Challenge: How were your "Morels" this year?
Jun 5, 2013 20:24:36 #
Botann wrote:
I ate a False Morel last year and suffered every symptom listed on the Internet except death.
Not fun!
Very nice pictures, CardinalLady
Not fun!
Very nice pictures, CardinalLady
You do have to be careful...
Jun 5, 2013 20:28:15 #
chapjohn wrote:
I am glad someone knows bad fungus from good fungus. I know a lady who is doing a photo project of mushrooms, studio shots and in the forest shots.
We've had a wet year so I've kind of done the same thing. I need to identify what I've taken and then I'll probably do another challenge on the non edible fungus. So...start taking fungus photos!
Jun 5, 2013 20:43:01 #
GregWCIL wrote:
Morels and fresh asparagus are two of the best thi... (show quote)
It's a common blue violet. The woods are a lot cheaper than psychiatrists and more effective! I hike often with some great ladies, the oldest 85. Just got home from hiking at Patoka Lake today. I did a challenge on wild flowers this spring. I got some very nice shots and so did others. Check it out.
Thanks for the compliments! We do have lots of beauty in the Midwest.
My neighbor went on vacation a couple of weeks ago so I had to go pick and then eat all her wild asparagus. She has about 100 acres so I had to walk all around it to sites she had staked. I loved it!
Jun 5, 2013 20:49:34 #
amyinsparta wrote:
My brother and uncle always hunted them up in the spring. I always thought that like most mushrooms, it's how you cook them that makes them tasty. Left to their own devices, they all taste like damp woods. But Mother fried them up and everyone thought them wonderful! :mrgreen: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Midwest mothers can make anything taste wonderful. A CA girl and a CO girl just joined our hiking group and we all do a snack to share for lunch. They asked for my recipe and I think they thought I just didn't want to share my recipe when I told them I didn't have a recipe! I guess I'll try to write down what I did and email it to them...
Jun 5, 2013 20:51:36 #
CardinalLady wrote:
It's a common blue violet. The woods are a lot cheaper than psychiatrists and more effective!!
My favorite is Jack in the Pulpit.
We have a few spots of "wild" asparagus, but most of mine comes from a patch my Grandma planted long before I was born.
Jun 5, 2013 20:53:53 #
Great shots! We found some few years ago in an area that had burned at Skilak lake, north on the kenai river- actually they came to evacuate us twice during the fire. We watched our neighbors packing up - first items they saved were a boat and a rack with a moose antler. Priorities.
morels and butter - nothing better -these are beautiful photos. I'm drooling. Thanks for sharing.
morels and butter - nothing better -these are beautiful photos. I'm drooling. Thanks for sharing.
Jun 5, 2013 20:54:19 #
James56 wrote:
Those are great photos of a highly sought mushroom. I am so envious. The last couple years I didn't find any, this year decided not to hunt and wouldn't you know it...record finds this year. My family always dipped them in an egg wash, then cracker crumbs and fried till golden brown. Nothing else on earth is as delicous.
Great crop! Reminds me of the year our donkey, Molasses died (my avatar). We found 15 bushels in her field. Big, yellow sponge! Yum, yum!
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Jun 5, 2013 21:40:47 #
Photog8 wrote:
Hmmmm...tasty? With or without the slug: photo #4. Good shots tho.
Bonus protein!
Jun 5, 2013 21:44:46 #
Czarinainak wrote:
Great shots! We found some few years ago in an area that had burned at Skilak lake, north on the kenai river- actually they came to evacuate us twice during the fire. We watched our neighbors packing up - first items they saved were a boat and a rack with a moose antler. Priorities.
morels and butter - nothing better -these are beautiful photos. I'm drooling. Thanks for sharing.
morels and butter - nothing better -these are beautiful photos. I'm drooling. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks!
Jun 5, 2013 21:47:48 #
GregWCIL wrote:
My favorite is Jack in the Pulpit.
We have a few spots of "wild" asparagus, but most of mine comes from a patch my Grandma planted long before I was born.
We have a few spots of "wild" asparagus, but most of mine comes from a patch my Grandma planted long before I was born.
Have a couple of photos of Jacks in that spring, Wild Flower Foray. I like them a lot also.
Jun 6, 2013 01:09:33 #
I've never seen a mushroom that looked like that Cardinal lady! I do have an e-mail friend in Bloomington, IN who talks about going out and looking for mushrooms to eat. I don't think I could do it!!
Jun 6, 2013 01:21:13 #
sailorsmom wrote:
I've never seen a mushroom that looked like that Cardinal lady! I do have an e-mail friend in Bloomington, IN who talks about going out and looking for mushrooms to eat. I don't think I could do it!!
You could do it! Here's more!
Jun 6, 2013 01:27:04 #
Nice pictures. We went to our cottage in Michigan, usually some people we allow on our property get them before we do. However, this year they left some for us. Since we don't get their until the end of May, someone may as well pick them in April. But, we got probably and 2 pounds. I'm wondering if there is a certain way to clean them and are there other mushrooms that look like Morels that are poisonous? Well, mine do look like the photos you posted, so I'm hoping I can get a few pictures of them maybe frying. Thanks for the photos, Cheryl
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