Comments on: Return of the morels http://sustainablecommunitysolutions.com/2008/05/19/return-of-the-morels/ Alternative energy in Northfield, Minnesota Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:36:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Tracy Davis http://sustainablecommunitysolutions.com/2008/05/19/return-of-the-morels/comment-page-1/#comment-19275 Tracy Davis Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:41:39 +0000 http://sustainablecommunitysolutions.com/2008/05/19/return-of-the-morels/#comment-19275 I'm a purist - just butter. I have raw milk/cream so I can make my own butter in small quantities... fresh morels and fresh butter, how can you beat that? I’m a purist - just butter. I have raw milk/cream so I can make my own butter in small quantities… fresh morels and fresh butter, how can you beat that?

]]> By: Bruce Anderson http://sustainablecommunitysolutions.com/2008/05/19/return-of-the-morels/comment-page-1/#comment-18375 Bruce Anderson Tue, 27 May 2008 21:58:29 +0000 http://sustainablecommunitysolutions.com/2008/05/19/return-of-the-morels/#comment-18375 I love morels simply sauteed, straight up: a bit of butter and olive oil with salt (with or without a bit of garlic). What's your fave, Tracy? I found a few more morels yesterday. I agree they should be around here for another week or so--the season is very delayed because of the cool weather... I love morels simply sauteed, straight up: a bit of butter and olive oil with salt (with or without a bit of garlic). What’s your fave, Tracy?

I found a few more morels yesterday. I agree they should be around here for another week or so–the season is very delayed because of the cool weather…

]]> By: Tracy Davis http://sustainablecommunitysolutions.com/2008/05/19/return-of-the-morels/comment-page-1/#comment-18373 Tracy Davis Tue, 27 May 2008 21:48:06 +0000 http://sustainablecommunitysolutions.com/2008/05/19/return-of-the-morels/#comment-18373 My husband and I went out "morelling" this past weekend, in another undisclosed location about 100 miles north of here. (Of course you know that morel-hunters NEVER give away their sources!) We found almost all black morels, since it's a bit earlier in the season up there.... we got about 3/4 of a pound. Based on the delayed spring temps, I think we can still hunt around here for another week or so! Maybe we should share recipes if not hunting spots. :-) My husband and I went out “morelling” this past weekend, in another undisclosed location about 100 miles north of here. (Of course you know that morel-hunters NEVER give away their sources!) We found almost all black morels, since it’s a bit earlier in the season up there…. we got about 3/4 of a pound.

Based on the delayed spring temps, I think we can still hunt around here for another week or so! Maybe we should share recipes if not hunting spots. :-)

]]> By: Bruce Anderson http://sustainablecommunitysolutions.com/2008/05/19/return-of-the-morels/comment-page-1/#comment-18144 Bruce Anderson Mon, 26 May 2008 13:35:56 +0000 http://sustainablecommunitysolutions.com/2008/05/19/return-of-the-morels/#comment-18144 Jane, Morels are fickle in the extreme, in my experience. You can't count on them to be found year after year in the same location, even if it appears to be an ideal location (around the base of a dead elm with the bark just beginning to come off, for example). That's part of their charm! The hunt is the thing... Jane,
Morels are fickle in the extreme, in my experience. You can’t count on them to be found year after year in the same location, even if it appears to be an ideal location (around the base of a dead elm with the bark just beginning to come off, for example). That’s part of their charm! The hunt is the thing…

]]> By: Jane mcWilliams http://sustainablecommunitysolutions.com/2008/05/19/return-of-the-morels/comment-page-1/#comment-18063 Jane mcWilliams Mon, 26 May 2008 02:27:14 +0000 http://sustainablecommunitysolutions.com/2008/05/19/return-of-the-morels/#comment-18063 Bruce: What an elegant meal. I found 2 morels in my yard the year after an elm tree was removed . . . but never again. Do they come up year after year in other locations? A neighbor used to take a month off of work (May) to hunt for morels and sold them to fine restaurants in the Twin Cities - he has moved away - and I wonder whether he is now living on the proceeds. Bruce:

What an elegant meal.

I found 2 morels in my yard the year after an elm tree was removed . . . but never again. Do they come up year after year in other locations?

A neighbor used to take a month off of work (May) to hunt for morels and sold them to fine restaurants in the Twin Cities - he has moved away - and I wonder whether he is now living on the proceeds.

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