Growing up in northern Michigan, I remember my grandfather in the spring time spending a day out in the woods hunting them then mom cooking them.........
I haven't had morel mushrooms in decades and been vowing to head north some spring to hunt some.
My old home town growing up:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVxM5owPiPc
That looks like fun. I like regional festivals like that.
I’d agree that morels are the best, and IMO the best way to prepare them is just to slice them thin and saute the slices in a little butter. I could eat a whole panful. Haven’t had any morels since moving to Arizona in the 80s.
You would love living in Eastern Europe. When I did you only had to go to the local street market and there were mushrooms of every variety cheap sold by mushroom hunters. And oh my God.. The korbyczyk and ocsypek cheeses of the Tatras heated up with some fried fresh morels...
Unfortunately, no one has yet come up with a reliable method for farming morels. Which explains why the ones that are available fetch such a dear price.