Sorry for eaves dropping but I need to correct something. You can find them in any supermarket in the North. In Tennessee, people still believe that any mushroom picked in the woods is poisonous. We moved to Tennessee when I was young, from Crawfordsville, Indiana, where mushroom hunting had its own festival. In Tennessee, you could barely talk locals into eating them, let alone, go hunt them, lol. All that meant was more for us,, LOL. Again, sorry for eaves dropping, but I hadn't heard anyone talk about morels in years. Greg -----Original Message----- From: <RSPRGV@aol.com> To: <ILVERMIL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, July 24, 1999 8:39 PM Subject: [ILVERMIL-L] Re: [ILVERMIL-D] Morel Mushrooms >Hi all, > >I was excited to hear that Morels were native to some areas of Vermilion Co. >I was born and raised in Hoopeston and didn't get down to Kickapoo a lot. > >Morels are one of the hottest culinary mushrooms out there. They are wrinkly >and hollow so they take some extra cleaning to make sure that there are no >"critters" in them. Basically they can be used just as you would use any >other mushroom, but I understand that a simple saute of just morels or a >combination of morels and other fun fungi (chantrells, cepes (brown Italian), >shiitake, etc.) is good. I haven't had the pleasure of actually trying them, >but they are a regular ingredient on "The Food Network" (www.foodtv.com). >They are very seasonal and rather pricey. > >Not knowing where you live, if you are in or visit a city at anytime you >should be able to find them in-season in any good supermarket. I have seen >them in our more upscale market here in S. TX (in a town of under 100,000). >They are also available dried. > >Now I have to go out and find some to create some "New" old family, Vermilion >Co. recipes with them now that I know that they are "Ours" > >Scott Pittman >rsprgv@aol.com > > >==== ILVERMIL Mailing List ==== >Vermilion County, Illinois >The ILGenWeb Project >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilvermil/ > >============================== >Search more than 274 MILLION NAMES and find your ancestors at Ancestry.com! >Get started today at http://www.ancestry.com/rootswebtext.asp >