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April 4, 2010 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
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mushroom garden
i have been thinking about a mushroom patch.
has anyone made one and had any luck? here is a site that sells morel spawn. http://www.buymorels.com/ Thanks bully |
April 4, 2010 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
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December 24, 2010 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
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we just look for wild mushrooms,no need to plug our own,Warning be dame sure you can ID them, you might get just one mistake
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December 24, 2010 | #4 |
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I have Hen of the Woods mushrooms, which are spreading in my yard - I had baskets of them last year. Also, two giant puffballs (I wish they would spread more).
I've looked at that morel site, I had morels once and they were amazing! |
December 24, 2010 | #5 |
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tam your morels should come back when the weather is right for them, they need so many days of cold wether to grow
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December 24, 2010 | #6 |
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Unfortunately, when I said I had morels, I meant that I bought some and ate them, not that they're in my yard. I sure wish they were. I have been thinking about trying one of those kits.
Morels are the YUMMIEST! |
December 24, 2010 | #7 |
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I have heard it was almost impossible to grow Morels. I have never had one.
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December 24, 2010 | #8 |
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We just happened across some at a farmers market in a small town we were driving through. Bought just a few - they were amazing.
I guess you can get dried ones, I haven't tried those - perhaps by the time you rehydrated them and cooked them, they'd be good. I'll have to try sometime. |
December 24, 2010 | #9 |
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When I was growing up in Illinois, we would go to the woods and pick morels. What a treat! I missed them so much when I moved to California that I ordered the starter kit and set it up in my back yard. Unfortunately, we don't get enough cold weather for success, even though I tried by throwing ice cubes on the pile every day
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December 24, 2010 | #11 |
Tomatovillian™
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I'm in Illinois, but have never found any. I sure wish!
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December 24, 2010 | #12 |
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MMMM morels a spring time favorite and family tradition of eating them once or twice in the spring for me and my family love them!!!
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January 2, 2011 | #13 |
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Okay, time to confess my total ignorance- i have only eaten the white button mushrooms and the same sort with the brown caps- like them a great deal, but what do morels or hen in the woods taste like?
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January 3, 2011 | #14 |
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Oh gosh, I don't know how to describe a taste very well.
I guess I'd say they have a stronger, richer flavor perhaps. The morels really soak up whatever you're cooking them in. The hen of the woods are very firm, they have a different texture too. Giant puffball is quite different from either btw - it has a delicate flavor, and is very soft, almost like a cloud. |
January 3, 2011 | #15 |
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what are some of the ways to prep them?
general question, I know, LOL! |
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