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Morels in downtown Oakland

I was walking to lunch in downtown Oakland and came across morels growing in some woodchips. There weren't too many but still exciting to find!

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Permalink Reply by Kim Di Giacomo on June 30, 2011 at 5:50pm

Great find! Did you take any photos?

Permalink Reply by Rodney Workman on July 6, 2011 at 12:31pm

Thanks Kim! Right below my post there's an attachment. Let me know if it works for you.

Permalink Reply by Kim Di Giacomo on July 9, 2011 at 11:46pm

Oh, I overlooked the attachment. Nice photo and great find!

Rodney Workman said:

Thanks Kim! Right below my post there's an attachment. Let me know if it works for you.

Permalink Reply by Carla Lopez on August 31, 2011 at 5:17pm

Wow...what did you do with them? My uncle & father used to bring home foraged mushrooms. I didn't learn from them. Wish I had. I bought some morels in the Ferry building, they were very expensive, but tasted horrible...sort of moldy. I couldn't eat them.

Permalink Reply by Rodney Workman on September 1, 2011 at 5:51pm

I actually gave them away but I normally just saute them with some butter, garlic, spinach, shallots, and white wine with chicken or scallops. That's interesting how they how they tasted so bad. Did you eat them raw?

Carla Lopez said:

Wow...what did you do with them? My uncle & father used to bring home foraged mushrooms. I didn't learn from them. Wish I had. I bought some morels in the Ferry building, they were very expensive, but tasted horrible...sort of moldy. I couldn't eat them.

Permalink Reply by Carla Lopez on September 2, 2011 at 8:14pm

Not raw, I tried saute them also...no garlic or spices. I wanted to get the taste. Actually it was at a product shop in Alameda, not the shop at the SF Ferry building. I got some small blackish ones there and they were not tasty either. I think with mushrooms they need to be eaten pretty soon after harvesting. That's one of the problems with store bought ones, you don't know how old they are.

Rodney Workman said:

I actually gave them away but I normally just saute them with some butter, garlic, spinach, shallots, and white wine with chicken or scallops. That's interesting how they how they tasted so bad. Did you eat them raw?