[ARCHIVED THREAD] - FRIED MUSHROOMS (PICS) (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 4/30/2006 3:51:36 PM EDT
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Wife and I went mushroom hunting today, and found a handfull.  Slice them in half, and dip them in egg/milk mixture.  Try to pick out the bugs. These were very clean.  Found two little spiders, which was a first. Oh well, what doesn't get found gets fried and eaten.  Quick roll in flour  Dump them all in the Fry-Daddy until golden brown.  Dinner is served.  |
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Nice morrels! I'm missing the season, working down here in Texas. I used to find them as big as your hand when I lived in Idaho. Huge suckers! I usually cut mine like you do, then I stuff them with a mixture of crab meat, herbs, and cheese and then I saute' them in butter and white wine, finishing them off under the broiler. I loves morrels! 
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I got sick as a dog the first time I ate them sauteed. I've read that there are some benign toxins in them that are destroyed if they are fried. Ever since I've been fry'in them, I've been lov'in them. Wife eats them too, even knowing there are bugs in them. |
Hunting mushrooms has always been very popular with the high school kids since there are tons of cow fields around here.  Not a big fan of any type of mushroom myself, I'll eat sauted or grilled portabellos every once in awhile, kinda taste like steak. Those bugs would have killed my appetite though.
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,,,,than again Mac-n- Cheese sounds so Yummy
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great find are those the greys? we mostly find yellows here. it has rained and got 80 nice morels yesterday. If you have never tried them they are unreal. I was told that they are the only mushroom that can't be grown in a controlled enviroment. that along with the taste, they usually sell for 40 up to 120 a pound. |
I believe people have figured out how to grow them now. I first heard about it a few years ago, and now you can buy "kits" online that claim to be guaranteed to grow, or your money back. (who knows) The ones I found are a type of grey morels that grow exclusively in pine woods. They prefer the more acidic soil than the more common grey or yellow. The advantage is that with the dense pine needle covering on the ground, few bugs get into them. Better yet, I've never seen a tick or poison ivy in these pine woods. They have a slightly richer taste than the greys I've found in oak woods, but all are dwarfed by the yellows you can find. Oh, and for anyone who hasn't tried it, you can freeze them. 7 or 8 years ago, I froze a few gallons of them. All I did was make sure the end of the stem was cut so I wasn't freezing dirt, and they didn't see the light of day for more than a year. Thaw them out, soak them in water to re-hydrate any part that was freezer burnt, and treat them as any other. |
That is pretty much how I do the yellow morels. Grandpa calls it "mushroom lice". Little tiny bugs that live in/on them. Salt water drives them out. (although if you re-soak them, you will always find more bugs) |
10 minute drive but then I had to walk the 30 feet from my car to the door. It was just awful! |
MMMMMM 'shrooms. Where are you at the_reaper? They have been pretty spotty for us in South Central Iowa. I found maybe 1lb this year. A friend of mine found 8-9 lbs on Thursday. My grandma has been frying them up like that for years. (She uses an old cast iron skillet though). 
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Steal a handicapped plate next time. Amatuers. 
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Thanks for the tip. I learn so much on ARFCOM. |
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Tis the season in Mich.----always soak in salt-water- drives the little critters out of there. Rinse---easily- those shrooms break easily Then just cook in butter-- some people like rolled in flour.---both are great Cook a few walleye fillets and you have a dinner fit for a king!! ** remember cut off stem at ground and as you walk keep in potatoe sack as it allows for spore to fall and helps drop any hitch hikers Chinook3 |
KILL IT WITH FIRE!!! |
I'm in Davenport Iowa. We have had perfect weather (both rain and temps) for mushrooms. |
truffles also can't be cultivated - something about the symbiotic relationship with tree roots or something else that has not been characterized. Love wild mushrooms - just be sure you know what you are doing read about people croaking every year form picking the wrong one. Morels are good because they are very distinctive... supposed to rain for the next few days around here - I will go out tomorrow.
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| Man !!! You are making me homesick!!! Wild mushrooms is about the only thing I miss from living in Illinois. Mushroom hunting is a family tradition in my old hometown and even as a small kid, I looked forward to the annual mushroom hunt in the spring. The best part though was the eating !!!! |
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I love the difference with people. If I ever said to my wife, lets go get some mushrooms in the woods, pick them, clean the bugs out of them and fry them....She would tell me to go get bent. If it aint sliced in a jar or a portabello on a sammich, I aint eating it 
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