What Trad archers should let Trad archers know!

[Dan Worden]

Is there any truth to statement that morels have hollow stems and false morels are solid?

[ALW]

A buddy of mine found a mess this weekend here in WV.  I believe they were the half free and the brown ones with the heavier caps (black morels ?).  He found them in a mixed hardwood area with a lot of oak and poplar.  We seem to find more in stands of poplar than anywhere else.

Aaron

[B.O.D.]

I know where some are...this is last years 1 morning haul, Check out the sack 'o shrooms Jake is holding!

[B.O.D.]

[Lewis Brookshire III]

Do they taste like other mushrooms? Cause I hate mushrooms so it might not be worth my time. But I have heard so much about this kind in particular that they might be different.

[bowdude]

I have never done it, never had em.  Any bad mushroom lok alikes?  Have the next 3 days off so I will give it a try and get  some stumping in.  How do you cook them?

[Ray Hammond]

Revive,

to me they taste just like applewood smoked bacon cooking in a cast iron skillet smells...can you think of anything better than that??

[Lewis Brookshire III]

MMmmmmmmm, you just made me REAL hungry Ray. Think I will have to do some looking around as I am turkey hunting this season!!

[Lewis Brookshire III]

I wonder why they taste different than othher mushrooms?

Ant special way to prepare/cook them??

[Ray Hammond]

why does yellow corn taste different than white corn? There is no truth to the rumor that everything tastes like chicken.

I only know one way..so I will let the xperts tell you how to do them up. If you find some though, let me know, I've looked forever here and never found any.

[4runr]

Best fungus in the world Lewis. My wife used to say they taste like dirt, now she can't wait till April so we can find some.

Bowdude, I would not recommend finding them without someone who's done it before. I hear stories every year of people getting sick from the wrong kind. If they look like the ones Big Dog posted above they are safe.
I take them home, put em in cold saltwater in the fridg for a while. Rinse em off, split in half, roll em in flour, then fry em in butter, then hurry up and eat em before the kids know they're done.  

One year I found so many, we couldn't eat them fast enough. I cleaned em as above then instead of fryin em, I put em on cookie sheets and in the freezer for a couple hours. Take out the frozen shrooms and put em in freezer bags. We had fresh-like morels and Turkey breast for New Years dinner that year. My mouth's waterin just thinkin about it.

[bowdude]

Sorry - should have read the whole thread.  Thanks Osagetree.