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| yellowjacket| | Riley, Oregon | | 101yellowjacket(at)gmail.com
May 26, 2010
Picked 4 1/2 pounds of blond and black morles yesterday May 24.
Drying 4 pounds and eating the rest for breakfast.Rolled in Farm fresh eggs and flower fryed in olive oil its the best,should have dryed 1/2 pound and ate the 4 pounds. Is it OK to dry and then freeze them? |
| Shroomsniffer| | Near Ft. Wayne, IN | | kentcq(at)gmail.com
May 18, 2010
By far, the best way I have found to preserve them is to dry. Split, clean and put them in a dehydrator for about 24 hours then bag in storage bags. I put them in my cupboard and they keep fine for at least 2 years. (longest I've tried it.) Soak them at least 3 hours submerged in water to completely rehydrate. They will swell to almost their original size.
To keep in the frig for any length of time, use the 'green bags' originally sold on TV and now at Dollar General, Menard's, etc. They do work! Rid the shrooms of any excess moisture before putting them in the bags in the frig. I have kept them 3 weeks in the frig and they remain like just picked.
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| jmcharry| | Wilmington, NC | | May 17, 2010
Processing mushrooms in a hot water bath is asking for botulism. They are non acid. |
| FoodSaver| | | | May 16, 2010
So, is it ok to use a Foodsaver to store your morels after they are already froze? I'm about to take some frozen ones off the cookie sheets and use my new FoodSaver. |
| Tarrin| | Faribault, MN. | | tldg(at)bevcomm.net
May 14, 2010
FYI, Tried my canned mushrooms last night, and they are delightful. No canning salt just mushrooms and water and a hot water bath for 40 min. Drained the water, fried them up in butter, then scrambled some eggs right with them. YUM YUM. |
| Tarrin| | Faribault, MN. | | May 10, 2010
Found 104 mushrooms last week, froze about 20, but the others i packed into jars and filled the jars with water, put on seals and rings loosly and gave them a hot water bath for 40 min. pulled jars from the water and tightened seals, the mushrooms shrank to about half there size but when they cooled off the came back to about 90% of there size. have not tried any of them yet, just concerned if anyone else has tried this method, and how they taste, or if they will be any good??????????????? |
| magz| | | | May 09, 2010
how long can you keep morels in fridge if they have been soaking in water. we have been gone all week off and on. we did change water once but now the water looks kinda oily but shrooms smell and seem fine..just a few were soggy..are they still safe to eat? Thanks |
| jason the mason| | , wi | | May 07, 2010
I put a good size pile in a collander and put it on top of my dehumidifier in the basement.Dries them out perfect everytime. |
| MorelBiginthePants| | | | May 06, 2010
Do you think people in the drying and freezing message board give a lilly about if there are morels poppin where your from? Your messages along with mine should be deleted off this forum its clutter and a waste of bandwidth.
Thanks for the ideas guys I'm gonna try a few different ones and report back. |
| MIKEYB| | BRIDGMAN, MICH. | | HDWINDCHASER(at)AOL.COM
April 30, 2010
I HAVE FOUND OVER 250 MORELS IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, LAST WEEK I FOUND 150 BLACKS AND GREYS IN SOUTH WEST MICHIGAN ( ALL IN ONE WOODS) PLUS THE TICKS ARE NOT BAD AT ALL, THE LAST 4 DAYS WE HAVE FOUND OVER 100 WHITES, TODAY I FOUND 52 NICE 5-6 INCH WHITES IN LESS THEN 45 MINUTES, SO FAR THIS YEAR THE MUSHROOMS HUNHTING IS GREAT AND THE MUSHROOMS ARE EASY TO FIND ESPECIALLY FOR MY 3 GRAND CHILDREN HAPPY HUNTING |
| GR girl | | , MI | | April 28, 2010
Yes they are popping in Michigan, i'm by GR. and have found 23 this week. Good luck hunters!! |
| David | | Jackson, MI | | raganfan6(at)yahoo.com
April 28, 2010
Hey I think that the morels should be popping up soon, however have not heard about any, if anyone has found some in the Jackson area please give me a heads up because i don't know when to start hunting, thanks
David |
| Rod-Erie County, Ohio| | | | April 26, 2010
Its hard not to fry these up right away, but any extras we get, we do a couple of ol'e tried and true methods for long term storage. We wash them and thread them with thread and hang them up in kitchen. Looks like when you were kids stringing popcorn for the Christmas tree. They are dry in a couple of days and then freeze them. Just be sure that you drain all of the water out of them before hanging them up. The other method I use, is lay them out on window screening, with a small fan blowing on them. About 24 hours later, they are dry and ready for the freezer. We have kept them up to 2 years, and after a little soaking in water, they are ready to use. Tastes just as good as the day we found them. |
| Michael K| | Athens, oH | | April 20, 2010
I store morels in a dry paper bag and then put that bag in a sealed plastic bag. That way the paper bag absorbs any excess moisture so they do not rot and the plastic bag keeps in moisture so they do not dry out. They will easily last a week in the refrigerator that way. I am always amazed when I see mushrooms sitting out in markets drying out. I always think what a waste. |
| Michael K| | Athens, oH | | April 20, 2010
I store morels in a dry paper bag and then put that bag in a sealed plastic bag. That way the paper bag absorbs any excess moisture so they do not rot and the plastic bag keeps in moisture so they do not dry out. They will easily last a week in the refrigerator that way. I am always amazed when I see mushrooms sitting out in markets drying out. I always think what a waste. |
| morchellalalala| | humansville, mo | | April 17, 2010
Ive been gathering and preserving morels for over 20 years.and ive found the best way to preserve them is, after you pick them,split them. then place them in a single layer inside a sandwich bag. without washing them or soaking them. then place them in an empty butter tub or lidded pitcher and deep freeze. the extra layers of sandwich bags, plus plastic container keeps them from freezer burn, and it kills all the animals that were attached before freezing:) just make sure you preheat cooking oils and have all your batters ready to go before you take them from the freezer. and only remove a layered batch at a time, so you don't unintentionally allow the bulk to start thawing. just dip and fry while frozen and they'll almost be like fresh. the problem with pre-washing is too much water will damage the flavor plus cause a potential for freezer burn. |
| Mush head| | Northern , IN | | April 04, 2010
I have been half frying them and freezing them for years. You about can't tell the difference from fresh. You have to lay them on a cookie sheet to freeze and when you take them out don't thaw them. Just throw them straight into the butter |
| kristopher zachmann| | caro, michigan | | March 29, 2010
Ihave been picking mushrooms for about 15years,ran accrossed an Amish recipe.Canned morels.simple recipe pack morels into pint jar tight leaving 1 inch headspace,cover mushrooms with boiling water,1tsp canning salt.put canning lids on,pressure cook at 10 lbs pressure for 30 minutes.taste as good as fresh.been doing this for 4 years now,no more drying, |
| Pete| | Loveland, OH | | March 28, 2010
When I dry them, I cut in half and spread out on cardboard on floor around a lamp with a 75 watt bulb. After 24 hours I push them in closer because they have shrunk. After 24 more hours they are ready to store in a Jar and use later. Best result are obtained with the bigger yellows. Flavor was great six months later but the little ones didn't taste like much. |
| Michigan woman| | somewhere in Michigan, MI | | March 28, 2010
I'm with Wayne County Mushroom Man. That has been the best way for us. The pre-cooking and freezing is also pretty good, but if you want quick and easy, stick with mushroom man. |
| Wayne County Mushroom Man| | Some where In Wayne Co., IN | | March 08, 2010
If I want to freeze some shrooms Here is what I do:
Slice'm and wash'm just like you was fixin to fry'm fresh.
Pat'm good and dry and then give'm a light coating of flour.
Lay'm out on a cookie sheet and stick'm in the the freezer over night.(Thats right folks I don't cook'm before I freeze'm)
Next day take'm off the cookie sheet and stick'm in a freezer bag.
When you want to cook some, get your skillet ready, melt some butter and throw'm in. You don't want to thaw'm out first, just cook'm froze. If they thaw too much they get mushy).
Just cook'm up good and brown like you normally would. Might need a lil salt N pepper unless you added that to your flour before you froze'm.
I just had some Saturday that I froze last April.
They was real good and tasty. I won't say they was as flavorful as fresh caught but they was pretty darn good, considern. |
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