10pointer Posted March 30, 2007 Posted March 30, 2007 what areas of the state are you guys finding em? Im here in st.charles county and i havent even begun to look for em for fear its too early. I have some super hot spots locally that produce alot each year so im not too worried. They say its looking to be the best year in a long long time because of all the moisture etc. Cant wait to get up to the motherland up in northern missouri where we usually find hundreds each year in just a day or two. Up there wont produce for another 2 weeks at least though...
Don Posted March 30, 2007 Posted March 30, 2007 This thread accompanied with my desire for early morels led me to my woods this evening. I've hunted my local spot half a dozen times and most I ever found was seven with help of my kids. It's definately not a great spot, but it is my back yard. I needed an excuse anyhow to explore the woods the first time since the ice storm. After an hour and a half, I only came up with three, 2-3 inches each. I found them all in Maypalms. Last year's tornado and this year's ice storm wiped out three of my deer stands. I needed to look at my big favorite. Scouted through there and it was all good. I stopped and counted my blessings. It was a well needed stress buster walk. I flushed up a covey of quail, about 15 birds. They weren't really fat birds, but it was good to see a few in the area for a change. I also found a top half skull with antlers of a 5 point buck. It made me wonder how he met his fate. Mushrooms are soaking in salt water for tomorrow night's appetizer. Later.....Don Don May I caught you a delicious bass.
Gavin Posted March 30, 2007 Posted March 30, 2007 I scouted a new spot last night..it looked shroomy as all get out, but all I found were some litte brown mushrooms, probably mica caps, and a bunch of rotten oysters. Its getting close, planning to check some known producers on Sunday. Ticks are out, pulled two off me last night.
Terry Beeson Posted March 30, 2007 Posted March 30, 2007 ...I'm going after poke sallet this weekend. Ah, yes... Poke greens... Mother Nature's sprang tonic!!! But they don't even serve it at Poke Salad Mary's in Silver Dollar City... Of course, most extension agents will tell you NOT to eat it. It DOES contain toxins... My experience has been the young shoots boiled a few times over will get rid of the toxins. Then, put them in some butter in a frying pan, mix in some beaten eggs and a little sugar, stir until the eggs are done... MMMmmmMMM MMM MMMMMmmmmmm!!!!! It'll put lead in your pencil for sure!! Poke greens, saute'd morrells, and wild turkey stew!... With a wedge of fresh hot cornbread... honey and butter... Better'n hamhocks and grits!!! TIGHT LINES, YA'LL  "There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process." - Paul O’Neil
Crippled Caddis Posted March 30, 2007 Posted March 30, 2007 Just think how many generations of poor Southerners would have starved to death during 'Reconstruction' and during the Depression era of the past century had they followed that advice. Education is wasted on too many. "If you choose to grant me nothing else let it at least be my portion to be a good man. If learning alone is granted us, it puffs up and ruins and does not edify".------Petrarch "You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in their struggle for independence." ---Charles Austin Beard
Crippled Caddis Posted April 9, 2007 Posted April 9, 2007 <what exactly is poke sallet? i have never heard of this before.> Transplanted Yankee, huh?;o) Any Suth'unuh knows that Poke sallet is a potherb prepared by boiling the leaves of the wild Poke plant in several exchanges of water to remove the toxic elements. It can then be eaten as is or combined with eggs as Terry suggests. I like it with 'pepper sauce' which is Jalapena peppers steeped in a bath of vinegar. Only the vinegar is used to sprinkle as a condiment---the container may be topped up with vinegar when low and the peppers will impart their fire to many cycles. It has a zestful punch! Terry: The oldtimers took a pokeberry a day (known to be poisonous!) as a remedy for arthritus. Can't say I could recommend it tho I have tried the regimen without ill effect. CC "You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in their struggle for independence." ---Charles Austin Beard
MrsDucky Posted April 9, 2007 Posted April 9, 2007 I think it would be fun to go mushroom hunting, but I do NOT like to eat them! After this bout of cold, will there be more mushrooms soon? A lot of old remedies and old wive's tales hold some truth...it's just a matter of finding that truth without suffering the consequences with it! Personally, I look for rings around the moon to predict precipitation, and how fat and wooly the caterpillars are, and how big squirrel tails get to predict bad winters, and, yes, I do sometimes schedule hair cuts in the waxing or waning moon to help it grow or keep it short. Does it work? Of course! How well? Ummmmmmm.... I can bring home the trout...fry it up in a pan...and never let you forget I caught it! 'Cause I'm a woman!
Leonard Posted April 10, 2007 Posted April 10, 2007 I agree with Mrs.Ducky... squirrel tails can tell a winter...rainbow Rings around the moon it'll rian in the couple of day... and by the cloudy full moon... when the big boys come out to play..hehehe Instead of the poke greens (eww!!)... I like the spring time water cress salad, with a fresh melon and a piece of fruit... ( it keeps your pipes really clean~!) http://www.taneycomonights.com
Crippled Caddis Posted April 10, 2007 Posted April 10, 2007 MrsDucky wrote: <A lot of old remedies and old wive's tales hold some truth.> You might be surprised to know how many ethnologists and socialists---er, sociologists the major drug industries have sifting the earth for tribal (i.e.: 'witch doctor') and 'medicine woman remedies using local plants. Just a discovery here and there from the gleanings of the folk remedies can earn, quite literally, billions. You didn't REALLY think Pfizer, et al, were just 'greenies' for supporting the various 'save the rain forest' groups did you? ;o) "You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in their struggle for independence." ---Charles Austin Beard
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