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Yeah -- I agree. I've seen them in places where they 'shouldn't be' enough that I try to keep an open mind about it. I guess if you spend all your time hunting under elms, you'll find all your mushrooms under elms.

Found 10 tonight. C'mon rain!

I can't see your posts, Mitch

funny guy.

Found 2. Yep, 2. None at my best spot last year. Gonna try to get out this afternoon again.

I've always heard that, Wayne. I've also heard it doesn't matter because the spores disperse soon after they pop. I'm of the opinion it can't hurt, so I use a mesh bag. I'm gonna get out this weekend and hunt some more. We got rain, but it's been cool. Had a frost this morning.

I thought you were poking me -- I was asking about the flavor of the mushrooms themselves.

Thanks Gavin/Leonard. I've read various things about the flavor of both of those mushrooms -- just trying to get a feel for what real folks think about them. Leonard -- that soup looks outstanding!

That's a whole lotta good all wrapped in one day!

helpful stuff there Wayne I guess I'll just go Google it. Sniffle.

How's the flavor on those Leonard? Just the mushrooms I mean/

Taxes?

The best time of the day is whenever you can go Those are the real thing, and there are variations of them that have the same conical shape, hollow stem, and pits -- but different colors -- black, gray, yellow. Another type called a half-free morel that has similar pitting, but the cap doesn't come down as far and isn't connected to the stem at the bottom -- they're sposta be pretty good though I've never had any. The false morels, or reds, look very different. Some folks eat them, but there's plenty of folks that get pretty sick from them. I don't know why anyone would take the chance. MDC has a pretty good primer on mushrooms here. I like to simply saute them in an oil/butter mixture with salt and pepper. Once they're done, drop a little more butter in the pan to melt, then pour the the whole thing over a good piece of toasted bread. They are excellent breaded and fried too. In my opinion, simpler is better. I see some recipes that have so much other stuff going on that the morel is lost. They're too delicious and rare to do that to them.

Went out today and found zilch. It's been pretty dry, but we're getting a gully washer as I type. I did see some trout lily, but they weren't flowering yet. Dandelions are up, May apples are up but small.

I got a feeling ducky's just getting started...

As to hops -- I'm on the other end of the scale. I prefer the malt side of things generally. A citrusy finishing hop is nice in some cases, but bitter isn't my thing. As for home brewing, I've moved more towards ciders the last few years. They're easier to make and appeal to more folks. They're pretty refreshing too, unlike most beers.

Well it doesn't look too hard or expensive to plug some logs and get several years of mushrooms. I'd bet there are more efficient ways to get honey than owning bee hives too. Part of the fun is in doing it yourself, right?

Yeah, McDonald sure screwed things up. Made them into a pop band. That's when I left and joined up with Christopher Cross. Chicks really dug him.

The better to prime with....

Sweet! That bald eagle sure sat still for you!

Thanks -- that's helpful Anybody else eat these things? You can buy plugs here.

Yeah -- we haven't gotten the rain we were promised here. It's 70-something out there now...

So Justin -- how was the soup/mushroom? You're still posting, so that's a good sign, I've never had one, but was looking online for growing mushrooms at home and those look pretty easy to do and produce year after year.

Where all the reports at? They're up according to multiple sources.

I've known wrench since the early 70's, when we were roadies for the Doobie Brothers. He's a far out dude. You all will dig him if you ever catch him on the flip side.