Comments on: What the Heck Are Morels?

By: Deb Newell

Deb Newell — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 08:32:06 +0000

As with any mushroom you have to soak it over night in salt water thereby getting ALL the worms out…otherwise you’ll alittle more protein. We find our morels in the woods/forest just as the snow line is melting and in the burn area’s along with calf brains and calf ears both good eating…..

By: Nancy

Nancy — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:47:42 +0000

Has anyone ever found any on the Eastern Shore of Maryland?

By: Marian

Marian — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:48:06 +0000

We’ve found morels in grassy areas,in the woods and in fields.We soak them in salt water to get the bugs out and use them in our spaghetti sauce,they are wonderful.Some people have told us they find them where there were old burns,but we never found any in burn areas.

By: jameskingsbury

jameskingsbury — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 02:49:32 +0000

My inlaws have a thirty acre apple orchard. One very wet spring a few years ago we harvested about 5 bushels of morels. The seem to grow under the trees where there was no or little grass, bare ground. they seem to do even better in the earth that was scratched up by the wild turkeys and the free range chickens. We still have some dried in the freezer and use them frequently. Oh ya, they also seem to like the sand, lossened not packed hard like shaggy manes do. Happy hunting.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:01:25 +0000

One of the best places to look for them is under apple and plum tree’s

By: Jamie Frederick

Jamie Frederick — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:48:46 +0000

I live in Pennsylvania. Haven’t found any yet. But the nights have been cold.

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:03:46 +0000

We look by elm trees and sometimes where the woods and pine trees meet.

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:02:08 +0000

We love to morel hunt! What a great taste and a treat. We think they have a nutty flavor. We soak ours to get the bugs out of them before we just fry them in butter.

By: Jaime McLeod

Jaime McLeod — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:47:18 +0000

Dianne, I have no idea! Your best bet would be to find a message board for morel hunters and see where other folks in your area have had luck. Of course, people are often reluctant to give up their secret spots. Here’s one place you can start: http://www.morels.com/boards/