On 4/10/2017 7:10 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2017-04-10 9:52 AM, Taxed and Spent wrote:
>> On 4/10/2017 6:41 AM, The Greatest! wrote:
>>> Janet B. wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 9 Apr 2017 17:00:28 -0700, Taxed and Spent
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 4/9/2017 4:13 PM, sf wrote:
>>>>>> On Sun, 9 Apr 2017 13:12:06 -0700 (PDT), "The Greatest!"
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The Spring hunt for morel mushrooms, or as a pal posted on
>>>>>>> Facebook, "An Easter Egg hunt for adults..."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Anyone planning on "going mushrooming" for these elusive
>>>>>>> fungi...when I was a kid peeps would go out searching - some got
>>>>>>> lucky, more came back empty - handed...and you...???
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'll hunt for mine at Costco.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I get mine at the end of Aesop's fables.
>>>>
>>>> I think it is too early and cold here.
>>>
>>>
>>> I think it needs to be warm and humid/rainy for several weeks before
>>> morels "pop", here in the Midwest that is usually sometime in early
>>> May...
>>>
>>> Where I grew up they were somewhat considered "poor food", something
>>> you'd forage for. Now, morels are gourmand's delight, very pricey
>>> wherever you can find them.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> lots of items are like that.
>>
>> Kale
>>
>> oxtails
>>
>> chicken wings
>>
>> polenta
>>
>> salmon
>>
>
> Is polenta expensive? I know it is if you have it in an expensive
> restaurant. Lving in the middle of the continent, salmon used to be
> very expensive. It is one thing that has gone down in price. It is less
> per pound now than it was 20 years ago.
>
>
>

fancier restaurants give you a teaspoon of polenta as if it is pure gold.

Many years ago, when workers were fed meals as part of their deal, there
were stories of revolts and contract clauses limiting how much salmon
they could be fed - it was so cheap back then. But that goes way back.