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[Anonymous No.6911457]

Does anyone have any good tips on using Morels?

A buddy of mine send me a big plastic bag of dried ones he picked while on a hunting trip. I've never eaten them before, so I have no idea how to prepare them or store them.

Eat them on their own? Thrown them into another dish? Just looking for some info.

[Anonymous No.6911461]

>>6911457
That looks like my penis

[Anonymous No.6911471]

Try a few on their own. I've heard they taste like fish.

[Anonymous No.6911475]

>>6911457
like any delicious shroom, just sautee it in some butter with maybe some onions. eat it on some toast or by itself.

[Anonymous No.6911488]

I also forgot to mention that he only sent the dried heads. No stems. I'd also heard that I should be careful of fake morels, because toxicity. Signs to watch out for? I've read about cotton-like balls within the heads and wrinkled appearance instead of honey-comb.

>>6911461
If your ding-a-ling has a honey-combed head, you may want to seek medical attention

>>6911471
The scent oddly does remind me of meat

>>6911475
Definitely gonna try that with a couple of them. Thanks.

[Anonymous No.6911528]

Bumping once for anymore tips.

[Anonymous No.6911532]

slice em bread/dredge em fry em

[Anonymous No.6911538]

>>6911532
What do you think would taste better?

Soak them first and then bread and dredge? Or just fry them dry?

[Anonymous No.6911543]

>>6911532

This is how I eat them and god damn they are probably my favorite mushroom when prepared in this fashion

[Anonymous No.6911547]

>>6911538
probably need to rehydrate them but try one without and let me know the results

>>6911543
Mine too next to puffballs. Eat too many and they give you the shits though.

[Anonymous No.6911556]

Shave over wide pasta.

[Anonymous No.6911650]

>>6911471
round here we call them dry land fish. nobody even knows what the fuck a morel is if you use that word. cut them laterally and fry in cornmeal like fish

[Anonymous No.6911697]

>>6911556
Not a horrible idea honestly. But feels like a waste.

Before we Americans killed almost all of them, my parents and I used to come home with up to two dozen and simply fry them in salt with butter. I doubt my younger brother even remembers it. I wouldn't dare dilute a fresh morel by using it as an ingredient in pasta or rice, or as a topping. Morels are strong, but not as strong as truffles, though seemingly as rare.

Throw your dried in some nice risotto, but do not waste fresh morels. Ever. They're a fine thing.

Strangely enough I'm heading home as we speak. I have every intention of utilizing my mother next season during a mushroom hunt, she can smell morels from a quarter a mile away and I'm not exaggerating.

[Anonymous No.6911701]

>>6911457
Bread/fry as mentioned, also try broiling and basting with an herb compound butter

[Anonymous No.6911708]

>>6911697
>she can smell morels from a quarter a mile away and I'm not exaggerating.

She is though. If someone has experience hunting morels it can seem like they can hone in on them. Mushrooms are very predictable.

[Anonymous No.6911711]

>>6911457
http://scholar.google.com/scholar_url?url=http://www.jbc.org/content/276/9/6770.short&hl=en&sa=X&scisig=AAGBfm0nilwGGRee8i75cJX_JpvbL1BoxQ&nossl=1&oi=scholarr

Humans possess an enzyme that converts the chitin in fungus (virtually the whole structure) into glucose.

[Anonymous No.6911714]

>>6911697

Shaved over pasta is the same presentation as truffles though, which is why I suggest it. Using morels in a mix of anything is a waste IMHO.

[Anonymous No.6911729]

>>6911708
You've never been on a roadtrip with my mother and watch her pull the car over and go get mushrooms.

It's fucking creepy. She's done this shit in places she's never been before. She isn't hunting, she can tell when they're there.

[Anonymous No.6911733]

>>6911729

When I'm on a road trip with your mom, she's got other stuff on her mind

[Anonymous No.6911806]

>>6911697

They're not really rare, it's that they currently aren't cultivated. There are a few groups that are close to commercialization of them, but none currently do, afaik. I guess you can call that "rare", but they are much more plentiful when in season than truffles are.

[Anonymous No.6912382]

>>6911457
Morels are great in a sauce over veal scaloppine.

[Anonymous No.6912393]

My girlfriend got me a bunch of dried morels.
The first time I tried them was in a sirloin steak, which had like a creamy morel sauce on the side.

I was thinking of recreating that, because it tasted so good. Would sautéing with shallots and butter, season, adding JEM (a powerful firewater), reducing, adding cream and blending it be a good choice for this?

Bear in mind, I have no experience with morels and I want to be super careful with these imported and expensive mushrooms, hence why I'm still doing some research.

[Anonymous No.6912403]

>>6911475
This is the only way I've eaten them and I go mushroom hunting damn near every year. They're delicious.

[Anonymous No.6912407]

>>6911806
Aren't mushrooms a pain in the ass to cultivate? Since there are so many different conditions for them. Like morels are found near dead elms a lot and stuff so recreating that habitat is a bitch

[Anonymous No.6913268]

[Anonymous No.6913317]

>>6911457
only time ive had them, they were in a chicken, parmesan/similar cheese and cream sauce that . cant help you with a recipe name though

[Anonymous No.6913363]

>>6913268
Nice b8 m8

[Anonymous No.6913394]

>>6912407

Certain mushrooms are difficult to cultivate but a large number of good eating mushrooms are very easy to grow.

[Anonymous No.6913770]

>>6911457
>>6911457
>>6911457
OP, please pay attention to this post. Please cook this thing:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/chicken-with-morels-recipe.html

I've made this a number of times. It's a simple recipe, just fat, chicken, mushroom, and alliums, but hot fuck on a stick it is delicious as shit. Please make it.

[Anonymous No.6913831]

With veal sweetbreads and sour cream.

[Anonymous No.6913841]

>>6913831
Or with some chicken/cockerel and yellow wine