Great Year for Morels in Kentucky

[Seekbigger]

Only been out twice and loaded up pretty good! Great table fare for sure!

 

[Just_Hangin_N_GA]

What is your favorite way to prepare these?
Do the wild one taste different than store bought? Really getting inspired to try and actually find some wild mushrooms, I need to get the app first though. Not sure if Southeast Georgia has a good selection.

 

[Seekbigger]

My wife has always fixed them like this!
Soak in salt water for a few hours before preparing
Cut them in half length ways if they are big
Roll them in Ky Kernel Flour
Deep fry till golden brown
She normally fixes them with fried potatoes and cornbread
Absolutely Delicious!!!!!

 

[Savedbygrace2001]

I like to soak them in salt water over night, then toss them in dry pancake batter, then lightly fry them in a pan of olive oil, a little sprinkle of salt if you perfer.

 

[JASmith]

Northwest Indiana, we usually find small grey early. First outing was the paper towel, second was the glass table. Found a couple yellows. So much fun to hunt!!

 

[Black Titan]

There's a long thread on my local deer forum about these. People finding them all over. I've never seen one or eaten one, but would like to. The recipe @Seekbigger listed sounds delicious!

On a side note - yall ever see something like this and wonder what was going through the head of the first person to eat it? They look kinda gross. Like pomegranates. They look disgusting but are delicious. But who watched a chicken pop an egg out its butt and think "Ooooo I gotta EAT THAT!"????

Just something I've pondered from time to time.

BT

 

[sweats]

There's a long thread on my local deer forum about these. People finding them all over. I've never seen one or eaten one, but would like to. The recipe @Seekbigger listed sounds delicious!

On a side note - yall ever see something like this and wonder what was going through the head of the first person to eat it? They look kinda gross. Like pomegranates. They look disgusting but are delicious. But who watched a chicken pop an egg out its butt and think "Ooooo I gotta EAT THAT!"????

Just something I've pondered from time to time.

BT

I actually am curious about how anyone figured out what is edible and what isn't, especially for things like mushrooms where so many of them are really poisonous. Was there one dummy every generation that everyone else watched and after enough dummies bit the dust, they had a general idea of which ones were safe? Did they watch what animals would eat?

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[JASmith]

Fun day

 

[Just_Hangin_N_GA]

Fun day

I have to be honest and say that I would never have thought these were edible. Again, I have never gathered any because I am just too scared to try.

 

[Just_Hangin_N_GA]

Are these edible, they are growing in my yard.

 

[JASmith]

I only really eat morels. I grew up hunting them with family.

 

[Weldabeast]

Mulberries starting to ripen.....majority not ready yet

 

[sweats]

I found 3 decent sized morels today. This was the best one. Another had a bite taken out of the top and the 3rd was starting to dry out so I don't know how well it will cook up tommorrow.

We've had a pretty good year here, but objectively not that great. I think we found around 20 on our place and a lot were really small. However, that's about 15 more than our usual.

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[Black Titan]

Are there environmental factors that help the growth of these? Where would one look for such a mushroom? Near streams? Swampy areas?

BT

 

[JASmith]

The old saying is, find dead or dying elms. But from what I think, no ryme or reason. Just enjoy looking everywhere.