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Good morning....many thanks for some interesting ideas..

FYI..some time back Alton Brown did a “Good Eats” episode where he scientifically proved that washing mushrooms does absolutely no harm to them..that they absorb NO water if they are washed. Ever since then, I happily, soak, then rinse, my mushrooms...

FYI..some time back Alton Brown did a “Good Eats” episode where he scientifically proved that washing mushrooms does absolutely no harm to them..that they absorb NO water if they are washed.

In my Johnny Carson voice
....“ I…I did NOT KNOW THAT!!!” …thanks

CHOCOLATE CHIP CHEESE BALL

I usually label this cheese ball so guest are aware of its difference
INGREDIENTS:
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips (reserve some for rolling with pecans)
• 3/4 cup finely chopped pecans
DIRECTIONS:
1. In a medium bowl, beat together cream cheese and butter until smooth. Mix in confectioners' sugar, brown sugar and vanilla. Stir in chocolate chips. Cover, and chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
2. Shape chilled cream cheese mixture into a ball. Wrap with plastic, and chill in the refrigerator for 2 hour. (though best if overnight, rolls into ball easier)
3. Roll the cheese ball in finely chopped pecans before serving.
4. Serve with chocolate teddy grahams, pretzels, vanilla wafers, cinnamon sugar pita chips, etcoption: cover in chocolate buttercream frosting, over the chopped pecans
OR either with heath bar, snickers, butterfinger, toffee, crushed Oreo's pieces, M&Ms, decorator sprinkles etc…

we struck gold this past spring...my husband was able to go out and mushroom hunt with an expert friend he has and my husband picked about 18 pounds of morels......

you had to wash them.....being a deep woods inhabitant, they had quite a few bugs....

so they placed them in a big tub outside and ran the hose on them....pulled them out then...but there still were some ants....I picked them off as I saw them, but I figured, what wrong with a little extra protein....