Right in my neighborhood

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On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:50:05 -0600, "Janet Bostwick"
> wrote:

>Right in my neighborhood
>
>http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/s....2c644611.html
>
Lucky you!


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I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

$48.00 / lb. this morning at farmers' market in Chicago.

"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
...
> Right in my neighborhood
>
> http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/s....2c644611.html
>
Pick as many as you can and dry out what you don't consume now. Dried Morels
hydrate very nicely, and saute nicely, better than Porcinis, though neither
mushroom has the delicate taste of the fresh. Dried Morels sell for
$80-$100/lb as you probably know.

Kent

sf wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:50:05 -0600, "Janet Bostwick"
> > wrote:
>
>> Right in my neighborhood
>>
>> http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/s....2c644611.html
>>
> Lucky you!
>
>
isn't it interesting that the forest fires of last year pave the way for a
great mushroom harvest this year? I didn't know that.
Janet

Cuthbert Thistlethwaite wrote:
> $48.00 / lb. this morning at farmers' market in Chicago.

Yikes! I think we'll take a day trip. Some of the same area can be
surveyed for huckleberries later on.
Janet

Kent wrote:
> "Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Right in my neighborhood
>>
>> http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/s....2c644611.html
>>
> Pick as many as you can and dry out what you don't consume now. Dried
> Morels hydrate very nicely, and saute nicely, better than Porcinis,
> though neither mushroom has the delicate taste of the fresh. Dried
> Morels sell for $80-$100/lb as you probably know.
>
> Kent

When we first moved here many moons ago, we came across a lot of them just
sitting in and alonside a logging road. We didn't know what they were buck
picked them anyway and took them to a lady mushroom expert at the local
apothecary. She said they were safe to eat and we did. Yum!
Janet

Michael "Dog3" wrote:
> "Janet Bostwick" >
> : in
> rec.food.cooking
>
>> Right in my neighborhood
>>
>> http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/s...morel_mushroom
>> _hunting.2c644611.html
>>
>
> Oh man! How I envy you. How much did you haul in? I like mine
> sauteed in butter with s&p or breaded and fried... yummmmm...
>
> Michael
>
I haven't been yet. My daughter and family are visiting from out of state
next week and I thought it would make a nice trip for everyone. I can't get
over the fact that professional pickers are coming here from everywhere to
pick. I didn't realize that pickers went that far afield (so to speak). I
thought they pretty much stuck to their own neck of the woods.
Janet

On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:12:26 -0600, "Janet Bostwick"
> wrote:

>sf wrote:
>> On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:50:05 -0600, "Janet Bostwick"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Right in my neighborhood
>>>
>>> http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/s....2c644611.html
>>>
>> Lucky you!
>>
>>
>isn't it interesting that the forest fires of last year pave the way for a
>great mushroom harvest this year? I didn't know that.
>Janet
>
You know the saying: Every cloud had a silver lining!


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

> > $48.00 / lb. this morning at farmers' market in Chicago.

> Yikes! I think we'll take a day trip. Some of the same area can be
> surveyed for huckleberries later on.
> Janet


The people with the mushrooms were from south-east Wisconsin.

This farmers' market usually offers a bewildering array of jams and
preserves, though i don't recall seeing huckleberry.

Cuthbert Thistlethwaite wrote:
>>> $48.00 / lb. this morning at farmers' market in Chicago.
>
>> Yikes! I think we'll take a day trip. Some of the same area can be
>> surveyed for huckleberries later on.
>> Janet
>
>
> The people with the mushrooms were from south-east Wisconsin.
>
> This farmers' market usually offers a bewildering array of jams and
> preserves, though i don't recall seeing huckleberry.

I could be wrong on this, but I think that huckleberries are mainly a wild
plant of the Pacific/Intermountain West. I think there may have been some
success lately in propagating for farming. . .maybe. They are similar in
appearance to a blueberry, although smaller. Taste is sorta like
blueberries, but not really. Used the same way. You have to watch out for
bears as you pick. The bears stand or sit and gather in great armfuls and
are often difficult to see. The bears have dibs on them unless you want to
argue about it.
Janet