Fresh and Free Fungal Food

“Oh stop that...I know what you're thinkin'...and it ain't that!

Tis almost the season!”

“(this should do)

Tis almost the season!”

“The last time I went out I pulled up a bunch of those wild onions and chopped them up to go with my babysh!t burritos. They were nice and strong. I don't trust my judgement in shrooms to pick any of them.”

“Mmmmmm, Nigey! Quite a pitcher you paint there, LOL! =:o”

“Anyone know if Morels (sp?) grow in NC? Used to pick them in Michigan. Mmm Mmm good!”

“buddur, i want a lesson in morrel finding if it's not past season! i try and try. the only morel i've ever found was in my mom's backyard.”

“I wish you would all shut your traps!”

“Joy U R not past season, if your bio is current. 3-4 weeks away. Morrels look like an arrowhead natural sponge. U git a mental immage! Git a book and you will find joy in collectin as well as eatin. Yo dandelions! MMMMMM”

“Yeah Ms.Joy...What Mr.Bear said.

Michigan has tons of them from what I hear...morel festivals and all. Do some web searches, read all you can and look at as many pics too. They're verrrryyyyy distinguishable, and although there are "false-morels"...once you see and pick am edible one, you will forever know what they look like and be able to spot 'em.

If you know anyone around your area who hunts them, try to go with 'em, cause for the first timer it's a better "piece of mind" to be with someone who knows their sh!t.”

“joy- You can tell the "false morels" because the main baody of the mushroom wiil pull off of the stem. I've heard these are edible too, but I don't take any chances.

Good spots to look are in hardwood forests, around rotting stumps, on sloping hillsides. I've also had good luck near the moist banks of fast moving streams.”

“Last may Joy and I were on a bp trip. We stayed at a hotel on the drive home. It was one week from the towns "morel fest". We got all kinds of pointers, never did see any. For Christmas I bought her a nice mushroom identification book. Someday..........”

“you can buy 'em dried from a place in Petoskey, MI called American Spoonfoods. But what fun is that?...also EXPENSIVE. One time a good old timer gave me the secret recipe to cook them:
"Halve 'em in 2, an' fry 'em in butter"

I'm getting hungry”

“i know morels...they grew around old apple orchards around our cabin in the foothills of the smokies...also know some spots to hunt them in and around the Greenbrier and Cosby sections of GSMNP. Should be able to find them in NC......yumba. After spring rains, under hardwood trees.”

“Joy, you would love shroom hunting in WA. You can't go hiking anywhere and not see them. Unfortunately, I do not like them, but I really enjoy looking at their different shapes, colors and sizes.

My sister-in-law has used the shrooms that grow mostly on trees, they are half shaped, to etch out a drawing in them & then sells them.”

“Boletes.

Liberty Caps (past tense).”

“Thanks for your advice everyone. The problem is not that I dont know what they look like or where they grow. I just cant seem to spot one in the wild.

Dont eat false morels! Poison!”

“My wife went shrooming for morels in Indiana. I got to taste some that were battered and fried when I was at Purdue. Yumblicious! I love mushrooms.”

“Phil....
Your wife went "shrooming"?
In the parlance (at least the one I'm familiar with - of course), that don't mean Stalking the Wild Asparagas.
That means "Being" the Wild Asparagas!”

“So yer saying you've been a Wild Asparagas in the past, Ms.Mel...from those Liberty Caps you spoke of? nudge nudge wink wink”

“Wink, wink...

Yes, in my past life I have been a wild asparagas.
And other wildlife, as well.

Sitting at the end of the runway where the jets land at LAX was pretty exciting.
At night when the jets come in overhead with the landing lights on, you about wet your pants.”