buck460XVR
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yeah, we say mushrooms too.
We also hunt fall mushrooms like "hen of the woods ".
The younger generation is getting far removed from the primitive skills that we enjoy so much. I hope nobody will just go into the woods and pick fungus without knowing what to look for. They could wake up very.....,dead.
We hunt the fall 'shrooms too. But around here, Morels are Morels........period. Folks put them in a whole different category than other wild mushrooms. I'd always guessed that one reason so many folks like 'em is not because of their distinct flavor, but because of their distinct look. Very difficult to confuse them with poisonous varieties, unlike like the Pearl Oysters in the bag next to the Morels. So even the most naive can forage and eat safely. We enjoy oyster and pheasant back 'shrooms just as much as Morels. Fry them the same way and they taste pretty much the same. Trick with Pheasant Backs is to get them small, before they get tough. Those two pairs of legs in my pic are my DIL and a Grand-Daughter. Both are experienced foragers.