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Out today and found another few hundred black morels. This year I'm up to a couple pounds dried so far.
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Good score ninja.
We are at 1.5lbs so far, heading out again today. We usually get about 10 a year .,,,,,,,,
Morels that is lol.
Do you notice a difference in taste between the verpas and morels?
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Good score ninja.
We are at 1.5lbs so far, heading out again today. We usually get about 10 a year .,,,,,,,,
Morels that is lol.
Do you notice a difference in taste between the verpas and morels?
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Well, I only picked this yesterday and will dry them first like I did the Verpas. Then I can do a proper taste. The Morel's do seem to be a bit "meatier", but I have never tasted the differense before.
Off in a few minutes to give them one more look.
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05-27-2017, 07:31 AM
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Out today and found another few hundred black morels. This year I'm up to a couple pounds dried so far.
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I never bothered to weigh them but I have bagged and vacuum sealed around 50 heavy 1/2 cups once they dry. I am snapping or cutting the stalks and only leaving about a 1/2 inch with top for drying.
Local buyer said he would pay 70-80 dollars a pound dried. I'm not planning on selling any though. A vacuum sealed, heavy 1/2 cup of dried More'ls also make a unique gift, like moose or deer pepperonni or jerky.
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05-27-2017, 11:35 AM
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I never bothered to weigh them but I have bagged and vacuum sealed around 50 heavy 1/2 cups once they dry. I am snapping or cutting the stalks and only leaving about a 1/2 inch with top for drying.
Local buyer said he would pay 70-80 dollars a pound dried. I'm not planning on selling any though. A vacuum sealed, heavy 1/2 cup of dried More'ls also make a unique gift, like moose or deer pepperonni or jerky.
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Local buyer is ripping you off at 80 a pound dried. A dried pound is worth up to 300 bucks. And morels are a commodity. I know a local chef at a 5 star restaurant that will pay top dollar too.
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Couple frying pans full and 5 racks in the dehydrator.
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05-27-2017, 09:53 PM
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Found a few on my fiddlehead hunt today.
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05-27-2017, 10:43 PM
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Local buyer is ripping you off at 80 a pound dried. A dried pound is worth up to 300 bucks. And morels are a commodity. I know a local chef at a 5 star restaurant that will pay top dollar too.
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Curious if a restaurant can buy stuff off the street/field if it's not Govt inspected. Probably have some sort of health laws.
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05-27-2017, 10:50 PM
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Curious if a restaurant can buy stuff off the street/field if it's not Govt inspected. Probably have some sort of health laws.
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Technically no...realistically no wild mushroom is inspected (I think).
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05-27-2017, 10:51 PM
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Found a few on my fiddlehead hunt today.
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That must be the best meal imaginable!
I've never seen a fiddle head let alone picked them...
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That must be the best meal imaginable!
I've never seen a fiddle head let alone picked them...
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They are easier to find than morels!
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Wow, nice to see.
I can't recall ever finding a real one, got a few falsies, maroon coloured, and many hundreds of verpas.
I wish they were morels tho, ugh.
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05-28-2017, 07:59 AM
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Well, my Morel season has come to an end. Time for some fishing and waiting for my #2 on the mushroom hit parade, the Redtop. Usually start appearing in my areas around middle of July.
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What about oysters?! And shaggy manes? Combstooth?
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What about oysters?! And shaggy manes? Combstooth?
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Well, pick them if you want to. They are not on my personal mushroom hit parade. Would love to see some pics. if you pick some.
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05-28-2017, 04:25 PM
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Stayed on the home acreage today and still picked up a meal of morels and a couple of jelly ears. Some spruce tips too. Very common but under utilized IMO.
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Stayed on the home acreage today and still picked up a meal of morels and a couple of jelly ears. Some spruce tips too. Very common but under utilized IMO.
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The stuff you learn on here. What is a jelly ear? Are the spruce tips for medicinal purposes?
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The stuff you learn on here.
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Do you even know how to tell the male and female redtops apart ? 
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Well, pick them if you want to. They are not on my personal mushroom hit parade. Would love to see some pics. if you pick some.
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You really don't know what you are missing. Combtooth is a choice fungi. Medicinal properties of keeping the mind strong. Being studied in alzheimer's research. If you put on a blindfold and were served combtooth in garlic butter you would swear you were eating lobster. I pick it August until October. Took this pic a couple years ago. Can't be mistaken. No other like it.
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The stuff you learn on here. What is a jelly ear? Are the spruce tips for medicinal purposes?
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Jelly ear is another spring fungus. I usually find them on decaying stumps or logs. You can sautée them for a long time and they still retain texture and bite.
The spruce tips right now are very citrusy in flavour. I grind a bunch with salt to make a seasoning for chicken and fish.
The really tiny ones that still have the paper husk on them, I pickle like capers. They are great in salads or on game.
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Jelly ear is another spring fungus. I usually find them on decaying stumps or logs. You can sautée them for a long time and they still retain texture and bite.
The spruce tips right now are very citrusy in flavour. I grind a bunch with salt to make a seasoning for chicken and fish.
The really tiny ones that still have the paper husk on them, I pickle like capers. They are great in salads or on game.
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There you go! I learned something new today.... The ones you grind with salt, are they used fresh or preserved?
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You really don't know what you are missing. Combtooth is a choice fungi. Medicinal properties of keeping the mind strong. Being studied in alzheimer's research. If you put on a blindfold and were served combtooth in garlic butter you would swear you were eating lobster. I pick it August until October. Took this pic a couple years ago. Can't be mistaken. No other like it.
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Lions mane, bears head and combstooth are all choice. The photo you have is lions mane. combstooth are the best wild mushroom I know of.
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Lions mane, bears head and combstooth are all choice. The photo you have is lions mane. combstooth are the best wild mushroom I know of.
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The book I refer to has color pics and suggests it is Bears Head Tooth. I call them all combtooth and damn good.
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If you are referring to the obvious traits that define masculinty and femininity, Then no I don't.
I did however read a racy little poem about Boletus Edulis that featured Sippery Jack and Slippery Jill. Suppose it depends on whether a female or male picks them.
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If you are referring to the obvious traits that define masculinty and femininity, Then no I don't.
I did however read a racy little poem about Boletus Edulis that featured Sippery Jack and Slippery Jill. Suppose it depends on whether a female or male picks them.
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I was just trying to be funny.  The picture is satire.
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There you go! I learned something new today.... The ones you grind with salt, are they used fresh or preserved?
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You grind them with the salt while they are fresh. Then you let the salt dry out completely until it is dry – like salt.
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Looks good nothing beats fresh Morals
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Looks good nothing beats fresh Morals
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Thats not fair. You know where big Perch are, and now you get the last Morel. lol
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