Whelp, I think I'm going to get out of here

[madokie]

and head to the woods in search for some oyster mushrooms. Its been raining here for the last few days a slow easy soaking rain exactly what should make them appear


there about 2 inch rain

TIA

My 'shroom searching golf cart from hell hasn't been out of the stall in over a month and I'm sure its ready to get out and stretch out some too.

Wish me luck

[LiberalLoner]

1. Good luck!

[pinboy3niner]

2. Have fun, guy!

[lastlib]

12. This battle of puns can only end in a mushroom cloud.......

[pinboy3niner]

13. Congratulations on finding a morel to the story

[lastlib]

14. (unfortunately, it's the only morel I've been able to find in recent years...)

I'm DYING for a good mess of 'em, but in recent years, I've had almost ZERO time to go hunting for 'em, and in the little time I've had, I've come up totally empty. Makes me sick--and hungry........... )

[panader0]

3. Look for these too.

[SammyWinstonJack]

7. Since we're through the looking glass now.

[tavernier]

4. Restaurant here called the Mellow Mushroom.

Everyone giggles when passing by because the signage and decorations are in keeping with the theme.

[Sophiegirl]

5. They make great pizza

Stopped at one in South Carolina while on a road trip.

Yummy.

[groundloop]

6. Mellow Mushroom is great... got pizza at their original store when I was in school

And good luck with the 'shroom hunting!

[n2doc]

8. Good luck and good hunting!

The best kind of hunting- doesn't require a weapon!

[bigtree]

9. good luck

...don't tip the cart!

[democrank]

10. Hope you find lots of 'shrooms, madokie.

Here in Vermont, my favorites are chanterelle mushrooms. Recently stopped in an agricultural store and saw a "grow your own" mushroom kit, which I found interesting.

Good luck on your hunt.

[madokie]

20. We have chanterelle's here but I don't find many

Not sure what the deal is with them and me. We also have Coral mushrooms in the fall that are mighty fine eating too. Then there is always the puffballs that some really like but I don't really care for them that much. Lions mane is another we find here but again I really don't care for them either. Hen of the woods mushroom on the other hand are a delicacy like morel are though

[Sherman A1]

11. Good hunting

[mopinko]

15. pics. i want pics.

working on my mushroom knowledge the last couple years, and i am eager to see what you get.

[2naSalit]

16. Me too!

[madokie]

18. I hate to disappoint you

but I came up empty handed today. Enjoyed the day out in the woods though. Its so peaceful, lots of wild life, beautiful hills and valleys, deciduous and pine trees.

My brother has 400 plus acres of ozark foothills land that backs up to about 15 square miles of uninhabited hill courtry that we have trails all though. In a couple months we'll be spending a lot of time down there in search for Morels. Last year we found 1035 morels, the year before we found 2180 morels. The years before that we'd find quiet a few and guess that we'd found maybe 4 or 5 hundred or so. So year before last we decided to keep a tally as to how many we actually found and that first year it was 2100 plus and last year it was 1000 plus. We give them away mostly, what we don't eat that is. I get pretty popular here in a couple three months

[mopinko]

21. i bet. i am looking forward to this little farm maturing.

it isnt like a tomato farm, more like on it's way to being a food forest.
last year i spotted on little morel! may it be fruitful and multiply.

got lots of inky caps, but i dont know any tea-tottlers, i dont think. got a few more less than prime edibles.

cultivating oysters and shitaki w some success. picky little bastard, tho. more fail than win so far.

[madokie]

22. I cut a tree up and brought it home and put it in my wood pile

that was covered in Oysters a few years ago and so far I've not found a single one on it.
Usually, in my experience anyway, if you find a tree that has oysters on it you can go back after a good soaking rain, like we just had, and always find at least a mess but for some reason this one hasn't produce for me. Soon as I eat my breakfast I'll go check it out and see if maybe this time it has some on it
I'd like to go back and make the round I made yesterday and see if maybe there isn't some on my honey hole trees that hadn't had time to come out but I have a sick truck that I need to attend to today, maybe tomorrow.

[MontanaMama]

17. A mushroom hunt sounds lovely!!!

I'm happy for you and envious. Our mushrooms are sleeping under a couple feet of snow..AND, we're rocking 10 degrees below zero this fine MLK day up her in Big Sky Country. A rainy day sounds like heaven.

How do you like to cook your oyster 'shrooms, madokie?

[madokie]

19. Tear them in strips

and dust them with flour, a tad of salt and pepper, fried in butter until golden brown. Looks a lot like french fries when done.

The good thing about Oyster's is they can be frozen and not loose anything where with morels they can be frozen but they're not the same once frozen and cooked. The way we freeze morels is dust them with flour, salt and pepper then put them on a cookie sheet and freeze then put them in freezer bags and leave them frozen until you're ready to give them a hot butter bath. Go straight from the freezer to the skillet

[MontanaMama]

23. Thanks!

Never knew oysters could be frozen...that's awesome!! Up here we dry morels because I agree with you, they lose their texture when frozen.

Hope you had a fruitful hunt and found a little peace in the woods.

[madokie]

26. I did find the peace

but my truck came down lame so that had me preoccupied and I didn't spend the time to really look. Hope to go back tomorrow providing my truck is fixed by then

[FormerOstrich]

24. Always remember

There are old mushroom gathers and bold mushroom gathers but there are no old bold mushroom gathers!

[madokie]

27. LOL

I have 5 mushrooms that I know that I gather and eat. I won't eat a new mushroom unless I sit down with someone who eats them and eat a mess first. Not pushing my luck

[malaise]

25. Enjoy the hunt and the

feast that follows