I haven't had time to hunt them this year. Or for the last few years. I know my son has them on his farm, because every year he'd pick a bag of them and bring them to my Mama, who would flour them, season them and fry them, sometimes alongside her eggs at breakfast.

Quite a treat. The hunting is as fun as the eating.

We got mushrooms weather but no morrels, never found any around here where I could hunt. Between Maywine and morels, I think I move in your neighborhood.

hmm never tried the egg and crackers, we just use some flour ..maybe i'll try the cracker..what kind of cackers did you use?

Just regular saltine soup crackers Bre. They were wonderful. We prefer the crumbs be very fine.

Dh traded a bottle of his home made blackberry wine for a bag of morels. Mmmm Mmmmm. We split them, soak them in cold salt water for a little bit to remove any bugs, dry off, roll in flour, fry in butter. Had enough to scramble with eggs the next day.

I found a dozen or so morels in my own backyard yesterday! I was terrified to eat them until I had done enough research to convince myself that I had the real thing. The first I floured and sauteed. The next I sauteed in butter and garlic, added in some asparagus and a dash of cream. Topped with a bit of fresh-grated Asiago cheese. Yum. Today I made the same recipe, but used fresh nettles from the yard instead of the asparagus.

But now I want more. I plan to walk the woods tomorrow--and hope.

How does one hunt for them?

They look to be very fleeting in very few places, but where I live might have them. And since it's rained nonstop forever, they could be around (I assume wet weather is what makes them happen). Wouldn't that be a great compensation for so much rain? I've attached this year's sightings below.

Here is a link that might be useful: sightings