what ever was it that got Yall started Over there with the Merkeld Pizzas tradition?
I thought is was just something @barndog
liked to do..now i here it Elsewhere ?
Barndog got me interested to try it last year on my first season, and let's just say it stuck haha
Tonight I'm gonna fry some up though!
Went after work (between rain showers) and still lucked out and found a quick few in my first spot before having to head home to wifey.
Got them low on the hill (750' above sea level), and half in the creek ditch going into the woods. Didn't have time to check higher up, gonna try a new spot tomorrow I think.
I planned on posting it up as people seemed interested, thanks yall! Turned out to be a great way to showcase that big morel flavor. EDIT: I posted my mini morel pizza bites on the recipe page for anyone curious! Page 2 on Morel Dinner Pics & Recipes thread.
Thanks SB
Hi! I found my first morels in Reston Va today. I am new to this and was wondering if you leave the smaller ones to grow and come back later? If so, how long do you let them grow? Some I found were smaller than a jelly bean.
Went out today on a short walk and found a few Blacks and the first Brown of the season. Not much, but enough to cover a frozen pizza. This weekend I hope to get a good haul and make some pizza from scratch.
Hi! I found my first morels in Reston Va today. I am new to this and was wondering if you leave the smaller ones to grow and come back later? If so, how long do you let them grow? Some I found were smaller than a jelly bean.
Wife found a recipe we are trying tonight, "slow cooker pork chops" it called for mushrooms so she used some of the morels we found/dried last week, it's been in since 10 am, I will post recipe here and there if it's as good as it smells! It calls for beer too soooo....
Went again today and found a few, big pocket of tiny ones coming up a bit higher up for me (1250') that I left for Monday!
May try a new hill tomorrow on a hike with wifey if she let's me stray at all, haha.
Hi! I found my first morels in Reston Va today. I am new to this and was wondering if you leave the smaller ones to grow and come back later? If so, how long do you let them grow? Some I found were smaller than a jelly bean.
Yes, leave those to grow, but you are taking a chance considering how long it will be until you can get back there. And it depends on how heavily your area is hunted. I hunt mainly on my fish & game club, and it gets hunted hard! But years ago I found a morel that seemed "unique" to me, and I let it grow. It was late in the season so I tried to hide it in the tall grass as best I could. It is the morel in my avatar that is the farthest to the right. The largest morel I have ever found! It was May 22, or 23, so I figured a lot of people had given up by that time.
Went again today and found a few, big pocket of tiny ones coming up a bit higher up for me (1250') that I left for Monday!
May try a new hill tomorrow on a hike with wifey if she let's me stray at all, haha.
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Well, the recipe needs work so I won't post yet, the morels were good of course but the dish needed something. We did go out hiking today, we found one as we were leaving that we had both walked by twice! Dummies
A couple of us looked this weekend and only found a few scattered Blacks and greys. The woods have gotten very dry. So I think we need a good rain to pop out the next batch. Lo
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