It's Morel time again........ - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

#1 05-13-2005, 02:07 PM

My venison tenderloin will be blessed with these little honeys tonight.

aklim · #2 05-13-2005, 02:37 PM

If they aren't Magic Mushrooms, I'm not intersted.

#3 05-13-2005, 03:11 PM

Kuan, my friends in MN are finding them in the Minnehaha park BTW.

djugurba · #4 05-13-2005, 04:09 PM

I think I missed them down here this year. dah! maybe I'll go huntin' tomorrow.

they are almost as good as aklim's preference, but taste indescribably better

Botnst · #5 05-13-2005, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by djugurba

...they are almost as good as aklim's preference, but taste indescribably better

Especially if you eat his first and wait a couple of hours.

suginami · #6 05-13-2005, 07:11 PM

I must be a moron.

I have no idea what a morel is.

Botnst · #7 05-13-2005, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by suginami

I must be a moron.

I have no idea what a morel is.

It's the sweet-tasting mushroom in the pictures that Medmech posted. They are hollow but have a firm, crispy wall. They are most abundantly found in old growth hardwood forests in the northern tier of states (though they do make it into NE TX, LA, MS, AL, and NW GA.). Interestingly, there's a cultural component, too. Folks of British and Spanish extraction in the USA are less likely to think of fungi as food while folks of Korean, N Chinese, N Japan, and Eastern Europe are quite likely to enjoy collecting wild mushrooms for food. This gets a small number of people, especially Koreans, in some trouble in the USA because there's a look-alike fungus in the USA, which looks like a Korean fungus, that is deadly. It's in the "Death Angel" group. Almost certain death if not addressed early in the poisoning.

The kind that AKLIM was talking about contain a psychotropic drug and grow primarily on cow dung in moist, cool weather. They taste so foul that you gota really want a buzz to eat them. Plus, they have chemicals in addition to the ones some folks like that have got to be emetic because most people get somewhat to severely nauseated after ingesting only few (3-4) fresh mushrooms. But the buzz is wild and long lasting. Folks who are into spelunking through the detritus of their subconscious believe it is worth the puke factor.

Oh, the dung-growing mushrooms are illegal. It's a felony. Don't do it. Puke and get busted and ruin your life for a buzz?

djugurba · #8 05-13-2005, 07:56 PM

what happened to last year's morel moral of the story thread?

dtf · #9 05-13-2005, 08:07 PM

Morels are my favorite. Soaked in Cognac for a brief period is a good way of preparing them without overloading the dish with the Cognac flavor. I believe one of the deadly active chemical in most poisonous mushrooms is methyl hydrazine. Nasty stuff. Also used as oxidizing agent for rocket fuel.

boneheaddoctor · #10 05-13-2005, 09:24 PM

Never had a morrel mushroom before.....maybe that a good thing....one less thing to crave.

Botnst · #11 05-13-2005, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by dtf

Morels are my favorite. Soaked in Cognac for a brief period is a good way of preparing them without overloading the dish with the Cognac flavor. I believe one of the deadly active chemical in most poisonous mushrooms is methyl hydrazine. Nasty stuff. Also used as oxidizing agent for rocket fuel.

Dump the mushrooms, drink the cognac.

#12 05-13-2005, 10:00 PM

B, would you like another shipment of mushrooms?

Regarding Cognac, way back in the good ol' days my buddy swiped a bottle of booze from his grandfathers cellar. The hangover didn't feel like the $1800 a bottle one that his grandfather was so pissed about.

#13 05-14-2005, 01:52 AM

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Oh, the dung-growing mushrooms are illegal. It's a felony. Don't do it. Puke and get busted and ruin your life for a buzz?

Seems sort of weird to me. How much harm can you do in a cow pasture? Start slinging manure at the cows? Maybe that clears up that ufo cow mutilation issue. Mad shroom eaters gone bezerk. OT: Isn't a law like that unconstitutional? I seem to remember a rebellion shortly after the country was formed involving whiskey and the constitution. I don't think it went in the farmer's favor so maybe there is a clearly established precedent of trying to control what people ingest. I have never done drugs, don't smoke, and I don't even drink but every time I hear about drug laws it pisses me off big time.

aklim · #14 05-14-2005, 02:39 AM

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Originally Posted by laurencekarl

Seems sort of weird to me. How much harm can you do in a cow pasture? Start slinging manure at the cows? Maybe that clears up that ufo cow mutilation issue. Mad shroom eaters gone bezerk. OT: Isn't a law like that unconstitutional? I seem to remember a rebellion shortly after the country was formed involving whiskey and the constitution. I don't think it went in the farmer's favor so maybe there is a clearly established precedent of trying to control what people ingest. I have never done drugs, don't smoke, and I don't even drink but every time I hear about drug laws it pisses me off big time.

I think the dung mushrooms he is refering to are of the magic variety

#15 05-14-2005, 04:29 AM

I knew what he was talking about.

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