[hotdog642]

We got the ice but no snow..still depressing as hell. I read that this is the worst start of spring in the past 40 yrs...nuff already.

 

[geogymn]

Hey people! Hope all is well. Weather sucks but I have been harvesting leeks and boy are they tasty. Good luck this year! Enjoy the hunt!

 

[hotdog642]

Same to you Geo..here's hoping for a great year!

 

[Inthewild]

I am trying freezing some this year. I read if you cook them first they come out pretty good. So I sautéed them in batches then layed them out on cookie sheets in the freezer, after they were frozen I vacuum sealed them.

Big,

Sooo...how did they turn out? I just freeze dried mine by dredging in flour, then gave away to relatics, oops relatives. NO complaints. Waiting for your next recipe to hit the airwaves. I enjoyed last years.

 

[ChainsawHand999]

Dandelions are starting to pop in my backyard (Jefferson County). This next week should provide some good warmth that we so desperately need! Hopefully the early blacks will be coming soon.

 

[bigfish1212]

Big,

Sooo...how did they turn out? I just freeze dried mine by dredging in flour, then gave away to relatics, oops relatives. NO complaints. Waiting for your next recipe to hit the airwaves. I enjoyed last years.

They turned out great I don't see myself drying them at all anymore. I thought the texture was way better than dried and rehydrated. They were just as good as fresh IMO.

 

[CallmeHowie]

Anybody out hunting yet?

 

[Ashlee Godlewski]

I think I found a dryad saddle was wondering if they are a good eating mushroom?

 

[hoblershang]

I think I found a dryad saddle was wondering if they are a good eating mushroom?

There a ok mushroom if you haven't tried one Definitely try it. That my opinion.

 

[Barnacle]

I think I found a dryad saddle was wondering if they are a good eating mushroom?

I have heard on hear that they taste like watermelon rind?

 

[Inthewild]

I have heard on hear that they taste like watermelon rind?

Smell like watermelon rind/cucumber, taste like what you doctor them up with. Stem is very tough, some knives have hard time cutting. Not to mention your teeth.

 

[Ashlee Godlewski]

Thanks, they do have a watermelon rind smell going to try it tomorrow.

 

[Ashlee Godlewski]

Found 3 morels in my yard this morning

 

[sugarman]

What is the earliest anyone has ever found morels in upstate NY? When is everyone planning their first hunt this spring?

Usually i start mothers day,little to cold yet

 

[scope1]

What is the earliest anyone has ever found morels in upstate NY? When is everyone planning their first hunt this spring?

What is the earliest anyone has ever found morels in upstate NY? When is everyone planning their first hunt this spring?

What is the earliest anyone has ever found morels in upstate NY? When is everyone planning their first hunt this spring?

They are here in Columbia county Picked a dozen today

 

[johnboy696]

One more pic;

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Oneida County, Mohawk Valley

I’d be happy to find that much. Soon hopefully. Have some woods no one hunts I’m sure. Hoping to do well there.

 

[johnboy696]

Hi Everyone,
I have only been finding a few here and there in spots I found last year (saratoga County) and was getting discouraged! But today I found around 50 in a new spot, so my spirits are high again! I found around ten big yellow ones on a bank under some green plants (not mayapples but similar characteristics) with sunlight and then greys throughout the woods nearby to that with many dead trees.

This is exactly the type of habitat I hunt in sadly in CT I know it’s 5 years old the post but thanks for posting your pics of the areas. Helps me to hunt. Don’t have mountainy area inCT

 

[GCain]

Been a tough slow start for me in Chautauqua Co. Hopefully more to come in the next couple days