Seems to be a bumper crop this year for morels, at least in my corner
of Idaho. Four of us picked 12 pounds of them Saturday; they're drying
in the sun at my house right now.

Local produce stands were sellling them for $25 a pound last year.
This year, $10.

Going to sautee some tonight to server on top of steak.

--
Kevin S. Wilson
Tech Writer at a University Somewhere in Idaho
"Anything, when cooked in large enough batches, will be vile."
--Dag Right-square-bracket-gren, in alt.religion.kibology

Kevin S. Wilson wrote:

> Going to sautee some tonight to server on top of steak.

MMMMmmmmm.

Kevin S. Wilson wrote:
> Seems to be a bumper crop this year for morels, at least in my corner
> of Idaho. Four of us picked 12 pounds of them Saturday; they're drying
> in the sun at my house right now.
>
> Local produce stands were sellling them for $25 a pound last year.
> This year, $10.
>
> Going to sautee some tonight to server on top of steak.

I'm more than a bit envious, Kevin. The only mushrooms I ever picked
(looong time ago) grew in cow patties and tasted like shit.

Jack Curry

"Jack Curry" <Jack-Curry deletethis @cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> []The only mushrooms I ever picked (looong time ago) grew in cow patties
> and tasted like shit.
>
Cubensis?

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"Kevin S. Wilson" > wrote in message
...
> Seems to be a bumper crop this year for morels, at least in my corner
> of Idaho. Four of us picked 12 pounds of them Saturday; they're drying
> in the sun at my house right now.
>
> Local produce stands were sellling them for $25 a pound last year.
> This year, $10.
>
> Going to sautee some tonight to server on top of steak.
>
here is a great morel recipe
Buzz



if you find some nice big morels - rinse them out & pat dry

take your walleye filets, squeeze a lil' fresh lemon juice over them &
season with salt & pepper

put the walleye in a buttered pan, and bake in a 375* oven (or smoker) for
just about 10 minutes...until the fish just turns white & begins to flake

remove from oven and let cool - then flake/break into pieces small enough to
fit in the hole of the morel

once flaked, I like to add a lil' fresh thyme to the fish before stuffing it
in the morels

use a spoon, and fill the morels with the flaked chunks of fish

secure the walleye-stuffed morels with bamboo skewers...alternating with
some pieces of rolled up pepperoni

cook over coals (not too hot) until they are warmed through -
brushing/basting with melted lemon butter

I use 2 bamboo skewers - assuming the "B" is a stuffed morel, it looks
something like this: ==B=B=B=B=B==


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wrote:
> "Jack Curry" <Jack-Curry deletethis @cfl.rr.com> wrote:
>> []The only mushrooms I ever picked (looong time ago) grew in cow
>> patties and tasted like shit.
>>
> Cubensis?

I admit to nothing, I have no information, I can withstand mild torture. I
want to talk to my lawyer.

Jack
-mushrooms are a trip-

Are there any nasty mushrooms around that you have to careful off - around
here, if you eat the wrong one you need a liver transplant the next day - no
exaggeration. As delicious as collected mushrooms are, I'll get mine at the
Berkeley Bowl.

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"Kevin S. Wilson" > wrote in message
...
> Seems to be a bumper crop this year for morels, at least in my corner
> of Idaho. Four of us picked 12 pounds of them Saturday; they're drying
> in the sun at my house right now.
>
> Local produce stands were sellling them for $25 a pound last year.
> This year, $10.
>
> Going to sautee some tonight to server on top of steak.
>
> --
> Kevin S. Wilson
> Tech Writer at a University Somewhere in Idaho
> "Anything, when cooked in large enough batches, will be vile."
> --Dag Right-square-bracket-gren, in alt.religion.kibology

"Kevin S. Wilson" > wrote in message
...
> Seems to be a bumper crop this year for morels, at least in my corner
> of Idaho. Four of us picked 12 pounds of them Saturday; they're drying
> in the sun at my house right now.
>
> Local produce stands were sellling them for $25 a pound last year.
> This year, $10.
>

Isn't Idaho known for its low morels?

/s
(...running and ducking...)

"Jack Curry" <Jack-Curry deletethis @cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> wrote:
> > "Jack Curry" <Jack-Curry deletethis @cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> >> []The only mushrooms I ever picked (looong time ago) grew in cow
> >> patties and tasted like shit.
> >>
> > Cubensis?
>
> I admit to nothing, I have no information, I can withstand mild torture.
> I want to talk to my lawyer.
>
> Jack
> -mushrooms are a trip-

LMAO

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Jack Curry wrote in alt.food.barbecue

> I'm more than a bit envious, Kevin. The only mushrooms I ever picked
> (looong time ago) grew in cow patties and tasted like shit.
>
> Jack Curry

I don't think taste was a priority with those shrooms now was it Jack?

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To E-mail me, you know what to do.

>
> Local produce stands were sellling them for $25 a pound last year.
> This year, $10.
>

We're getting $19.89 for them here in the Northeast...shipped in from the
Northwest......Chanterelles seem to be having a good spring also.

"Kevin S. Wilson" > wrote in message
...
> Seems to be a bumper crop this year for morels, at least in my corner
> of Idaho. Four of us picked 12 pounds of them Saturday; they're drying
> in the sun at my house right now.
>
> Local produce stands were sellling them for $25 a pound last year.
> This year, $10.
>
> Going to sautee some tonight to server on top of steak.
>

Kevin,

If there is one thing I spend too much money on its mushrooms. $25 a pound
is a really good price compared to what I (very occasionally) pay in the UK.
It is extremely rare when fresh morels are available and they cost 6 pounds
sterling for a 50 grams dried pack.

Graeme (green with envy)

On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 23:52:19 GMT, "Jack Curry" <Jack-Curry deletethis
@cfl.rr.com> wrote:

>I'm more than a bit envious, Kevin. The only mushrooms I ever picked
>(looong time ago) grew in cow patties and tasted like shit.

Yes, but weren't the pretty colors and tracers worth getting past the
taste?

--
Kevin S. Wilson
Tech Writer at a University Somewhere in Idaho
"Anything, when cooked in large enough batches, will be vile."
--Dag Right-square-bracket-gren, in alt.religion.kibology

On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 17:52:05 -0700, "Louis Cohen"
> wrote:

>Are there any nasty mushrooms around that you have to careful off -

I'm sure there are plenty. We pick only morels, which are quite
distinctive and--to my knowledge--don't have any poisonous lookalikes.
There is a similar-looking 'shroom called a false morel, but I believe
it is edible. We call the false morels "brains" because that's what
they look like.

--
Kevin S. Wilson
Tech Writer at a University Somewhere in Idaho
"Anything, when cooked in large enough batches, will be vile."
--Dag Right-square-bracket-gren, in alt.religion.kibology

On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 11:42:05 +0100, "Graeme...in London"
> wrote:

>
>"Kevin S. Wilson" > wrote in message
.. .
>> Seems to be a bumper crop this year for morels, at least in my corner
>> of Idaho. Four of us picked 12 pounds of them Saturday; they're drying
>> in the sun at my house right now.
>>
>> Local produce stands were sellling them for $25 a pound last year.
>> This year, $10.
>>
>> Going to sautee some tonight to server on top of steak.
>>
>
They should be plentifull and inexpensive [comparatively speaking] in
The West, after all the recent Alberta and BC forest fires.

Harry
>Kevin,
>
>If there is one thing I spend too much money on its mushrooms. $25 a pound
>is a really good price compared to what I (very occasionally) pay in the UK.
>It is extremely rare when fresh morels are available and they cost 6 pounds
>sterling for a 50 grams dried pack.
>
>Graeme (green with envy)
>

Kevin S. Wilson > wrote:

>On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 17:52:05 -0700, "Louis Cohen"
> wrote:
>
>>Are there any nasty mushrooms around that you have to careful off -
>
>I'm sure there are plenty. We pick only morels, which are quite
>distinctive and--to my knowledge--don't have any poisonous lookalikes.
>There is a similar-looking 'shroom called a false morel, but I believe
>it is edible. We call the false morels "brains" because that's what
>they look like.

Just so you never try it-- The False Morel is one of those that might
give you a 'pass' for years, then one day decide to kill you.
http://www.bluewillowpages.com/mushr..._toxicity.html
[bad picture of one-- this one is more representative-
http://www.bluewillowpages.com/mushr...or_morels.html
and this one looks most like the False Morels I've seen
http://www.fungusfun.com/mushdir/det...hp?image_id=59 ]

Jim

Kevin S. Wilson wrote:
> Seems to be a bumper crop this year for morels, at least in my corner
> of Idaho. Four of us picked 12 pounds of them Saturday; they're drying
> in the sun at my house right now.
>
> Local produce stands were sellling them for $25 a pound last year.
> This year, $10.
>
> Going to sautee some tonight to server on top of steak.
>

Mmmm...nothing like a Morel sauce to make a steak taste even meatier.

On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 06:10:40 -0500, Steve Wertz
> wrote:

>On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 10:46:59 GMT, Jim Elbrecht
> wrote:
>
>>Just so you never try it-- The False Morel is one of those that might
>>give you a 'pass' for years, then one day decide to kill you.
>>http://www.bluewillowpages.com/mushr..._toxicity.html
>>[bad picture of one-- this one is more representative-
>>http://www.bluewillowpages.com/mushr...or_morels.html
>>and this one looks most like the False Morels I've seen
>>http://www.fungusfun.com/mushdir/det...hp?image_id=59 ]
>
>Those don't look anything like morels to me. If someone can't tell
>the difference, then they need to pray to Darwin.

I agree on the appearance-- though if your only association with
Morels was a picture you saw in a book a few years ago, I can see how
someone might think of morels, especially the last link. [and if
their eating mushrooms on those criteria, all the Darwin references
apply]

It must be the name 'False Morel' that makes lots of folks go ahead
and eat them every year. And sometimes they get away with it for
years before it bites them back.

Jim

On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 10:46:59 GMT, Jim Elbrecht >
wrote:

>Kevin S. Wilson > wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 17:52:05 -0700, "Louis Cohen"
> wrote:
>>
>>>Are there any nasty mushrooms around that you have to careful off -
>>
>>I'm sure there are plenty. We pick only morels, which are quite
>>distinctive and--to my knowledge--don't have any poisonous lookalikes.
>>There is a similar-looking 'shroom called a false morel, but I believe
>>it is edible. We call the false morels "brains" because that's what
>>they look like.
>
>Just so you never try it-- The False Morel is one of those that might
>give you a 'pass' for years, then one day decide to kill you.
>http://www.bluewillowpages.com/mushr..._toxicity.html
>[bad picture of one-- this one is more representative-
>http://www.bluewillowpages.com/mushr...or_morels.html
>and this one looks most like the False Morels I've seen
>http://www.fungusfun.com/mushdir/det...hp?image_id=59 ]
>
Thanks for the links. Excellent site.

--
Kevin S. Wilson
Tech Writer at a university somewhere in Idaho
"Who put these fingerprints on my imagination?"