Chanterelle mushroom harvest 2012!!! - The Firearms Forum

aa1911 · 10-07-2012, 09:57 PM

The extremely dry weather here in western WA has hurt the shrooms a bit but only in size; they were out in full force as far as numbers though.

Discovered this patch last year during elk season, went about a month ago during my first bear trip and weren't any popped up yet, did a day trip to the mountains today with the family and bingo, nice crop awaited us.

gotta get them washed and dried, may freeze some too. Last year they were much bigger but still netted quite a harvest this year.

and no, I will not tell ANYONE where this is! my secret chanterelle patch....

hstout1143 · 10-07-2012, 10:01 PM

That looks like a bag full of good eats.

aa1911 · 10-07-2012, 10:03 PM

yeppers! they go for about $10/pound here lately.

Got skunked for morrels this year though, found all of about 2 total.

and those are the only two mushrooms I dare mess with, easy to recognize/ID and the ones that look close won't kill ya!

woolleyworm · 10-07-2012, 10:07 PM

Yum !! that's a nice harvest, only thing better than butter fried chanterelles is butter fried morels, as you may well agree. Top two mushrooms on my list.

aa1911 · 10-07-2012, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by woolleyworm

Yum !! that's a nice harvest, only thing better than butter fried chanterelles is butter fried morels, as you may well agree. Top two mushrooms on my list.

you said it!

crab stuffed morrels, hard to beat...

jack404 · 10-07-2012, 10:22 PM

$30 a pound here , all imported and from china , there was the American funguy import co here for years until he passed on ( correct spelling )

he imported em and everyone bought off him , and he had a supply of stuff for US expats out here

he was here during WW2 and came back after, and US fireworks too! rocket kits the stuff no-one else did and at reasonable prices considering the south pacific peso's value for decades ..

hstout1143 · 10-07-2012, 11:37 PM

I went morel hunting once when I was around 13. We went up to Nebraska, on the banks of the Missouri river and picked almost a full grocery bag of them, but then my mom said we had to trash them because of some bug that was in them. I still have no idea what a morel tastes like.

aa1911 · 10-14-2012, 05:12 PM

ate a ton of 'em last night, wife put the rest up in vaccuum bags in the freezer for later. Pretty damn tasty with some meatloaf and smashed taters!

10-07-2012, 09:57 PM	#1
aa1911 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 3,115	Chanterelle mushroom harvest 2012!!! The extremely dry weather here in western WA has hurt the shrooms a bit but only in size; they were out in full force as far as numbers though. Discovered this patch last year during elk season, went about a month ago during my first bear trip and weren't any popped up yet, did a day trip to the mountains today with the family and bingo, nice crop awaited us. gotta get them washed and dried, may freeze some too. Last year they were much bigger but still netted quite a harvest this year. and no, I will not tell ANYONE where this is! my secret chanterelle patch.... __________________ "Loud noises don't end gunfights.... well placed shots do." -->

10-07-2012, 10:01 PM	#2
hstout1143 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: California Contributor Posts: 1,747	Re: Chanterelle mushroom harvest 2012!!! That looks like a bag full of good eats. __________________ NRA Life Member Kids that hunt and fish don't mug old ladies. "Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives." - Ronald Reagan "Deo Duce, Ferro Comitante", With God as my leader and my sword as my companion

10-07-2012, 10:03 PM	#3
aa1911 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 3,115	Re: Chanterelle mushroom harvest 2012!!! yeppers! they go for about $10/pound here lately. Got skunked for morrels this year though, found all of about 2 total. and those are the only two mushrooms I dare mess with, easy to recognize/ID and the ones that look close won't kill ya! __________________ "Loud noises don't end gunfights.... well placed shots do."

10-07-2012, 10:07 PM	#4
woolleyworm TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: SW Fort Worth Contributor Posts: 4,884	Re: Chanterelle mushroom harvest 2012!!! Yum !! that's a nice harvest, only thing better than butter fried chanterelles is butter fried morels, as you may well agree. Top two mushrooms on my list. __________________ . What are you gonna do, talk the alien to death? -- (on Sigourney Weaver's worry about Guns in Aliens) "Safety is something that happens between your ears, not something you hold in your hands." "I carry a small gun to compensate for my huge Blue press." .

10-07-2012, 10:22 PM	#6
jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	Re: Chanterelle mushroom harvest 2012!!! $30 a pound here , all imported and from china , there was the American funguy import co here for years until he passed on ( correct spelling ) he imported em and everyone bought off him , and he had a supply of stuff for US expats out here he was here during WW2 and came back after, and US fireworks too! rocket kits the stuff no-one else did and at reasonable prices considering the south pacific peso's value for decades ..

10-07-2012, 11:37 PM	#7
hstout1143 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: California Contributor Posts: 1,747	Re: Chanterelle mushroom harvest 2012!!! I went morel hunting once when I was around 13. We went up to Nebraska, on the banks of the Missouri river and picked almost a full grocery bag of them, but then my mom said we had to trash them because of some bug that was in them. I still have no idea what a morel tastes like. __________________ NRA Life Member Kids that hunt and fish don't mug old ladies. "Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives." - Ronald Reagan "Deo Duce, Ferro Comitante", With God as my leader and my sword as my companion

10-14-2012, 05:12 PM	#8
aa1911 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 3,115	Re: Chanterelle mushroom harvest 2012!!! ate a ton of 'em last night, wife put the rest up in vaccuum bags in the freezer for later. Pretty damn tasty with some meatloaf and smashed taters! __________________ "Loud noises don't end gunfights.... well placed shots do."