Comments on: Morels are here http://elginite.org/blog/2008/05/17/elgin-illinois-morels/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:33:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: RS http://elginite.org/blog/2008/05/17/elgin-illinois-morels/#comment-45000 RS Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:22:27 +0000 http://elginite.org/blog/2008/05/17/elgin-illinois-morels/#comment-45000 Jason, I think you have to go hunt for them. It would be nice though if wild mushrooms were available at the harvest market. But I guess there are a lot of things we wish for the harvest market: artisanal cheese, wild mushrooms, hmmm...lapin? Jason, I think you have to go hunt for them. It would be nice though if wild mushrooms were available at the harvest market. But I guess there are a lot of things we wish for the harvest market: artisanal cheese, wild mushrooms, hmmm…lapin?

]]> By: Jason C. http://elginite.org/blog/2008/05/17/elgin-illinois-morels/#comment-44990 Jason C. Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:00:06 +0000 http://elginite.org/blog/2008/05/17/elgin-illinois-morels/#comment-44990 Where can morels be found? Elgin Harvest Market? Where can morels be found? Elgin Harvest Market?

]]> By: Paula http://elginite.org/blog/2008/05/17/elgin-illinois-morels/#comment-44896 Paula Mon, 19 May 2008 17:40:12 +0000 http://elginite.org/blog/2008/05/17/elgin-illinois-morels/#comment-44896 Ooooh, I'll have to go hunting for some. Ooooh, I’ll have to go hunting for some.

]]> By: RS http://elginite.org/blog/2008/05/17/elgin-illinois-morels/#comment-44887 RS Sun, 18 May 2008 01:16:45 +0000 http://elginite.org/blog/2008/05/17/elgin-illinois-morels/#comment-44887 People who are selling them of course want to make them sound like truffles or something, so you have to take their acclaim with a grain of salt. Really it's a matter of preference and availability. If the champignon de paris (button mushrooms) were not so easily cultivated, it might be at the top of the charts. That said, morels are always on the list of people's favorites, along with cepe, chanterelle, etc. It is an excellent mushroom, with a unique flavor, shape, texture and form, which all count for something. The flavor is not an overt one in the way that cepe, for example, pronounces itself in a loud way. Rather, it sort of haunts the periphery of your taste buds and comes across as subtle and sophisticated. They should be eaten once a year. People who are selling them of course want to make them sound like truffles or something, so you have to take their acclaim with a grain of salt. Really it’s a matter of preference and availability. If the champignon de paris (button mushrooms) were not so easily cultivated, it might be at the top of the charts. That said, morels are always on the list of people’s favorites, along with cepe, chanterelle, etc.

It is an excellent mushroom, with a unique flavor, shape, texture and form, which all count for something. The flavor is not an overt one in the way that cepe, for example, pronounces itself in a loud way. Rather, it sort of haunts the periphery of your taste buds and comes across as subtle and sophisticated.

They should be eaten once a year.

]]> By: Jessica http://elginite.org/blog/2008/05/17/elgin-illinois-morels/#comment-44886 Jessica Sun, 18 May 2008 00:36:28 +0000 http://elginite.org/blog/2008/05/17/elgin-illinois-morels/#comment-44886 I saw someone selling these on craigslist. Are they as good as the person says? I've never seen or eaten one before. I saw someone selling these on craigslist. Are they as good as the person says? I’ve never seen or eaten one before.

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