Morel Bonanza!!!

[Yellow Dog]

Probably been discussed...but share your meal prep methods for these tasty morsels (sorry about the play on words).

[Guest]

YellowDog

Whwn I get home I cut most of the stem and cut in two lenghtways.They you have to rinse the morels and soak in water or saltwater to get the bugs and the rest of the dirt off,not so good when your chewing on dirt.Then you can put them in a container in fridge and pour water out of container every hour or so until most water is gone or lay on paper towel and pat dry.Then

1-I lightly sprinkle flour on them and put them in a low heat frying pan or small kettle with a small amount of water(a couple teaspoons of water)add some butter to your liking and heat for 12-15 minutes,take out and enjoy.

2-Dry your morels again and dip in mixed up egg,then dip in ground up cracker crumbs and fry in butter until golden brown and again enjoy.

3-I like to saute the grays as they have a little more flavor and tend to be a little more tender,and the yellows can be sauted but i like them better in the cracker crumb mixture IMO.

4-Also if you look under Morels in google you will find many ways to prepare and either dry or freeze to preserve.

[castmaster]

i've read alot of stuff that says NOT to wash morels, but to cut in half and use a brush to clean. using water allows them to soak up water and alters flavor and texture.

[Guest]

YOU CAN USE A BRUSH TO CLEAN THEM BUT YOU WILL BEAT THEM UP ALOT,I WASH THEM LIGHTLY TO REMOVE THE DIRT AND DONT BELIEVE I LOSE ANY FLAVOR YET I ALSO DONT HAVE A DIRT CRUNCHY MOREL TO EAT.SO MANY TIMES IF YOUR TO ROUGH WITH THEM THEY CRUMBLE APART,AT LEAST THAT HAS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE.

[mr wizard]

They are out! Found ten pounds on Sat. 5/21. Afton area

[Wayne Sieber]

Finally!!!!! I finally scored on Saturday too!!! Can't wait to get out again - Looks like a decent week shaping up. I found mine in South Eastern MN - Anybody up north doing any good?

[SportFishin']

We got a Camp-Out bonus!!! While cooking over the campfire in the morning yesterday our Cubs Scouts came out of the woods with a bunch of them. So I asked them to go back & find more of them & they came back with a bunch. YUM-YUM!!!

Later,

Chris

[M.T. Bucket]

I've found and consumed about 3 dozen of the black morels over the last week. I still don't know if we get the yellows up here. Fried them every time, gonna have to do something different with my next batch.

By the way, just from what I've read about them, I'm still a little bit nervous about eating many of the black morels in a sitting. Does anyone out there know of anyone who has had a bad reaction to them? Has anyone out there ever eaten the black morels?

[doser]

Lee,

Any luck lately? I finally was fortunate enough to find a few in a new location. Probably have found a total of 40 in the spot since I've been looking. Looks like it is slowing down in that specific spot though. Tried the old Turkey spot one more time last night...nothing. Misquitos were absolutley nuts though.

[Trouthunter]

Found about 25 more last night. Some of the yellows are starting to turn brown. Looks like it might be near the end for me.

[Guest]

Looked for some today with very little success,found about a dozen yellows and half of them were dried down.Lots of bugs,ticks and knee to waist deep weeds.Looks like it will end up being a pretty poor year.

[Wayne Sieber]

I had the same results last weekend with many already tipped over and brown. LEE - Do you really think it is over already?

[Guest]

Yes I do.The grays havnt come up in awhile and a few yellows continue to come.The problem you now face is alot of bugs,deep weeds and not to many new ones.If you are a die-hard and look long enough you may find some.Alot of the yellows im finding now have dried down and have some white mold on them.From what i have found is that when you start finding the real big yellows and some are molding it usually is over,but this year has been different and as we all know the more you think you know about Morels,usually they suprise you with something that does not make sense.This year im done.Good Hunting.

[doser]

Went out last night one more time to check the spots that produced for me. Found one yellow about 2 1/2" . Found nothing else. Foilage is pretty thick. I think I'm done looking. Heading up to Brainard area this weekend at the in-laws cabin so maybe I'll scrounge around up there one day.

[Wayne Sieber]

Doser - Where abouts in the Brainerd area will you be? I will be closer to Aitkin this weekend myself and plan on checking out a couple of areas. Good Luck!

[doser]

Pequot Lakes...right off of 371.

[Wayne Sieber]

That's an awesome area for fishing! Any luck ever on the shrooms?

[doser]

Never tried for the shrooms up there,but I'll give it a shot one of the days. Have found some nice indian heads and artifacts in that area though.....fishing is superb in that area too, your right.

[Wayne Sieber]

Indian Heads? I'm thinking you mean arrowheads - That would not be good finding an Indian head!!! Hahahahaha Sorry Doser, it is late in the day and my mind is already on Memorial Day vacation! Good Luck this weekend (with whatever you are searching for!)