Tom 
Barrel Sampler
Posts: 2384
 | | 05-02-2005 05:48 PM |
| We are looking for some good outlets to secure fresh morels and mushrooms.
Any particularly good sources online?
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Joseph Bembry
Advanced Sommelier
Posts: 9448
| | 04-07-2005 12:01 PM |
| OK, how about May 1st?
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Corkage
Grape Puncher
Posts: 975
| | 05-02-2005 08:39 PM |
| www.earthy.com (I've ordered from them for a few things, not just mushrooms). There are lots more places on-line. | | | |
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NobleRot
Grape Puncher
Posts: 720
| | 05-02-2005 10:21 PM |
| Speaking of morels, this should be about the time they pop up in the wild. Does anyone want to share their secret spots?  | | | |
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ChangeMe
Grape Destemmer
Posts: 94
| | 05-04-2005 02:12 AM |
| Dartagnan always has a great selection
dartagnan.com | | | |
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Pool Boy
Laurl, MD (DC suburb)
Master of Wine
Posts: 13801
| | 05-04-2005 01:40 PM |
| I usually get them from Whole Foods. But the online angle seems quite convenient. Thanks for the links y'all. | | | www.roguefood.com -- www.cellartracker.com | |
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Chris
Grape Sorter
Posts: 246
| | 05-05-2005 07:34 PM |
| If anyone lives near farms that have stores, they carry them a lot. We dropped $60 last week on a pound a half of morels. They were delicious and worth it. Clean them well- soak in salt water, drain, and let dry for a while. Be careful as we found lots of little "passengers" in them. | | | |
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ChangeMe
Grape Sorter
Posts: 279
| | 05-29-2005 01:19 PM |
| I also get them from Whole Foods.
Yesterday I went in to buy some for dinner this evening, and some nimrod worker there was fingering one of the larger mushrooms. One of his co-workers looked at me as I stared in amazement, and said, "Um, sir, we have some more in the back that I can get for you." She brough out an entire box full of morels, and she let me pick the cream of the crop...tonight is going to be some fine eats! | | | |
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futronic
Toronto, Canada
Wine Bottler
Posts: 3214
| | 05-29-2005 02:00 PM |
| Quote:
Clean them well- soak in salt water, drain, and let dry for a while. Be careful as we found lots of little "passengers" in them.
The specialty mushroom vendor that I go to at the market specifically said to *not* soak them, since you'll lose a lot of the flavour and just be wasting your money. Instead she just said to rinse them lightly under cool water and then trim them.
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ChangeMe
Barrel Filler
Posts: 1475
| | 05-29-2005 03:16 PM |
| I think its good general advice NEVER to soak mushrooms in water (unless you are making a soup  ). A gentle cleaning with a soft bristle brush or a damp paper towel will do the best job. | | | |
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Seaquam
Barrel Filler
Posts: 1141
| | 05-29-2005 05:02 PM |
| Quote:
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Clean them well- soak in salt water, drain, and let dry for a while. Be careful as we found lots of little "passengers" in them.
The specialty mushroom vendor that I go to at the market specifically said to *not* soak them, since you'll lose a lot of the flavour and just be wasting your money. Instead she just said to rinse them lightly under cool water and then trim them.
I've always understood never to soak mushrooms (other than dried/dehydrated ones, of course) as well. They absorb too much of the water they're soaked in, and then become dilute. The "passengers" die when they get cooked. | | | |
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Chicago Wine Geek
Chicago Western Suburbs
Wine Steward
Posts: 7122
| | 05-29-2005 08:13 PM |
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I usually get them from Whole Foods. But the online angle seems quite convenient. Thanks for the links y'all.
From a previous post of mine: So I'm at Whole Foods last weekend. I pick up a packet of dried morels. Probably 8 dried mushrooms in the package. As I'm getting rung up, I notice that they scan at $28. Whoa! Picked them up and looked at the price on the package: $199.00 per pound. Told the clerk it had to be a mistake and he said it wasn't. I left them at the store. Then went around the corner to our everyday grocery store and bought a package the same size for $5. | | | |
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Al_ksyrah
Barrel Sampler
Posts: 2137
| | 05-30-2005 03:25 AM |
| Pre-packaged dried morels tend to run from $120/lb to more than $400/lb, with small quantities and grocery stores hitting the higher prices. If you found a small package of dried morels in your neighborhood store for (5/28)*199 = $35.50 per pound, that would be an incredible bargain.
If the Whole Foods package had only 8 dried morels, it should have weighed much less than (28/199)*16 = 2.25 oz. Typical grocery store packages run around 1/2 oz, cost from $12-$20, and contain more than 8 morels. Maybe that package had been weighed incorrectly. The price of $199 per pound is not out of line for a small package in a grocery store.
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Tom
Barrel Sampler
Posts: 2384
| | 05-31-2005 08:14 PM |
| Quote:
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Clean them well- soak in salt water, drain, and let dry for a while. Be careful as we found lots of little "passengers" in them.
The specialty mushroom vendor that I go to at the market specifically said to *not* soak them, since you'll lose a lot of the flavour and just be wasting your money. Instead she just said to rinse them lightly under cool water and then trim them.
*shrug*
Hmmm. I guess the passengers add that "special" flavour.
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futronic
Toronto, Canada
Wine Bottler
Posts: 3214
| | 06-01-2005 04:45 AM |
| *crunch, crunch* | | | |
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Al_ksyrah
Barrel Sampler
Posts: 2137
| | 06-01-2005 01:12 PM |
| They're more gooey than crunchy.
-Al | | | |
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Seaquam
Barrel Filler
Posts: 1141
| | 06-01-2005 01:36 PM |
| You need to get your pan hotter. | | | |
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