Fresh Morels

margaret suran said:

I saw beautiful fresh Morels at Citarella's Market yesterday. However,
their price was $44.00 per pound, more than I wanted to spend. The sign
did not say "$44.00", instead it read "$10.99 for 1/4 pound".

http://www.oregonmushrooms.com/default.aspx?

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margaret suran said:

I saw beautiful fresh Morels at Citarella's Market yesterday. However,
their price was $44.00 per pound, more than I wanted to spend. The sign
did not say "$44.00", instead it read "$10.99 for 1/4 pound". :o(

<lol> Gotta love marketing!
They snag the people that don't know how to read that way.

They run anywhere from $30.00 to $40.00 per lb. here too.
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Sheldon said:

margaret suran said:

I saw beautiful fresh Morels at Citarella's Market yesterday. However,
their price was $44.00 per pound, more than I wanted to spend. The sign
did not say "$44.00", instead it read "$10.99 for 1/4 pound".

http://www.oregonmushrooms.com/default.aspx?

Ooh Shel' baby, I knew we loved you for a reason. :-)

Their dried Morels translate out to $12.20 per lb. for fresh weight. The
average wet to dried ratio for mushrooms is usually considered to be 10
to 1. That is one good reason to buy the dried [censored] at MT.
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Sheldon said:

margaret suran said:

I saw beautiful fresh Morels at Citarella's Market yesterday.

However,

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their price was $44.00 per pound, more than I wanted to spend. The

sign

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did not say "$44.00", instead it read "$10.99 for 1/4 pound".

http://www.oregonmushrooms.com/default.aspx?

Ooh Shel' baby, I knew we loved you for a reason. :-)

Their dried Morels translate out to $12.20 per lb. for fresh weight. The
average wet to dried ratio for mushrooms is usually considered to be 10
to 1. That is one good reason to buy the dried [censored] at MT.

Geez... Kennett Square, PA, the mushroom capital of the world is just 15
miles away. Wonder how much they'd cost if I drove up? I might just!

You'll know when you're in Kennett Square. You can't mistake the odor.

Andy

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Sheldon said:

margaret suran wrote:
> I saw beautiful fresh Morels at Citarella's Market yesterday.

However,

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

> their price was $44.00 per pound, more than I wanted to spend. The

sign

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

> did not say "$44.00", instead it read "$10.99 for 1/4 pound".

http://www.oregonmushrooms.com/default.aspx?

Ooh Shel' baby, I knew we loved you for a reason. :-)

Their dried Morels translate out to $12.20 per lb. for fresh weight. The
average wet to dried ratio for mushrooms is usually considered to be 10
to 1. That is one good reason to buy the dried [censored] at MT.

Geez... Kennett Square, PA, the mushroom capital of the world is just 15
miles away. Wonder how much they'd cost if I drove up? I might just!

You'll know when you're in Kennett Square. You can't mistake the odor.

Andy

Areas that grow tons of wild mushrooms have no idea how lucky they are.
:-) Down south here, those things sell for a premium!
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margaret suran said:

I saw beautiful fresh Morels at Citarella's Market yesterday. However,
their price was $44.00 per pound, more than I wanted to spend. The sign
did not say "$44.00", instead it read "$10.99 for 1/4 pound". :o(

In the northwest - Idaho to Oregon mostly, they're free for the
picking.

-sw

Omelet said:

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Sheldon said:

margaret suran said:

I saw beautiful fresh Morels at Citarella's Market yesterday. However,
their price was $44.00 per pound, more than I wanted to spend. The sign
did not say "$44.00", instead it read "$10.99 for 1/4 pound".

http://www.oregonmushrooms.com/default.aspx?

Ooh Shel' baby, I knew we loved you for a reason. :-)

Their dried Morels translate out to $12.20 per lb. for fresh weight. The
average wet to dried ratio for mushrooms is usually considered to be 10
to 1. That is one good reason to buy the dried [censored] at MT.

Per the prices on the site, $12 * 16 Ounces / 10 = $19.20/lb.

-sw

Steve Wertz said:

margaret suran said:

I saw beautiful fresh Morels at Citarella's Market yesterday. However,
their price was $44.00 per pound, more than I wanted to spend. The sign
did not say "$44.00", instead it read "$10.99 for 1/4 pound". :o(

In the northwest - Idaho to Oregon mostly, they're free for the
picking.

Actually not... not unless you buy your own land (big bucks per acre,
and no guarantee there will ever be any morels) or get permission from
a land owner (ain't gonna happen unless it's like your brother)... and
picking on state lands requires a permit but foraging is usually
strictly forbidden. Were it oh, so simple to harvest morels they'd be
sold at the stupidmarket for $2.lb.

Best bet for wild 'shrooms is to buy dehys, they cost substantially
less than fresh, virtually no spoilage, they store like forever, and
they have about double the flavor of fresh because dehydration
concentrates flavor. Only thing lost is a little texture, and some
prefer the meatier texture of reconstituted dehys.

Sheldon

Omelet said...

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Omelet said...

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Sheldon <[email hidden]> wrote:

> margaret suran wrote:
> > I saw beautiful fresh Morels at Citarella's Market yesterday.

However,

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> > their price was $44.00 per pound, more than I wanted to spend.
> > The

sign

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> > did not say "$44.00", instead it read "$10.99 for 1/4 pound".
>
> http://www.oregonmushrooms.com/default.aspx?

Ooh Shel' baby, I knew we loved you for a reason. :-)

Their dried Morels translate out to $12.20 per lb. for fresh weight.
The average wet to dried ratio for mushrooms is usually considered to
be 10 to 1. That is one good reason to buy the dried [censored] at MT.

Geez... Kennett Square, PA, the mushroom capital of the world is just
15 miles away. Wonder how much they'd cost if I drove up? I might just!

You'll know when you're in Kennett Square. You can't mistake the odor.

Andy

Areas that grow tons of wild mushrooms have no idea how lucky they are.
:-) Down south here, those things sell for a premium!

Om,

The mushrooms are grown indoors in beds with strict controls for humidity,
nutrients, lighting, etc.

If you didn't know better you'll probably think the town just smelled
awful!

Andy

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Quoted message said:

I saw beautiful fresh Morels at Citarella's Market yesterday. However,
their price was $44.00 per pound, more than I wanted to spend. The sign
did not say "$44.00", instead it read "$10.99 for 1/4 pound". :o(

In the SF Bay AREA we get fresh morels for $18/lb
The other day we got wonderful fresh Porcini Mushrooms for $16/lb

Kent

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Steve Wertz said:

margaret suran said:

I saw beautiful fresh Morels at Citarella's Market yesterday. However,
their price was $44.00 per pound, more than I wanted to spend. The sign
did not say "$44.00", instead it read "$10.99 for 1/4 pound". :o(

In the northwest - Idaho to Oregon mostly, they're free for the
picking.

-sw

Fat lot of good that does us here! :-(
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Sheldon said:

margaret suran wrote:
> I saw beautiful fresh Morels at Citarella's Market yesterday. However,
> their price was $44.00 per pound, more than I wanted to spend. The sign
> did not say "$44.00", instead it read "$10.99 for 1/4 pound".

http://www.oregonmushrooms.com/default.aspx?

Ooh Shel' baby, I knew we loved you for a reason. :-)

Their dried Morels translate out to $12.20 per lb. for fresh weight. The
average wet to dried ratio for mushrooms is usually considered to be 10
to 1. That is one good reason to buy the dried [censored] at MT.

Per the prices on the site, $12 * 16 Ounces / 10 = $19.20/lb.

-sw

Did I miscalculate?

Sorry. Must have hit the wrong key.

It's still not $40.00 per lb. :-)
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margaret suran said:

I saw beautiful fresh Morels at Citarella's Market yesterday. However,
their price was $44.00 per pound, more than I wanted to spend. The sign
did not say "$44.00", instead it read "$10.99 for 1/4 pound". :o(

I have an easy and delicious recipe for stuffed morels if you are
interested.
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JL

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Steve Wertz said:

margaret suran said:

I saw beautiful fresh Morels at Citarella's Market yesterday. However,
their price was $44.00 per pound, more than I wanted to spend. The sign
did not say "$44.00", instead it read "$10.99 for 1/4 pound". :o(

In the northwest - Idaho to Oregon mostly, they're free for the
picking.

I went to visit my father a few weeks ago. He was talking about picking
wild morels as a kid in Kansas. That sounded funny to me, but I just
did a Google search:

http://newsupnorth.com/cgi-bin/morelsphpr.pl?eventid=008078

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Quoted message said:

Steve Wertz said:

margaret suran said:

I saw beautiful fresh Morels at Citarella's Market yesterday. However,
their price was $44.00 per pound, more than I wanted to spend. The
sign
did not say "$44.00", instead it read "$10.99 for 1/4 pound". :o(

In the northwest - Idaho to Oregon mostly, they're free for the
picking.

Actually not... not unless you buy your own land (big bucks per acre,
and no guarantee there will ever be any morels) or get permission from
a land owner (ain't gonna happen unless it's like your brother)... and
picking on state lands requires a permit but foraging is usually
strictly forbidden. Were it oh, so simple to harvest morels they'd be
sold at the stupidmarket for $2.lb.

Best bet for wild 'shrooms is to buy dehys, they cost substantially
less than fresh, virtually no spoilage, they store like forever, and
they have about double the flavor of fresh because dehydration
concentrates flavor. Only thing lost is a little texture, and some
prefer the meatier texture of reconstituted dehys.

Sheldon

No requirement here for special permit for recreational pickers of
huckleberries or morels. http://tinyurl.com/2xygxv
Janet

Dan Abel said:

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Steve Wertz said:

margaret suran said:

I saw beautiful fresh Morels at Citarella's Market yesterday.

However,

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

their price was $44.00 per pound, more than I wanted to spend. The

sign

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

did not say "$44.00", instead it read "$10.99 for 1/4 pound". :o(

In the northwest - Idaho to Oregon mostly, they're free for the
picking.

I went to visit my father a few weeks ago. He was talking about picking
wild morels as a kid in Kansas. That sounded funny to me, but I just
did a Google search:

http://newsupnorth.com/cgi-bin/morelsphpr.pl?eventid=008078

When I was a kid in downstate Illannoy, morels could be so plentiful that
they were practically considered "poor food", along the likes of the
blackberries that you could pick from the canes in roadside ditches or in
old abandoned cemeteries...

Treasure Island here in Chicawgo has them this week for $24.98/lb, that's
the cheapest I've seen them here...

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Greg

Janet B. said:

"Sheldon" wrote>:

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Steve Wertz said:

margaret suran wrote:
> I saw beautiful fresh Morels at Citarella's Market yesterday. However,
> their price was $44.00 per pound, more than I wanted to spend. The
> sign
> did not say "$44.00", instead it read "$10.99 for 1/4 pound". :o(

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

In the northwest - Idaho to Oregon mostly, they're free for the
picking.

Quoted message said:

Actually not... not unless you buy your own land (big bucks per acre,
and no guarantee there will ever be any morels) or get permission from
a land owner (ain't gonna happen unless it's like your brother)... and
picking on state lands requires a permit but foraging is usually
strictly forbidden. Were it oh, so simple to harvest morels they'd be
sold at the stupidmarket for $2.lb.

Quoted message said:

Best bet for wild 'shrooms is to buy dehys, they cost substantially
less than fresh, virtually no spoilage, they store like forever, and
they have about double the flavor of fresh because dehydration
concentrates flavor. Only thing lost is a little texture, and some
prefer the meatier texture of reconstituted dehys.

No requirement here for special permit for recreational pickers of
huckleberries or morels. http://tinyurl.com/2xygxv

Show me where it says you don't need permission... just becasue it
doesn't address the topic in no way means you may. That article
doesn't even define what lands. And in fact it mentions about
destroying the mycilium so that alone implies you need some kind of
permission to forage (you wouldn't know mycillium from your ass, I'm
sure you never harvested a mushroom and wouldn't have clue). In fact
most states do not permit foraging without permission and only in
designated areas at designated times... usually for fungi you must be
registered with a recognized mycological association and go as a
structured group by appointment. You can't just go wandering about
picking/taking whatever you please whenever you please, in any
quantity you please. And Federal lands are even more strict, and
becoming more strict by the minute. About all you can do is take
pictures, and leave nothing, in many areas you can't even leave
footprints... you better have a super telephoto lens. If they allowed
run amok scavaging there'd quickly be nothing left for generations,
that's why the National Parks are becoming super tight with new
closure rules. It's people like you who think it's okay to rape, as
long as it's not your person.

Sheldon

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Quoted message said:

margaret suran said:

I saw beautiful fresh Morels at Citarella's Market yesterday. However,
their price was $44.00 per pound, more than I wanted to spend. The sign
did not say "$44.00", instead it read "$10.99 for 1/4 pound".

http://www.oregonmushrooms.com/default.aspx?

Hmmm... Not bad, $23 a pound. It's been so long since I had fresh morels I
wouldn't know how to act 😉

Michael

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Sheldon said:

margaret suran said:

I saw beautiful fresh Morels at Citarella's Market yesterday.
However, their price was $44.00 per pound, more than I wanted to
spend. The sign did not say "$44.00", instead it read "$10.99 for
1/4 pound".

http://www.oregonmushrooms.com/default.aspx?

Ooh Shel' baby, I knew we loved you for a reason. :-)

Their dried Morels translate out to $12.20 per lb. for fresh weight.
The average wet to dried ratio for mushrooms is usually considered to
be 10 to 1. That is one good reason to buy the dried [censored] at MT.

I almost always have dried [censored] on hand. I use them in a lot of things
but it seems like they mostly wind up in my ramen 😉

Michael