Mushrooms are neither a fruit or vegetable (they are fungi) - but I thought this was the best place to post this.
We have walked for miles and miles on our farm looking for morels, year after year. We would find "enough" to keep us coming back "next year" ... but this sure was a nice find. Normally we find singles every so often. This year they are clumped up in a new honey-hole I found! They are still in singles on the rest of the farm.
They are soaking in salt water now. This evening, they will be sliced, then a little egg batter and seasoned flour (S&P only!) and then into the skillet!
I have dried morels in the past (forced air dehydrator, set at 90F) when we could not eat them all (a very good problem!) They smell absolutely amazing when dried. They do rehydrate back to normal size but are mushy. We now batter, flour and season extras and store them in the freezer. You take them from the freezer and drop them right into the skillet and they cook up just fine. Freezer burn is never a problem as these go fast.
We have walked for miles and miles on our farm looking for morels, year after year. We would find "enough" to keep us coming back "next year" ... but this sure was a nice find. Normally we find singles every so often. This year they are clumped up in a new honey-hole I found! They are still in singles on the rest of the farm.
They are soaking in salt water now. This evening, they will be sliced, then a little egg batter and seasoned flour (S&P only!) and then into the skillet!
I have dried morels in the past (forced air dehydrator, set at 90F) when we could not eat them all (a very good problem!) They smell absolutely amazing when dried. They do rehydrate back to normal size but are mushy. We now batter, flour and season extras and store them in the freezer. You take them from the freezer and drop them right into the skillet and they cook up just fine. Freezer burn is never a problem as these go fast.