[Rhodes22-list] Mushrooms

[Steven Alm]

Brad,

Yeah, that's typical around here too.  The secret is even kept from family
members.

Slim

On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 4:32 PM, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:

> Slim,
>
> "I think it's illegal to sell them comercially and the
> hunters guard their secret locations, so they're quite rare."
>
> Yeah, no kidding.  Every other year my hometown newspaper runs a photo of
> my
> Dad sitting on an elm stump surrounded by hundreds of morels.  My brother
> took the picture.  I've tried the "how many morel seasons do you have
> left?"
> with my Dad with no luck.  The, "what the heck, you don't live there
> anymore" line with my brother gets answered with, "neither do you".
>
> Next season I may put a GPS tracking device on my dads truck.  You know,
> just in case he gets lost in the woods.
>
> Brad
>
> On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 4:55 AM, Steven Alm <stevenalm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Bill,
> >
> > There are plenty of picture books to help you identify the various
> species.
> > 'Shrooms come in all different shapes, colors and sizes.  They also grow
> in
> > varying but specific situations.  In the case of the Morel, if it's this
> > time of year in MN and you see one growing from a rotting elm tree and it
> > looks like a human brain in its appearence, it really can't be anything
> > else
> > but the coveted morel.  I'm not really a big mushroom eater but these are
> > different.  Sauteed in a little butter is all you need do.  Try them if
> you
> > get the chance.  I think it's illegal to sell them comercially and the
> > hunters guard their secret locations, so they're quite rare.
> >
> > http://thegreatmorel.com/
> >
> > There is something called a "false morel" which looks similar but it
> grows
> > in the sand and/or from pine trees and has a different season.
> >
> > Another example:  If you're walking through a cow pasture in southern
> > Florida in the spring just after a rain and it's a steamy afternoon and
> you
> > see one growing out of a "cow pie" and it has a big golden cap with a
> thin
> > black fringe and a blueish stem,  you don't even have to eat it--just
> > handle
> > it with your bare skin and soon the cows will start talking to you!
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psilocybin_mushrooms
> >
> > Slim
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 8:51 AM, Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:
> >
> > > How do you know you're not going to die when you eat a wild mushroom?
> > >
> > > Bill Effros
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thena Carville wrote:
> > > > Steve,
> > > > Thanks for the update on Roger...some of us really miss him...Gary
> > > working
> > > > for the police dept...heh heh...in the traffic division?...heh heh...
> > > > Thena
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> > > > [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Steven Alm
> > > > Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 1:30 AM
> > > > To: Rhodes
> > > > Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Met Roger P. on our Shakedown
> > > >
> > > > Sunday, June 1st.  Went for our first sail of the season today.
>  Temps
> > in
> > > > the low 80s, winds light and variable.  We motored about half the
> time.
> > >  We
> > > > beached on "Boy Scout Island" and searched the area for morel
> > mushrooms.
> > > > This is their time--when the lilacs bloom, after a rain, followed by
> a
> > > hot
> > > > day.  But no luck.
> > > >
> > > > After getting under way, from behind me I heard, "STEVE!!!"  I looked
> > > around
> > > > and saw a paddler in a kayak.
> > > >
> > > > "Zachu, Roger?" I yelled but I knew damn well who it was.
> > > >
> > > > I hove to and himself boarded Fandango (demonstrating his deluxe
> kayak
> > to
> > > > Rhodes equilibrium boarding system) and we offered him beer and
> snacks
> > as
> > > we
> > > > drifted and chatted for about a half hour.  This week his wife, Deb
> is
> > > out
> > > > of school in MI and coming to be with him for the summer.  Son, Gary
> > has
> > > > been hired by the Madison, WI police dept.  Roger is still traveling
> > the
> > > > world with his position at Emerson and is talking wistfully how it's
> > four
> > > > more years until he can retire and move back home to Sanford.
>  Dynamic
> > > > Equilibrium is still on the hard getting a bottom job.  We did not
> > > mention
> > > > "da list."
> > > >
> > > > For those newbies who weren't here then, Roger was a prolific
> > contributor
> > > to
> > > > the list before he got tired of the political banter and left a
> couple
> > > years
> > > > ago.
> > > >
> > > > But we're near full-pond at the lake and all systems GO on Fandango's
> > > > shakedown--let the good times roll!!!
> > > >
> > > > And that's all the news that's fit to print from Lake Minnetonka.
> > > >
> > > > Slim
> > > > __________________________________________________
> > > > Use Rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org, Help? www.rhodes22.org/list
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > __________________________________________________
> > > > Use Rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org, Help? www.rhodes22.org/list
> > > >
> > > >
> > > __________________________________________________
> > > Use Rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org, Help? www.rhodes22.org/list
> > >
> > __________________________________________________
> > Use Rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org, Help? www.rhodes22.org/list
> >
> __________________________________________________
> Use Rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org, Help? www.rhodes22.org/list
>