Just wandering if anybody else enjoys these while out spring scouting their hunting grounds and/or stump shooting.
Gotta LOVE the muggins - it's almost time, and all this rain is really gonna have em up good!
my father is originally from WV. and there has been times when i've set in the woods waiting for him wondering "where in the h_ll is he".then he'd show up with a pocket full of mushrooms..those and ramps..but up here in vermont they call them leeks.
Along with a mess of Crappies.
Now your talking Jack!
For me deep fryed morels is the only way to go.
Here in South-Central Illinois, the black and grey mushrooms are just starting in our first spring turkey season. Weather permitting that is!! My wife just found 10 black sponge yesterday. I'll be lookin' Monday morning after I get out of the blind!!! I like em' fried up in the morning for breakfast with soft eggs and fresh jowl bacon. MMMMMMM... Makin' me hungry!!
Good luck and happy hunting,
James
Boys are finding them in Indiana, Ill, Mo and southern Kansas.. We are at least 3 weeks out but waiting..
I like to watch the lilacs, When they start to bud, you are close. When they start to open, the shrooms are poking up.. When they start to shed their blossoms, the shrooms are getting dried out etc..
Works for me most of the time, but I have found them on April 1 and seen them as late as June
The third week of April here in Pa. is getting into Morrell time. I let the ramps in the ground....you can smell them for miles..eeeech!
What type of area do you find them in? I never seem to see any, and I am out in the woods often.
What is/are your favorite ways to prepare them??
I had some this morning with eggs . I picked last year. Yes we enjoy hunting them but in Idaho we are looking at late May early June. If you are able to pick a hole bunch with some care they freeze well and will last the season into the next. We find them when looking for spring bear.
I didn't know they grew in the snow, here I wasn't even looking.
Hunting morels is one of my favorite pastimes the last week of April to the middle of May. One of our traditions is to collect them the day before Mothers Day and bring a batch for her. My favorite way of preparation is on a grill over an open fire after dipping in a mixture of soy sauce and melted butter. Don't grill'm too long.
Got my eye out here in the middle of Il., just east of St.Louie. None yet. Cold comin in tomorrow. Might put em off for a week.
got called to a woods fire yesterday as i was fighting the fire i found some, funny if im looking for them i cant see them. loyd
I heard someone call them "Molly Moochers". never heard them called that before.
Not looking yet, usually towards the end of April and 1st of May.
Don't start to see them around here until late April-early May.I'll be looking for them while turkey hunting and stumping.One thing I've learned is pick 'em when you find 'em...if you think "I'll give them a couple more days to grow" they might be gone when you come back,the critters like them too.
I like to cook them up in a skillet with eggs or sautee them and put them over a steak just off the grill...yummy.
i live in indiana and my grandpas already found about 25
They are still hiding under the snow here in MN.
2 inches last night
Three weeks maybe 4.
I've found 78 so far- a good season here in north Mississippi. Fried the first batch. Last night I made a morel cream sauce with 2 cups of halved morels cooked in butter, a cup of cream, some flour and seasonings and a little wine. After pouring it into a bowl and wiping out the pan, I cooked two filets to rare, starting by searing on top of the stove and finishing in a 500 degree oven when turned. After the steaks were done, I took them out of the pan and added the morel sauce back to it and rewarmed it with the leavings from the steak. The mushrooms and sauce were poured over the steaks, and served with fresh asparagus from the garden and a baked potato, one of the best meals I've had in years!
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How about some ramps?
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I would like to go to southern Ohio to hunt some. When do you expect to be able to find them in southern Ohio?
Don...let me know when you are cooking..I'm headed to MS....dang that sounds good....now I'm going to have to go raid the fridge....
Sipsey, they should be coming in now. Check this site:
http://morelmushroomhunting.com/morel_progression_sightings_map.htm
Hard freeze last night in mid-Missouri. We have good ground moisture, but the weather needs to start improving pretty soon.
26 degrees here in NE Kansas today... Still too cold to check my patch out back. Sure do enjoy them with bacon and scrambled eggs. :)
I found 72 in snow showers yesterday. May go out and find some more today. It got cold here last night, but I think there'll be more to find.
My brother in law has picked 3 messes so far in Parke Co. In.1 st. batch made our local paper last wed.Going now to scout turkeys and look around!
Are Morels found in South Central Pa. ??? Desperado
Desperado, yes. Check the link to the progression map that I posted earlier.
I'm just glad they haven't popped their heads up here yet. If they had, they'd now be under the 8" of snow we got Monday. Probably about a month to go here.
Desperado .Yes they most definately are in fact i found two today they were tiny little ones about the size of your finger nail check around your older local orchards this weekend coming up.with th erain here mid week and the warmer weekend they should be about right. right close to boyers orchard before you get to the michaux state forest is where i found the two i got today but im sure there are better places actually you can find them on the gettysburg battlefield but your not "supposed to"
I found 69 more over the weekend in north MS. Most of them had been up for a few days, and only a couple were fresh ones. I think it's about over here. Here's Easter Sunday's harvest:
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If it wasn't for the morels, turkey season would be a complete bust! Totals for the season: Turkeys 0, morels 146.
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Found these today, first ones of the year here in Kansas. Look out this weekend, tomorrow and Fri. in the 70's and more rain on Sat.