tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post6732179194067577722..comments2024-03-14T05:55:13.709-05:00Comments on Farmgirl Fare: Monday Farm Photo: Foraging & Finding Morels (Not Today)Farmgirl Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04851855517852917202noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-30557668815427785372009-03-16T01:02:00.000-05:002009-03-16T01:02:00.000-05:00Now I am ready for mushroom season...I live in wes...Now I am ready for mushroom season...I live in west central Missouri...and mushroom hunting with my grandpa is one of my fondest memories and I can't wait to pass it down to my children. I agree with the last comment.....dipped in egg, then crushed saltines and fried is the best way too eat them!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-31901903096769241962009-01-31T11:38:00.000-06:002009-01-31T11:38:00.000-06:00Morels....sigh! It has been a long time, but growi...Morels....sigh! It has been a long time, but growing up in Central Illinois, the ONLY way to fix them was either whole or halved depending on size, dredged in egg and milk and then crushed saltine cracker crumbs, and then fried in butter. Yummy! Nothing better than that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-65285674291575431452008-06-03T15:59:00.000-05:002008-06-03T15:59:00.000-05:00Dusted in salted flour and fried. They used to fin...Dusted in salted flour and fried. They used to find tons on my grandpa's farm back in the day but I went this year and found only a couple (right outside St. Louis). The undergrowth was so bad you couldn't even get into the woods. My grandpa ended up finding some growing in his back yard - only steps from the back door. How lucky!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-29258800533441174442008-06-02T12:55:00.000-05:002008-06-02T12:55:00.000-05:00I saw morels at the SF Ferry Plaza farmers' market...I saw morels at the SF Ferry Plaza farmers' market the other week for $49/lb. I was with Brett (In Praise of Sardines) who looked at me deadpan and said: "at $49 for a pound of mushrooms, I'd want to be getting high."<BR/><BR/>I am officially jealous of your impressive haul!Teahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10795119468340273821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-57819831685624849562008-05-30T12:51:00.000-05:002008-05-30T12:51:00.000-05:00I haven't had a fresh morel since I moved from Mis...I haven't had a fresh morel since I moved from Missouri a thousand years ago. And I miss them! It's one of my very favorite things; right up there with garden-grown asparagus. (I take that back, I HAVE had them in very small portions at restaurants, but they're not nearly as good!) <BR/><BR/>The only way we ever ate them growing up is very similar to how you cooked yours, except mom only cut them in half, not pieces. In my opinion, that's the best way!abbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08879476262337290531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-50643408399151194872008-05-27T22:22:00.000-05:002008-05-27T22:22:00.000-05:00Yes, we get morels by the bagful in several places...Yes, we get morels by the bagful in several places in our woods. We don't care for them ourselves, and give them to friends who think we are saints for sharing!Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03748377856813140893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-82105681231276148232008-05-27T20:25:00.000-05:002008-05-27T20:25:00.000-05:00Susan, we prepare our morels the same as you excep...Susan, we prepare our morels the same as you except we give them a very light coating of flour...and yes, fry them in lots of butter and get those nice little extra browned bits to eat ;) I can never bear to do anything to eat them just this way - though tradition in the family growing up always had them served alongside fresh Blue Gills prepared the same way (a light flour dip then fried in lots of butter) Groan....now I am hungry and not a blue gill or morel in site!<BR/><BR/>I want to thank you again for the EXCELLENT tips for processing lamb ~ it was very generous of you to do!!!Cary ~ My Wool Mitten at Serenity Farmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349458644831264576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-86264565739079739802008-05-27T19:49:00.000-05:002008-05-27T19:49:00.000-05:00Those morels look wonderful!!!! It's probably bee...Those morels look wonderful!!!! It's probably been 2 years since I've had any. Mmmmmm...Mothermore.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01949650633729312507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-45221978953263969412008-05-27T19:46:00.000-05:002008-05-27T19:46:00.000-05:00hi susan...wow! what a find!! there's an AWESOME r...hi susan...<BR/>wow! what a find!! <BR/>there's an AWESOME recipe for asparagus and morel bread pudding in Deborah Madison's "local flavors"...it's also used with permission in barbara kingsolver's book "animal, vegetable, miracle"... <BR/>i made it this weekend with portobellos, since no morel's on our property--plenty of mushrooms--but none edible... <BR/>big ones even grow out of the tree in the front yard! <BR/>anyway--the bread pudding is fabulous with substitue shrooms..just imagine how scrumptous it will be with the real things!<BR/>yum!reneshayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10106263112999104499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-59682941604501912892008-05-27T12:33:00.000-05:002008-05-27T12:33:00.000-05:00I AM SO JEALOUS!!!! I haven't eaten morels since ...I AM SO JEALOUS!!!! I haven't eaten morels since I was a teenager growing up in Southern Illinois. My mom fixed them the same way you do. Oh how I would love to have that whole load....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-44080989285893935002008-05-27T08:09:00.000-05:002008-05-27T08:09:00.000-05:00Wait - you raise beef too?Wait - you raise beef too?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-6810965446064753562008-05-27T06:49:00.000-05:002008-05-27T06:49:00.000-05:00Never seen morels around here, though we do find o...Never seen morels around here, though we do find other mushrooms in the woods behind the house. Last year was way too dry and we didn't get many of any kind of mushroom, but I'm hoping this year will be better. Though now I really want to try morels. I won't be able to bring myself to pay the going price for them though . . .Kristin @ Going Countryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00221544641416039741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-60984689053488717792008-05-27T00:44:00.000-05:002008-05-27T00:44:00.000-05:00Well, we only found ONE morel on our first hunt (b...Well, we only found ONE morel on our first hunt (but it made for a nice photo:), and sadly I'll be missing the rest of the season, as I'm off to the US for almost a fortnight tomorrow :)<BR/><BR/>Bean - you need a good mushroom guide. Forageing for wild mushrooms is big here in Estonia, and we're eating lots of them in the autumn.Pillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05817049547134774699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-71305660948338443992008-05-26T23:38:00.000-05:002008-05-26T23:38:00.000-05:00Aw, you almost made me miss Oregon where we use to...Aw, you almost made me miss Oregon where we use to go morel hunting and find pounds of them, but it was hard work. I made a mushroom soup one time with morels and it was too die for.Mitchypoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00291508569472607541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-48819655929288833132008-05-26T21:30:00.000-05:002008-05-26T21:30:00.000-05:00My brother lives in southern Indiana, where the se...My brother lives in southern Indiana, where the season has been underway for at least three weeks. He has a photo of his "whopper" on his phone, and he shows it to EVERYONE. It's about half the size of a loaf of bread!<BR/><BR/>I just saw morels at a farm stand for $29/lb. That's the best deal I've seen in years. Usually they're $35 to $40 here.<BR/><BR/>I read a great blog that said you should rinse them in plain water first, and throw the rinse water someplace where you want morels to grow. I guess the water holds spores.<BR/><BR/>I'm jealous of your big find!Gluten free Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09011722779155029225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-27033146849128847032008-05-26T21:22:00.000-05:002008-05-26T21:22:00.000-05:00Great photos of the morels!When I was a teenager I...Great photos of the morels!<BR/><BR/>When I was a teenager I was living in Germany (my dad was in the army) and my parents had a small trailer parked semi-permanently at a private campground. We would go out to the nearby fields and pick champignons. There really is nothing like a fresh mushroom you've picked yourself and cooked the same day in a little butter, salt, & pepper. 30 years later I still remember how delicious it was!tina f.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10813986790663678450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-89880134825599129952008-05-26T21:06:00.000-05:002008-05-26T21:06:00.000-05:00We had one year, where this giant elm was dying an...We had one year, where this giant elm was dying and we got bags and bags of them. I called it the giving tree. Never had luck like that again. We do the butter and salt thing but we make it into a morel sandwich on fresh bread. Love them.sugarcreekstuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13398483543918415852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-45978122619618462242008-05-26T19:59:00.000-05:002008-05-26T19:59:00.000-05:00wow, am I jealous. I thought our four morels that ...wow, am I jealous. I thought our four morels that we've found in our yard over the past few weeks was wonderful. Until I saw your treasure trove, that is! wow.<BR/><BR/>We only had one or two at at time, so we sauteed them and added them to a sauce. <BR/><BR/>Here is the link for one of our meals:<BR/>http://www.rickandlynne.com/lynne/index.php/lynne/the_morel_of_the_story/<BR/><BR/>They were delicious!Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05875008154587045790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-8020039779727355442008-05-26T18:49:00.000-05:002008-05-26T18:49:00.000-05:00Aren't they exquisite??!!!!!!Check out my blog too...Aren't they exquisite??!!!!!!<BR/>Check out my blog too. Sinful Morels is the post.<BR/>I an't wait for next year....Alex Polikowskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05394640392619679464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-26126430069256087862008-05-26T17:37:00.000-05:002008-05-26T17:37:00.000-05:00How do you tell the difference between edible and ...How do you tell the difference between edible and poisonous mushrooms? I don't plan to pick any myself but I'm just curious.Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08734210914886687068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-24693662672405822822008-05-26T16:51:00.000-05:002008-05-26T16:51:00.000-05:00I had my first morels this year... my fiance's dad...I had my first morels this year... my fiance's dad brought over a small container. They sure do look wierd but once i tried one....<BR/><BR/>We prepared them the way my fiance had grown up eating them.... dipped in egg wash, rolled in flour..... and fried till CRISP in lots of butter and oil. <BR/><BR/>DELISH!Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10442954481951411071noreply@blogger.com