All Fried Up

The morels mushrooms have all been fried up and ate! Yum! Now I have get over my tick fears and go out and find more!

Fried Morels:

Ingredients:

1/2 to 1 cup or more of flour (depends on how many you are frying up)

Salt & Pepper to taste

Butter

Morel mushrooms

Instructions:
1. Heat frying pan till hot.
2. While pan heats, prepare flour mixture in a square or rectangular container. Mix all the flour with optional amounts of salt and pepper.
3. Melt 1/4 stick or 2 tablespoons butter in pan.
4. Dredge morels through flour mixture until well coated.
5. Fry until golden brown on both sides.

I've found that it is easier to cook up morels in small batches - 6-10 at a time. Otherwise you have to keep adding butter and then the flour mixture starts collecting and burning in the pan.

I've had recipes where the morels were dipped in an egg mixture before being dredged in the flour but find that you lose a lot of the morel flavor and end up tasting more egg. If you soak your morels in salt water prior to cooking (to kill of any slugs, etc) they are wet enough that plenty of flour ends up sticking. Or if you rinsed your morels under water first they would be wet enough as well.

Would love to hear about other recipes! Anybody have any good ones? I've read about a morel and asparagus omlet - but haven't tried it yet! Let me know!

The Hunt is On! Morel Season is Here!

Matt and I headed out on a little adventure this weekend and came home with lots of lovely finds! We found a grand total of 27 morels - but they are a hefty bunch! The biggest measured at 7 inches and the smallest was two! Lots of 3-5 inchers!




Here's our cat for size comparison. ;)



Now I have the thrill of the hunt streaming full in my veins - can't wait get another chance to head out and look for more!

Check out our full album of pictures here!

Read my husband's rendition of the trip on his blog!

Links about morels and morel hunting:
Preparing for the Hunt
Tricks and Secrets of the Trade
How to Find Morel Mushrooms - E-How

Marvelous Morels

Mustered up the energy to cook up the morels tonight before they got too mushy from soaking in salt water for the last few days.




Our sliced and soaked morels.




Rolling the morels in flour, salt and pepper.




Frying in butter till golden brown.




Yum!!

My Little Getaway

Ok, ok - so I am officially back in Indiana. :) A little tired, a stuffy nose, and, surprisingly, only two mosquito bites - well placed on my right upper eye lid and at my waistline where my pants rub - lol - but no worse for the wear. AND I had a great time! :)

We left Indiana at 7:30 AM Saturday morning and arrived at our destination at 3:45 PM. We left the next day around 3PM and I made it back to Indy by 12:30AM. Lots of driving.

Here are some of the many highlights from my getaway.


(My traveling position - feet up/socks off/map or book on lap)


A little fawn we spotted in the woods. She sat very very still for us. :)



Our finds - 40-50 morels.









We may not have found as many morels as we wanted to but we did see two frogs, plenty of slugs, a birds nest and a fawn! :) Thankfully we DID NOT see any elk or black bear - which are said to be returning to the area - glad they told us that as we were going home rather than as we were entering the woods. LOL!

Had a great time! It nice to come back to work refreshed - maybe not physically but at least mentally. :)