mushroom garden

[bully]

i have been thinking about a mushroom patch.

has anyone made one and had any luck?

here is a site that sells morel spawn.

http://www.buymorels.com/

Thanks

bully

[kkbait]

Check this site out. It has some useful info


http://www.pashroomin.★★★★★★★★★.com/index.cgi?

[hillbillyBob]

we just look for wild mushrooms,no need to plug our own,Warning be dame sure you can ID them, you might get just one mistake

[tam91]

I have Hen of the Woods mushrooms, which are spreading in my yard - I had baskets of them last year. Also, two giant puffballs (I wish they would spread more).

I've looked at that morel site, I had morels once and they were amazing!

[hillbillyBob]

tam your morels should come back when the weather is right for them, they need so many days of cold wether to grow

[tam91]

Unfortunately, when I said I had morels, I meant that I bought some and ate them, not that they're in my yard. I sure wish they were. I have been thinking about trying one of those kits.

Morels are the YUMMIEST!

[Worth1]

I have heard it was almost impossible to grow Morels. I have never had one.

Worth

[tam91]

We just happened across some at a farmers market in a small town we were driving through. Bought just a few - they were amazing.

I guess you can get dried ones, I haven't tried those - perhaps by the time you rehydrated them and cooked them, they'd be good. I'll have to try sometime.

[Linda10]

When I was growing up in Illinois, we would go to the woods and pick morels. What a treat! I missed them so much when I moved to California that I ordered the starter kit and set it up in my back yard. Unfortunately, we don't get enough cold weather for success, even though I tried by throwing ice cubes on the pile every day

[hillbillyBob]

Originally Posted by tam91

We just happened across some at a farmers market in a small town we were driving through. Bought just a few - they were amazing.

I guess you can get dried ones, I haven't tried those - perhaps by the time you rehydrated them and cooked them, they'd be good. I'll have to try sometime.

yep they should be as good, we fry them as soon as we get them Hummmm goood

[tam91]

I'm in Illinois, but have never found any. I sure wish!

[Gobig_or_Gohome_toms]

MMMM morels a spring time favorite and family tradition of eating them once or twice in the spring for me and my family love them!!!

Craig

[imp]

Okay, time to confess my total ignorance- i have only eaten the white button mushrooms and the same sort with the brown caps- like them a great deal, but what do morels or hen in the woods taste like?

[tam91]

Oh gosh, I don't know how to describe a taste very well.

I guess I'd say they have a stronger, richer flavor perhaps.

The morels really soak up whatever you're cooking them in. The hen of the woods are very firm, they have a different texture too.

Giant puffball is quite different from either btw - it has a delicate flavor, and is very soft, almost like a cloud.

[imp]

what are some of the ways to prep them?

general question, I know, LOL!