Posted on 04/28/2015 9:46:23 AM PDT by US Navy Vet
Morel Mushrooms
The Montana should be Nebraska
The Morel Hunt was an annual statewide event when I lived in Michigan. Invariably 2 or 3 people would die each year from eating toadstools.
I never participated as I’m not that confident in my toadstool spotting abilities.
make some mushroom sauce out of them and then top a nice sirloin steak with it.
Clean the mushrooms to get the dirt off
Quarter the mushrooms vertically
50% olive oil (4 TBS)
50% butter (4 TBS)
Heat until oil it steams in cast iron (preferably)
Fry hot
Fresh Oregano de-stemmed, about 1/4 cup loose, add after a couple of minutes of frying the shrooms (optional)
Fry until at least some carmelization of the shrooms begins (moderate browning)
Add Salt to taste at the end only (it forces liquid out of the mushrooms)
Serve over really good bread
Morel risotto.
Option #2: Add fresh garlic roughly diced for the last 60 seconds only.
Lucky dog. My favorite way is the simplest. Saute in 1/2 butter 1/2 olive oil, not too much and just salt & pepper. Great with a steak or some rice. Or both. Enjoy! If you haven’t cooked them before they will cook down to practically nothing, so if you are getting a pound that would be about 2 meals worth for 2 people or 1 very hungry one.
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Risotto. Mmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Where did you get them?
Can you send exact address where they were found?
Ping.
Here’s a few of my favorite sites. Cook well. Notice the warning on toxicity from the Wikipedia site: small amounts of Hydrazine toxins. Do not eat raw or drink with alcohol, you might go into space, lol.
http://www.ohiomushroom.org/oms/FeaturedMushrooms.htm
http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~6676.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morchella#Habitat_and_ecology
Stew?
Morels are delish. Add some cheap red wine to it.
Must be a morel to your story. ...
I Looked on Craigslist:
http://omaha.craigslist.org/grd/5000078344.html This guy is in Papillion, NE
We think alike.
I remember my first mushroom risotto, featuring the most delicious scented morels. It was in Chamonix, snow falling all around, in a bright restaurant by the river, at lunch. It was served in a heated pot, enough to feed a family of four, and I enjoyed refilling my bowl. It was so good I had to eat very slowly. Every time I make it I am transported back to my first time.p
Risotto is easy to make but you need to stand there and stir. You can sip the white wine you use in the recipe while you do it, though. (I personally can’t, but you can! Alcohol gives me migraines.)
As little as possible. Butter olive oil sea salt fresh grnd pepper fresh garlic white wine, etc.
over pan seared pork chops, chicken.
or perhaps make bordelaise over steak.
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/bordelaise-sauce-with-mushrooms/
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