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PufPuf23

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13. Saute in butter is default recipe.

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 01:52 PM

Apr 2016

I have thought maybe a French-style crepe filled with saute morels but would have to figure out how to make a crepe.

I have an old dusty crepe appliance that hasn't been used for 35 or so years (wedding present).

What do you pay for morels out of curiosity?

Buyers come in the Fall for the Matsutakes and pay generously based upon seven grades (buttons with unbroken veils on the gills have sold for over $100 per lb from pickers), the high grades are flown to Japan.

I have never had any interest in commercial and am actually bugged by the local practice. One reason why the US Forest Service came to regulate was that commercial pickers would come and figure out where locals were picking and attack the slopes with rakes looking for the matsutakes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsutake

Morels are a Spring treat but I would rather eat the Matsutakes (that are known locally as tanoak mushrooms).

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Found mass quantities of morel mushrooms yesterday. [View all] PufPuf23 Apr 2016 OP

How lucky are you? MuseRider Apr 2016 #1

Mushroom wealthy today. PufPuf23 Apr 2016 #2

Ask Russians Baobab Apr 2016 #16

My dad would take me out mushrooming when I was younger benld74 Apr 2016 #3

I also grew up mushrooming with my family, mostly mother. PufPuf23 Apr 2016 #4

Try the Michigan group KamaAina Apr 2016 #5

I "Advanced Searched" the Michigan Group and did not find a morel post. PufPuf23 Apr 2016 #6

But if you cross-post there, you might well find a fellow morel lover KamaAina Apr 2016 #7

This is likely a great Spring to gather morels in Lake county. PufPuf23 Apr 2016 #8

Can you dry them? blogslut Apr 2016 #9

I have dried them (long ago) but no longer have a food drier. PufPuf23 Apr 2016 #11

Pretty much any dish is tasty with mushrooms added in. blogslut Apr 2016 #12

Oh yeah. PufPuf23 Apr 2016 #14

So jealous of fresh free morels. blogslut Apr 2016 #15

You lucky bastard! lagomorph777 Apr 2016 #10

Saute in butter is default recipe. PufPuf23 Apr 2016 #13

I bought them at two different places lagomorph777 Apr 2016 #33

I'll PM you my shipping address......! lastlib Apr 2016 #17

All I wanted was some clever recipes. PufPuf23 Apr 2016 #18

Make a necklace with them. Use as a door stop. Hurl them at intruders. Generic Brad Apr 2016 #19

The necklace idea is clever. I have seen people string wild mushrooms and PufPuf23 Apr 2016 #20

You are sure they aren't immorel whistler162 Apr 2016 #21

Immorel and having fun doing it!! PufPuf23 Apr 2016 #23

smoothies Enrique Apr 2016 #22

That never occurred to me. PufPuf23 Apr 2016 #24

A freind lightly smoked a few pounds of Chantrells.... chknltl Apr 2016 #25

Never occurred to me to smoke mushrooms. PufPuf23 Apr 2016 #26

So jealous of you. Morels are incredibly delicious. suffragette Apr 2016 #27

Aha! Recipes. I even have chicken and asparagus and salmon (albeit frozen) on hand. PufPuf23 Apr 2016 #28

Shallots are wonderful suffragette Apr 2016 #29

If you can buy tanoak mushrooms in the market, they are called matsutake. PufPuf23 Apr 2016 #30

I'll be on the look out now, if I can find some that aren't too expensive suffragette Apr 2016 #32

Rinse and freeze, sautee' at Christmas! Scuba Apr 2016 #31

Inappropriate, but strangely fitting here Nac Mac Feegle Apr 2016 #34