks for the kind words, they are fun. 
      Hoping some of the spores will take in our garden area under the trees.
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      YukonRon said:
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      @northgacock
      I have a Frankenstein size knee brace, the surgeon is making me wear for 6 weeks. It is a royal PITA to wear and walk in. 
      I told you that, to tell you this; it is getting the job done. I am walking, I use hiking sticks and have become very reliant on them for stability while on the trails. I will occasionally use a cane, but, I am good.
      My problems are zero compared to many others out there.
      Truly looking forward to seeing you at the NCBB. Take care my friend.



      Ha....one day (need it or not)...I will have me a really cool walking cane. You guys be safe with your travels.
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      This brings back memories.  My dad was a hound for mushrooms.  We discovered Chanterelles, long before they became a gourmet thing. My Mom would can them and we would often end up with 50 pints in a season.  And of course, every spring we headed out for Morels.

      I was away at University, when he found a particularly great stash.  Took them home, and my Mom cooked them all up.  It turns out that if you eat enough Morels, which I think is about a pound, then they are hallucinogenic.  

      So Dad passed that threshold, and was looking across the table at my brother and says "how many of you are there?!".  He then goes on a full blown magic mushroom trip.  Thought he could fly among other things.  From a guy who never touched drugs of any sort in his entire life.  

      When all was said and done, he said he could understand why people seek out magic mushrooms and other stuff.  I guess he was euphoric.  Always wished I was around to see that.
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      edited April 2017
      kthacher said:
      This brings back memories.  My dad was a hound for mushrooms.  We discovered Chanterelles, long before they became a gourmet thing. My Mom would can them and we would often end up with 50 pints in a season.  And of course, every spring we headed out for Morels.

      I was away at University, when he found a particularly great stash.  Took them home, and my Mom cooked them all up.  It turns out that if you eat enough Morels, which I think is about a pound, then they are hallucinogenic.  

      So Dad passed that threshold, and was looking across the table at my brother and says "how many of you are there?!".  He then goes on a full blown magic mushroom trip.  Thought he could fly among other things.  From a guy who never touched drugs of any sort in his entire life.  

      When all was said and done, he said he could understand why people seek out magic mushrooms and other stuff.  I guess he was euphoric.  Always wished I was around to see that.
      I know false morels are serious stuff, peeps have died from them in our ED here.  

      Never heard of actual morels causing this.

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      I had no idea. I have not eaten a ound of them, but I have had several Morels over a short time. I have not experienced this, yet.
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      XL and MM
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      YukonRon said:
      I had no idea. I have not eaten a ound of them, but I have had several Morels over a short time. I have not experienced this, yet.

      We picked mushrooms for decades and never suspected either. Also, we definitely knew how to avoid false morels.  Others at the same meal never had any symptoms, but they never ate the same large quantity.  It never happened again either.  
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      Some morels I picked yesterday!!!



      "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community [...] but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
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      GATraveller said:
      Some morels I picked yesterday!!!


      You need to go to Ireland. There is a reason they see leprechauns, rainbows, unicorns, etc. Trust me it is not whiskey or beer. These things are laying everywhere.
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      GATraveller said:
      Some morels I picked yesterday!!!


      Now that right there, will get you in touch with Jerry Garcia.
      Brandon
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      I wouldn't know what to look for and would probably come home with poisonous shrooms or dried up bear turds. You guys are lucky to have a source and the skills.

      It would also be like looking for shark's teeth with my daughter. She can see them on the beach from 40 feet away. Me, I can step on the dang things and still not see them.

      I can't even find the ketchup in the refrigerator door without my wife's help.

      But I can do a mean Boston Butt. =)

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      SaintJohnsEgger said:
      I wouldn't know what to look for and would probably come home with poisonous shrooms or dried up bear turds. You guys are lucky to have a source and the skills.

      It would also be like looking for shark's teeth with my daughter. She can see them on the beach from 40 feet away. Me, I can step on the dang things and still not see them.

      I can't even find the ketchup in the refrigerator door without my wife's help.

      But I can do a mean Boston Butt. =)

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      i heard those things pack a killer buzz...
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      Where do you get the magic one's?  you know grown in a cow paster.   The one's we cooked in high school  =)

      Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent.

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      edited April 2017
      They're all over the property I turkey/deer hunt on (in laws farm). Although that pic is one I pulled off the interwebs. 

      "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community [...] but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
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      Just go to Ireland. They are everywhere there is pasture.
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      I'm going to Ireland as you know.  If you found too many Morels I could help  ;)
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      bgebrent said:
      I'm going to Ireland as you know.  If you found too many Morels I could help  ;)
      I was referring to psilocybin 
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      YukonRon said:
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      I was referring to psilocybin 
      Happy to offload the excess poison...
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      My morning harvest 
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      Danielson said:
      My morning harvest 
      Nice haul. Nothing but greatness right there
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