Who Likes Mushrooms?

https://untamedfeast.com/morel-mushrooms/

Was not thinking hallucinogenic or the psychedelic varieties, but if that is what you are into post about it .

I was thinking of Morels. Around this time each year I venture out and try to find them. This year has been colder so the hunt has been delayed -- optimal conditions are warmer temps and rain. Usually before Mother's Day is a good time to start looking in my area. Pictures from last year:

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Roll them in flour, fry them in butter. . . delicious as is or add them to eggs, steak, a burger, etc.

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Been on Pinside long enough to know its best to get a few things out of the way:

1. There is a Fungus Among Us
2. John Wort likes Mushrooms
3. Its best to mushroom hunt in Cowboy Boots
4. Shrooms are good on free Little Caesars Pizza
5. Most wild Mushrooms are NOT safe to eat -- Don't go out pickin and eatin because I said it was ok.

Bring on the rest!

#2 6 years ago

DJP

Chitownpinball

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Probably good to include some reading material:

#3 6 years ago

DIA

mrossman5

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Ehh, not a fan

#4 6 years ago

ART

OLDPINGUY

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I have never developed a taste for mushrooms.

How would you describe Morels taste as you prepare?

I've grown, enjoyed tea in Jamaica, and have a friend that grows extreme.....not sure why
I can't enjoy......anyone else?

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#5 6 years ago

MEH

MotorCityMatt

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They grow on our property up north every year. Dusted with flour and cooked on the grill sautéed in butter. Nice steak cooking next to them and joined when finished. Always a treat in the sping.

#6 6 years ago

DOC

TractorDoc

Quoted from OLDPINGUY:
How would you describe Morels taste as you prepare?

Morels have a unique taste and texture -- some have described it as a steak like flavor (why not just eat a steak, right?).

Its one of those unique flavors that I look forward to once a year -- like fried cheese curds at the fair, fresh maple syrup at the end of winter, cherries off the tree in summer. . .

#7 6 years ago

ART

OLDPINGUY

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I'll have to try.

After all, microscopic mushrooms saved my life, and is reversing arterial disease in me!

#8 6 years ago

HRG

poppapin

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Love mushrooms on pizza!!

#9 6 years ago

RVH

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My friends at work hunt Morels and give me some sometimes.
I like to make creamy soup with white wine, potatoes and leak in it, so good I eat it with bread to savor the flavor!

#10 6 years ago

DOC

TractorDoc

Quoted from OLDPINGUY:
What time of year are they fresh?
I'll have to try.

This is a book that floats around our house,

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A lot of information from when/where to look (usually when the ground starts to warm up in spring), what is safe and what is not, how to prepare them, etc.

I am confident looking for morels because they have a unique look -- my grandpa used to take me out with him and would know all different kinds good and bad but they all sorta looked the same to me. One bad mushroom can make you sick or worse. . .

#11 6 years ago

MEH

MotorCityMatt

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The fake morals have solid stems, while the real ones have a hollow stem.

#12 6 years ago

Darcy

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One time while going to a friend of my Dads in 1975. We were driving along a country road south of Owen Sound Ontario. Dad, yells out, "Hang On". We came to quick stop, he runs over to the ditch, and starts picking Morels. He brought almost 2 dozen to the car. Mom and I were both bit confused. Dad talked on about these mushrooms for an eternity. At the farm we went to, later that day we had the Morels with our BBQ steaks. Dad was a Chef, so he said he knew what he was picking.

Free food from the side of the road Yum!

#13 6 years ago

TER

SUPERBEE

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Just make sure you know what you are picking. Eat the wrong type and it can be very bad news for you.

#14 6 years ago

MWS

Methos

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There is no way I would every eat a mushroom unless it is bought in the store.

#15 6 years ago

MDB

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Quoted from Methos:
There is no way I would every eat a mushroom unless it is bought in the store.

?? It’s pretty easy to identify several popular edible mushrooms. Morels are pretty unique. I hate mushrooms but love trying to find them .. go figure

#16 6 years ago

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Whysnow

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Quoted from Methos:
There is no way I would every eat a mushroom unless it is bought in the store.

why?

Easy to identify the good ones and YUM!

#17 6 years ago

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AlexF

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I love Morels but rarely get them. My dad used to take me and my sister hunting for them every Spring. He said we were low to the ground so we could find them better. Wish I knew when and where to hut them like he did. They are a rare treat. Every once in awhile I'll get one growing in my yard. We have elm trees and apparently they do well near them.

Last year I bought a small rental house and it had a big clump of hen of the woods on the tree out front. Never had those before.

#18 6 years ago

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Bendit

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Quoted from Darcy:
At the farm we went to, later that day we had the Morels with our BBQ steaks. Dad was a Chef, so he said he knew what he was picking.

What a nice story. I wish I had good "dad" stories like this.

#19 6 years ago

NMS

nikpinball

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Tractordoc, I'm from near you (West Salem) and loved hunting mushrooms when I lived there. The best place in the west Salem area I found was the woods of shady acres campground just off of 42. We always used mushroom bags when we hunted there to spread all of the spores there for next year.

#20 6 years ago

GAP

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Love Morels. Been hunting them ever since I was a kid in the 70's.

#21 6 years ago

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fxdwg

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Yuk!! None for me thanks. But to each his own!! So those that like them, please enjoy!!

#22 6 years ago

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tdunbar

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What did the girl mushroom say to the guy mushroom?
"You sure are a fun guy"

#23 6 years ago

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OLDPINGUY

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#24 6 years ago

DOC

TractorDoc

Quoted from Methos:
There is no way I would every eat a mushroom unless it is bought in the store.

You do realize that a lot of those mushrooms from the store are grown on large beds of manure, right?

#25 6 years ago

DOC

TractorDoc

Quoted from nikpinball:
Tractordoc, I'm from near you (West Salem) and loved hunting mushrooms when I lived there. The best place in the west Salem area I found was the woods of shady acres campground just off of 42. We always used mushroom bags when we hunted there to spread all of the spores there for next year.

Not far from me at all!

One of the best places to find a grove of morels is near the base of an elm tree that had died the year before. Probably the only advantage brought on by the Dutch Elm Dz, but the big old elm trees are disappearing fast. Old onion bags also work great when gathering and I always dump the water I've soaked them in near the base of an elm tree to try and keep them coming back.

#26 6 years ago

DAD

boilerman

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i eat one kind or another almost every day. it helps that i live in the
Mushroom Capital of the World
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennett_Square,_Pennsylvania

#27 6 years ago

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OP
Quoted from TractorDoc:
You do realize that a lot of those mushrooms from the store are grown on large beds of manure, right?

Yes. Don't get me wrong, I love mushrooms. The white/button type have shown to have incredible impacts to our immune system.

I just wouldn't eat anything I just found in the forest under my boot.

#28 6 years ago

OYA

mcluvin

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OP
Quoted from TractorDoc:
Bring on the rest!

Dimpled mushrooms!

#29 6 years ago

TLZ

timtim

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All mushrooms are edible, but some only once

I always wanted to go picking. For some reason I find mushrooms and truffles fascinating.

#30 6 years ago

JLH

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Morels are my favorite type of hunting. I'm looking forward to this season!

#31 6 years ago

JOR

jorro

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STOP EATING THE GNOMES HOUSES YOU BARBARIC SAVAGES!!!!

-5

#32 6 years ago

VIC

vicjw66

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Who likes mushrooms?
Probably the same people who ate dirt as little kids. I'm guessing it's a subliminal nostalgic craving for things that taste like dirt.
So if you like to eat dirt then you probably like mushrooms.
Normal people think they are fucking disgusting.

#33 6 years ago

TDK

SilverBallz

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Anyone hunt psychedelic shrooms?

#34 6 years ago

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StylesBitchly

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ooOOOoo, Nice!

#35 6 years ago

JBM

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Quoted from SilverBallz:
Anyone hunt psychedelic shrooms?

This guy

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#36 6 years ago

JAY

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The smell of onions and mushrooms being cooked for the stuffing at thanksgiving and Christmas is a smell etched in my brain.
A homemade Steak and mushroom pizza with a white sauce is near perfection.
Mushroom turnovers are a favorite also but I like em chocolate covered the best

#37 6 years ago

PUS

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My family hunted morels every spring when I was a child. Now I grow Shiitakes. They have great medicinal and nutritional properties.

There are some good youtube interviews of Paul Stammets , a leading mycologist. Very interesting stuff.

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#38 6 years ago

CHS

Chuck_Sherman

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Wild... Only like Shaggy Manes

Folks liked to pick Morels, Chicken, Oysters and Chantrels

#39 6 years ago

MDB

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Quoted from SilverBallz:
Anyone hunt psychedelic shrooms?

A long time ago... and they are much better than dried ones which I’ve found to be one of the grossest things I’ve tried eating

#40 6 years ago

LTG

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Quoted from SilverBallz:
Anyone hunt psychedelic shrooms?

No. Just Colorado River Toads.

LTG : )

#41 6 years ago

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Morels in a cream sauce over Steak and Shrimp. Sautéed Hen of The Woods

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#42 6 years ago

DOC

TractorDoc

Quoted from LTG:
No. Just Colorado River Toads.

Even I draw the line at toad licking!

#43 6 years ago

DOC

TractorDoc

TheGunnett -- that looks fantastic (are you loading pictures up to insta-chat?). What time can we be over for supper?

2 weeks later

#44 5 years ago

JLH

Hougie

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This is our best haul this season in Southern Indiana.

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#45 5 years ago

DOC

TractorDoc

Quoted from Hougie:
This is our best haul this season in Southern Indiana.

Nice!

Went out looking today but nothing in the usual places. It almost looks too dry of all things. Hopefully a few will pop out over the next couple days.

#46 5 years ago

CDL

crlush

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my wife says I do not have any morels, or is it morals.

#47 5 years ago

KOZ

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Quoted from crlush:
my wife says I do not have any morels, or is it morals.

Two Iditarod racers were side by side and the sleds kept hitting each other. Hey, said one of them, how about some mush room?

#48 5 years ago

JLH

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Three more bigguns

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#49 5 years ago

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#50 5 years ago

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