Morels 2022?

buschman wrote:

I found about 45 last night. Picked 30 of them and left a few small ones to grow. A few I found in a sunny area were just about to old to pick. I caught them right in time so they have been up in some areas that I look for a week or so. I should be pretty good this next week here in the Metro for blonds/yellows.

I found about 100 little grays last night and most were very small, 1/2″ to an inch probably. My great grandpa once told me that they will not grow anymore after they pop. Any truth to that? I feel like I have left them for a few days in the past and when I came back, they were not any bigger. I did leave these but I have my doubts they will be bigger when I go back.

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My experience says they will still be an inch tall when you go back. And I’ve had them dry up on me too.
I love the greys better than yellow but them inch high buggers are hardly a bit after cooked. Still good though.
I haven’t found many yellows yet so with rain, they’re still coming.

Had my 1st meal last night. Dam They are GOOD!!

My dad says the same thing. I left some from Saturday til Tuesday and they got bigger but not much. I think the yellow ones grow more. I know ive picked them and gone back a few days later and the stem is triple in size.

They will grow but need heat and moisture.. Put a jar over one and leave the others left alone. If it is getting cool at night and no rain the one with the jar will double growth of the other one!!

Dont forget, they are all one inch at one time. They will grow!! I will be back to check on the ones I left yesterday and am confident they will be 2-3 inches easy.

I gave the 20 or so I found this year to my uncle, so I have no morels either now but I do have plenty of asparagus

buschman wrote:

They will grow but need heat and moisture.. Put a jar over one and leave the others left alone. If it is getting cool at night and no rain the one with the jar will double growth of the other one!!

Dont forget, they are all one inch at one time. They will grow!! I will be back to check on the ones I left yesterday and am confident they will be 2-3 inches easy.

Ok Slabz, I’ve been wrong before so I hope you report back and let us know if they did or didn’t grow anymore.
I’d leave the smaller ones if I thought they’d grow more but every time in the past, they did not even with plenty of heat/rain.

Now that I think about it, buckybadger had a buddy leave some too and was going back later to see if they grew.
Bucky did you’re buddy give you a report?

haleysgold wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>buschman wrote:</div>
They will grow but need heat and moisture.. Put a jar over one and leave the others left alone. If it is getting cool at night and no rain the one with the jar will double growth of the other one!!

Dont forget, they are all one inch at one time. They will grow!! I will be back to check on the ones I left yesterday and am confident they will be 2-3 inches easy.

Ok Slabz, I’ve been wrong before so I hope you report back and let us know if they did or didn’t grow anymore.
I’d leave the smaller ones if I thought they’d grow more but every time in the past, they did not even with plenty of heat/rain.

Now that I think about it, buckybadger had a buddy leave some too and was going back later to see if they grew.
Bucky did you’re buddy give you a report?

Went back last night and I picked them all, 262 of them to be exact. After 2 days of sitting, I would say there was little to no growth but that is just me eyeballing them. Granted the weather was cooler and fairly dry and the gray ones usually do not get very big anyways. Tough to say unless I actually measured them before and after.

haleysgold wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>buschman wrote:</div>
They will grow but need heat and moisture.. Put a jar over one and leave the others left alone. If it is getting cool at night and no rain the one with the jar will double growth of the other one!!

Dont forget, they are all one inch at one time. They will grow!! I will be back to check on the ones I left yesterday and am confident they will be 2-3 inches easy.

Ok Slabz, I’ve been wrong before so I hope you report back and let us know if they did or didn’t grow anymore.
I’d leave the smaller ones if I thought they’d grow more but every time in the past, they did not even with plenty of heat/rain.

Now that I think about it, buckybadger had a buddy leave some too and was going back later to see if they grew.
Bucky did you’re buddy give you a report?

He went back and said they were on such a steep slope that they had soil washed right over them in that night’s rains. He picked them the next day and they were about the same size. Had they not been covered in eroded mud the results could’ve been different? Hard to say.

I’m going to give it an hour or 2 in the woods tonight again. Hoping for the classic spring “Look and Hook” dinner Saturday evening of morels from tonight and a few walleye fillets from the last river outing.

Side note – Check yourselves for ticks people. My last outing I had 9 crawling on me. We pulled 17 off the in-laws dog last night who doesn’t venture very far into the woods.

buschman wrote:

They will grow but need heat and moisture.. Put a jar over one and leave the others left alone. If it is getting cool at night and no rain the one with the jar will double growth of the other one!!

Dont forget, they are all one inch at one time. They will grow!! I will be back to check on the ones I left yesterday and am confident they will be 2-3 inches easy.

Buschman-
I’ll have to try the mason jar thing next time I find some. I think that could work! Any report on the ones that you left?

slabz wrote:

Buschman-
I’ll have to try the mason jar thing next time I find some. I think that could work! Any report on the ones that you left?

I will let you know. I have not been able to make it back out but will tomorrow. I have seen this work both ways. I have seen them get big!! We need heat for this to happen. It was cold and rainy last night so my guess is they have not grown much but I will not assume. I will check them out and hope to see some new ones also. I have also seen them stay the size of your thumb for a week before drying up and I have left them and come back to find them 3-4 inches tall and plump. I believe it comes down to the climate. The jar is a fun trick. Give it a try. It will keep them from getting too cold or drying up too fast. Introduce moisture and heat and they will get bigger if they were young ones.

found theses walking the dog today

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We looked today but didn’t find any. I’ve never found one so maybe I overlooked them but the lady has found them before and also didn’t find any.
DT

Last night got into fair amount

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I stopped back at the tree were I left a couple. The ones I left were about 2.5-3 inches tall. What’s better is there were 9 more nice ones that came up around the tree about the same size. This are is exposed to the sun and think I found them right when they were popping out of the ground on Wednesday. Was a nice sight to see.

Found a few last night

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Is there a method of cooking shrooms that has them NOT taste like they were grown where you dump a honey bucket & where they don’t have the texture of 100yr old rubber bands? Shrooms are about the only thing I cannot get near my mouth, I’ve tried many times. my ex would eat as many as I made & her fav were sautéed in a butter/wine sauce. For me- It doesn’t matter if grilled, sautéed in anything, baked, breaded, deep fried. They instantly come out when I bite one, before I projectile vomit.

All I do is cook them in butter. If you don’t like them then you don’t like them I guess

throw 1/4 stick of butter in a small cast iron pan. Roll the rinsed and halved morels in a little flour. Toss them in until crunchy. Be sure your pan is hot enough before adding them. Salt and pepper as they cook

Wallyhntr1 wrote:

Is there a method of cooking shrooms that has them NOT taste like they were grown where you dump a honey bucket & where they don’t have the texture of 100yr old rubber bands? Shrooms are about the only thing I cannot get near my mouth, I’ve tried many times. my ex would eat as many as I made & her fav were sautéed in a butter/wine sauce. For me- It doesn’t matter if grilled, sautéed in anything, baked, breaded, deep fried. They instantly come out when I bite one, before I projectile vomit.

Shrooms are better the morels, your ex sounds like he / she knows

Lmao!! This ol dog doesn’t play sword fights… And to me- there is no difference in a mushroom or how cooked.. I’ve wanted to like them as both my ex’s loved them.

Been really busy last week through this weekend. But at least I can say I didn’t get skunked in 2022. I found 4 this afternoon that looked like they we’re almost withered away but this mornings rain moistened them. I left them for next year. Between youngest kids baseball, and oldest kids trap league and fishing in an ameture fishing tournament Friday/Saturday on Mille Lacs this coming week is really busy. looks like this years picking is over for me. 😢

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Got out for the second time this year on Saturday. The first go around (Tuesday 5/24) we only found a few on the edges of the fields. Hardly anything in the woods. Saturday they were just about everywhere we looked & found a few good spots picking a couple dozen at a time. In the end, they were absolutely delicious!!

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I haven’t found a ton this year, but enough to keep this guy happy. I’m going to keep checking for a bit since the weather is staying cool.

Made a quiche yesterday for the first time, and it turned out great. Asparagus, ramps, and green onions all from the back yard. I also added feta and parmesan. Kept the bacon on the side because I didn’t want it to overpower the morels.

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