Wild Food Foraging- Yellow Morel Mushrooms

[@cantide]

"Gotta savor what you have"- Thats the morel of the story...

[@homiespaghetti1522]

No, it's the *MORAL* of the story

[@cleo7867]

The Blue BlobFish woosh

[@emmie7166]

The Blue BlobFish its a joke my guy

[@d.o.f.t.1578]

YOU BASTARD

[@SyrupyFox]

You get my like for the pun.

[@revspikejonez]

You can pour out your soak water into a wooded area to help spread the spores.

[@trulyinfamous]

I found an 8 inch morel mushroom this spring. It was incredibly huge compared to every other morel I've ever had. And also to add, one year, I found exactly 101 morel mushrooms and was able to write it out with them.

[@Abznth]

Oh, really! How lovely.

[@sandangels73]

I lived in Indiana for several years when I was married to my now ex-husband. We used to go mushroom hunting every spring. Our anniversary was right at peak mushroom season, so we would take the week of our anniversary off work and spend the entire week mushroom hunting. When my kids were babies, I would carry them in a baby pack and we would take them with us. Yeah, taking babies, toddlers, and young kids with us slowed us down considerably, but it was a great learning experience for them. Lugging a diaper bag through the woods was a bit cumbersome, but it was all fun. Of course, we weren't able to go as deep in the woods as we did before our kids were born, but we would try to get a babysitter for 1 day every year so we could explore deeper. Now that they're grown, I really miss those days. Anyways, we would hunt the yellow morels, gray morels, and the black tops. The black tops weren't as prized as the morels, but they were still good. I would cut all of them longways in half and soak them in saltwater in the fridge for a couple of hours, rinse them well, pat them dry until they were slightly moist, dip them in flour with my seasonings, and fry them in butter. They were excellent! I would crave them all year and couldn't wait for the next spring. Heck, I still crave them sometimes. We always heard from others that under dead Elms was the best place to find them, but we always had better luck finding them under Ashes and Poplars. We also had considerable luck in areas that had lots of Mayapples. I live in Oklahoma again now and have heard that they have been found here, but are much more rare and much smaller. I haven't tried to look yet, though. Love the video!

[@CoalMiningAlchemist]

what a nice comment! :)

[@TheOutsiderCabin]

Thanks for taking the time to share that wonderful memory with us!

[@bairfamilyfarm1336]

Here in Indiana, morels were so hard to find the grocery store was selling them for $35 a pound. The year before they were $20 a pound. It doesn't surprise me you had a hard time finding them when you lived in Indiana. Now about 5 years ago my grandpa found a bunch of them here.

[@kelvaxmiller8963]

Well, I live currently in Indiana, and I can tell you they are EVERYWHERE. I can't list how many pounds of morels I can pick in a day.

[@jasminewood395]

Sand Angels I bit late but there are great hunting spots in OK, its a big state so you may not be close but there's big hunting out there... Really good in Indiana too. Michigan seems to be the king of the morels in the east.

[@Ticky66MN]

Some years pounds of them are collected on my parents farm, other years only a handful. Very dependent on the weather conditions it seems. Great advice, thank you.

[@koooper3623]

Ticky66MN POUNDS OF MORELS?!? WHAT

[@monke.2191]

hi

[@GregoryLMouser1220]

Wow.. Awesome Video... I have been hunting them in East Tennessee for the last 4yrs since I moved here.. I was introduced to Morels back in West Virginia when I was a kid and have loved them..

[@Captiiva]

My dad has hunted these my whole life. Every year he goes out and gets anywhere from 50 - 200+ of them. He will not take me to any of his spots either. I guess I am lucky to have grown up getting to eat these amazing mushrooms by the handful most every year without even looking for them myself. As a tip, I will tell how my dad takes care of them. He uses mesh potato bags to carry them when hunting and then when home washes them and cuts them in half and puts them in a bowl of water. He will leave them in the water for maybe a day and dry and cover them with damp paper towels. When he goes to cook them he takes them and rolls them in flour with a little bit of salt and pepper and fries them in butter in a skillet till they are golden brown. One of the best things I have ever eaten honestly.

[@fancyboy3806]

Your dad sound awesome, what a great childhood you have

[@askhowiknow5527]

It looks absolutely disgusting. That is a good indicator that it's delicious.

[@MAUTxxx]

Lewis Johnson curry literally looks like shit but it's tasty, yo

[@The_Shoebill3D]

oh ok,better go eat my own shit

[@prodigalsun1678]

Lewis Johnson I've had morels man shits good af

[@_wayward_494]

Wiratama Dont know what curry u have been eating fam.

[@SussyFortskinNiteFreakbob]

@@_wayward_494 all Curry looks like diarrhea

[@danbolton3180]

I don't want to put too fine a point on it, but you make excellent videos with terrific information.

[@TheOutsiderCabin]

Thanks Dan! Much appreciated.

[@neverlookidly172]

I grew up in montana and noticed that river woods are always a great place to find morels without fail. Wait for the first warm spell (preferably) right before or after a river has recently broken its bank and the ground is still a little mushy, and you're almost certain to find them under dense bushes or of course logs. The best is when a river breaks its bank just very slightly making the ground a boggy then there's 1-3 days that are very warm.

[@lightningbug6234]

Okay but can we talk about how astoundingly beautiful those woods are

[@leonardo1480]

you found slugs in them? looks like you got some extra protein lol

[@izzuddinfaruqi1493]

Only Bear Grilss who needs extra proteins

[@Astrid620]

i was just playing stardew valley and sold one of these

[@oktoberskyy8661]

Hey ..i love your videos .. but you should put a picture of others similar plant that with poison..just to compare .. i am sure there is a photo of that in google ..

[@Smoothoperator65]

My wife and her family always hunted for these things growing up in Kentucky, They loved them and called them dry land fish because of their taste and texture!!!

[@Crainiac0_0]

when I was only 5 years old me and my family would go morel hunting, we lived in Idaho at the time and the harvest was delicious and plentiful.

[@peach_bearies]

thank you for being so kind nature! i love that you don’t harm the plants you harvest and always make sure that their able to regenerate. i was also worried that you were going to say that you were gunna put the mushroom in salt water to kill the slugs lol i’m glad they made it out safely hahah

[@allanbittorf9497]

abandon ship

[@TheOutsiderCabin]

lol

[@lol...]

The Outsider aye?

[@Orkel2]

In Finland we eat false morels. When prepared correctly to remove the poisons, they make a delicious cream salad.

[@lol...]

Orkel2 how do you prepare it?

[@Orkel2]

Two to three 5-minute bursts in boiling water, we call it "ryöppäys". Basically, you put them in boiling water for 5 mins, after that you pour out the water (with the poison in it) and thoroughly rinse the mushrooms, then put them in new/fresh boiling water for 5 more minutes. The water is changed 2-3 times in total. You can google for more specifics (there's steps for removing sand residue, cutting off the stem, etc).

[@aliceetboston]

May I add that here in Sweden we boil them twice too. We change the water everytime we boil them too. The idea is to get rid of the emanations, so we don't put any lid on our pan, and we use the stove fan.

[@soybasedjeremy3653]

@@Orkel2 Rocket fuel chemicals must be good.

[@matthort1719]

Here in the deep south of the states we do something kinda like that with Dandelions, called Polk Salad.

[@123dagar]

Excellent video, great resolution, super close ups !

[@TheOutsiderCabin]

Thanks Dave!

[@TheWoodedBeardsman]

Good info man!

[@TheOutsiderCabin]

Thanks again!

[@madmcp6894]

woah its the wooded beardsman!!! I love your videos

[@KatieGutz]

So....I've been wanting to find morels forever. My grandparents used to pick them all the time. I watched this video last night...(I've been waiting til my oak tree leaves were 'as long as a mouses 🐁 ear') lol. Today, my cousin and I set out for our first morel hunt....we found about 20 (and one false morel). We're near PEC Ontario). Fried some up tonight...soaking the rest overnight for a big feast tmo. Thanks so much for this video - as it totally added to our knowledge in a big way. I'll probably put a video update on my channel this week.

[@Eohyr]

So awesome how you two ate the mushroom despite the slugs living inside of it lol.

[@jaylast1958]

The slugs coulda been nice on the side if you like that sorta thing lol. Two strange foods, together.

[@MattB-zm2uk]

It doesn't matter if they were cleaned

[@PLANDerLinde99]

@@oliviawoloshyn5824 Escargot is snails

[@gaylemesser136]

One of the best places to find morels is in a forest the spring after a forest fire. I have been hunting for morels about 53 years. I use salt water and let them soak for a day. Cut them in half and pat them dry. The smaller ones rinse out good and leave them whole. I like them sprinkled with flour and fried in bacon grease. Vaughn

[@monke.2191]

[@Mookiethedog]

Great vid. I’m on Canada’s west coast and picked 6 today. We are going to eat them tomorrow. Appreciate your tips for cooking

[@spiritmagnet]

I grew up in Indiana and we also have a gray morel.It's smaller than the yellows and much more tender.But during mushroom season contests for the largest morels have grown.I have seen yellows get as large as 1lb.But they are kinda tough at that size.We use to put a pinch of sea salt in the water when soaking.And our yellows have denser heads.

[@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger]

I like that you didn't needlessly kill the slugs. Good person c:

[@monke.2191]

hi

[@knightofthegildedcurvation10]

Had some spores come into my backyard on a cord of firewood. Now they grow under the old pine trees every spring.

[@dunoripavalan1980]

Thanks for the heads up on insects living inside the stem.

[@desireealexander5922]

I think the most delicious mushroom in WV. is the Braddie mushroom. I remember my family hunting for them every Fall when I was a kid.

[@monke.2191]

yum

[@stylesoftware]

There is something special about garlic and mushroom. If you fine dice raw garlic you can add it to this kind of dish to get the sweet smokey flavor only garlic chunks can give when frying. But don't over do it, garlic can turn to carbon with too much heat or too much cooking time.

[@scottsmith8546]

Very nice video Outsider, I live in Michigan and found a couple dozen this year and they were very good.

[@TheOutsiderCabin]

Wow! You hit the jackpot! My area doesn't produce near the same amount.

[@switchblade7005]

Well to optimize quatity of your finding there is a certain whey of moving thought the forest that you should follow when you are collecting mushrooms

[@CardinalGardener]

This video was amazing, your videos are fantastic in general, I just started tuning in! I live near Toronto in Ontario, you mentioned you were from here, would you be able to share one or two specific spots you've scoured in the past, that I could go explore and see what wild edibles and mushrooms may be found? Thanks my friend, keep up the great work!

[@HILLBILLYSFIREWOOD]

We have red ones here in Oklahoma. Get foot tall, over 1 pound per mushroom, very hard to find them, golds and blacks everywhere.

[@chey4504]

Honestly, I was just going to binge watch and then subscribe, but the binging was interrupted by video three when the slugs were saved and made me subscribe early... 😂❤

[@TheOutsiderCabin]

+Cheyenne Carmichael Ha ha awesome!

[@vickierusard7512]

Your videos are amazing well done. I have watch many and l am impressed.

[@jeanettewaverly2590]

A beautifully executed video with tons of valuable (dare I say, potentially life-saving) information. Years ago, I worked in the extreme NE corner of California, where the ponderosa and juniper forest was interspersed with groves of aspen. Folks in those parts impatiently waited all year for morel season. (Btw, thanks for treating the slugs with kindness and mercy.)

[@TheOutsiderCabin]

Thanks again Jeanette for dropping by and commenting!

[@FatherAndSonFun]

Another Awesome informative video! Thanks for sharing!

[@bonannylagasse8999]

I love that you rescued the slugs.

[@endlessmountainwoodworks4278]

I love morel mushrooms. In my area of PA they are somewhat easy to find but it always is easier when you know their general area. Our season sometimes lasts a week and a half but a week is a safe bet.

[@endlessmountainwoodworks4278]

Heirloom reviews I'm up in Sullivan county.

[@Wisconsin.pikachu]

I have only seen these once in Wisconsin as a kid there was a small batch of like 6 growing literally right next to our house porch

[@monke.2191]

wow

[@patrickhassan780]

I live in France, we do have a lot of mushrooms, but one thing for sure is that we don't put our mushrooms in water, we clean them with a damp cloth and a brush if needed. It's better to cook them dry as for them not to release water. They will be much tastier and "crunchy"

[@marystestlife]

Cool video! I think i found a black morel last weekend in Banff, AB. Of course there's no picking mushrooms in the national park but it was neat to finally see one IRL!

[@TheOutsiderCabin]

Thanks Mary! Banff is one of the most beautiful towns I've ever seen.

[@brianspencer4220]

Few years ago I got a dozen morels down near Prince Edward county; unfortunately I delayed 4 days before cooking them. Even though they were in the fridge they became a soggy mess Thanks for your tips Brian 76 less7

[@TheOutsiderCabin]

That's too bad. Unfortunately morels wait for no one. lol Anyway, thanks for commenting!

[@1200times]

I'm sorry for your loss

[@leilanipunanimania6815]

Bless your heart, Thank you for being kind to the slugs, not enough people cars for the ting creatures.

[@corbeaudejugement]

These mushrooms are really good. They're something I think everyone should try, honestly.

[@billyoerg]

They are my favorite wild mushroom! Sadly I am 0-2016. Didn't find any and not for the lack of effort. The oyster mushrooms in my area have been plentiful at least, and a few dryad saddles as well. I hope you find many more this year.

[@TheOutsiderCabin]

Thank you! I haven't tired oyster mushrooms yet. What are they like?

[@billyoerg]

They have a nice flavor. They are much better them most store bought mushrooms. They really like dead poplar trees. I also have grown them from spore,

[@MattB-zm2uk]

I LOVE morels in Missouri on the river bottom we can find several hundred a year. If you spread the spores in a timber there will likely be more at that location the the next year.

[@stephengardiner9867]

In my area (Peterborough, Ontario, Canada) I have found that they like rather sandy soils and will be often found in areas with Aspen stands. I also find wild asparagus, wild strawberries and, unfortunately, poison ivy, in the same locations. Late this spring, one single solitary morel popped up in my backyard (in the middle of the city). I have lived there for 15 years and no sign of them before this (wrong soil, wrong area and wrong time...) talk about "fickle"!

[@mostlycensored7668]

Stephen Gardiner, it is very likely you carried that spore to your yard. After a season harvesting for commercial sale I had almost every variety I hunted pop up in my "discard" pile. It was next to my compost but ironically many mushrooms like lawn fertilizers and other contaminants. If my memory serves me, bolete mushrooms like to grow next to roads that were around when we used leaded gas because they like the lead. I always found this odd because typically metals and fungi don't mix.

[@rorolonglegs4594]

you deserve more subscribers

[@pipy4204]

U should be using a orange bag that has holes itll help spread spores i always find lbs of them every yr & thats all i use when i go for moral mushrooms

[@ImmenseFavorMeditations]

Interesting and enlightening video. 🤔🤔🤔

[@NPTuttle]

Nice video, I don't eat wild mushrooms. Neighbors had a bad experience. But they look really cool.

[@TheOutsiderCabin]

Thanks! Yes, mushrooms are scary things when there is lack of proper knowledge of them. Hopefully your neighbors emerged from their bad experience A-OK.

[@Tuscan_Destruction]

I found three of these growing on our front porch last spring but thought they were poisonous and didn’t even wanna go near them. It’s good to know they are harmless

[@lewistoro7384]

I love morels and use about the same recipe. Try butter, garlic salt, and a pinch of paprika!

[@TheOutsiderCabin]

+Lewis Toro Sounds great!

[@monke.2191]

ok

[@cmmdesigns1]

We found them around pine and pine needles on Michigan.

[@GatorLife57]

Would love to try them someday. Thumbs up. Thanks for sharing. ENJOY....THE SIMPLE LIFE

[@TheOutsiderCabin]

Thanks!

[@DannyGCote]

I'm a Chef and we serve a veal rib cut with a morel sauce....clients love it ( black morels dehydrated )

[@DannyGCote]

But I'm sure the wild ones are better

[@ivanlagrossemoule]

@@DannyGCote Wild ones are a bit different but they do get more taste when dried. Morels are great because they can be used to give more taste to other mushrooms, for example in sauces. Also here we make cheese fondue with morels in them, I'll have to give it a try some time.

[@nunyabisnass1141]

I've only found one, ever. I thought it was best to leave that one alone since it was growing where we used to keep some old equipment, and wasn't sure if it would take up some of the petroleum waste that may have seeped into the ground.

[@TheOutsiderCabin]

I'd say you made a good call there. Better to be safe than sorry; especially when it comes to mushrooms.

[@DagonAum17]

if you found only one, may want to revisit the spot in a few days. also, save the water you bathed them in and spread it in areas where you have previously found morels as this will help spread spores that washed out of the mushrooms as they soaked.

[@TibiTips]

I love mushrooms! Specially morells. But i pik a lot of truffels

[@VernAfterReading]

I generally do not like eating mushrooms at all - mostly the rubbery texture and sliminess of them. What makes Morels different if anything?

[@jaylast1958]

likely not a great deal on that front. I only recently learned to appreciate any mushrooms at all, and don't really know why, but like 'em. So weird how they're not quite a plant since they breathe oxygen like us. Actually, when used in a dish I feel like they add a meat-like quality, in the absence of meat.

[@Flayed_Glory]

Does this mushrooms also replenish your mana?

[@stellap.6664]

Great video on morels, very thorough info. I have not found any here in Michigan but I know they're lurking somewhere (it may be a little late). Nice that you released those poor lil slugs! 😄 All the best, Stella

[@sandangels73]

Michigan is one of the best places to find them. They can get well over a foot tall there. You should try, it is well worth it!

[@stellap.6664]

+Sand Angels That is amazing! I've read about them but didn't know they got that big!

[@sandangels73]

I have never been there personally, but when I lived in Indiana a lot of the other Indiana mushroom hunters would go there to hunt them :)

[@stellap.6664]

+Sand Angels That's great to know! After your comment about the size, I googled "foot-high morels". I came upon a morel blog that showed a giant one, and this was down in Missouri!

[@sandangels73]

+Stella P. Wow! I didn't know they got that big in Missouri, but I haven't looked in Missouri. I have heard that eastern Oklahoma has some, but they aren't very common and are much smaller. I haven't searched here (Oklahoma) yet. Its way past season here this year, way too warm. Mid March I imagine would be best time to search here. In Indiana we usually found them from mid to late April, sometimes into early May.

[@JorgeL721]

I wonder if you can cultivate these.

[@allangray6764]

great video

[@IJustWatchVideosHere]

Can you review Glowcap Mushrooms and see if it recharges your batteries?

[@vitomolchanov6937]

Similar mushrooms grow in Russia, we call them (morels), grow in spring, very tasty!

[@ryandaley1402]

when I was out in Montana you could throw a rock and hit a patch of black morels, it was crazy they were everywhere

[@williammcgrath6893]

Anywhere in Ontario I have looked find them yearly in my buddy's backyard

[@krankenbank]

Thank you very much for your informative video.

[@jonkerns5490]

You can find them under sycamore trees too and take the water you soak the bug out with a dump it in the woods around a rotting stump or something and it helps regrow the next year I've always heard

[@Yumabillion]

How many did you find this year?

[@mopeus63]

How many miles did it take you to find morel

[@pimbahnerth6762]

your welcom, in Holland your videos are loved to

[@phxtonash]

I missed morel season this year. There is a tiny patch of woods behind my house where I've found them.

[@TheOutsiderCabin]

I hear yeah. Morel season is very easy to miss.

[@steventout7378]

It's called 羊肚菌（literally means goat tripe mushroom because looks like）in China, and it's very expensive. I've only tasted dried ones, but I didn't find it's especially delicious...

[@aronswedrowski1472]

Can you grow these in a mushroom shed?

[@pimbahnerth6762]

your videos are great

[@TheOutsiderCabin]

Thanks Pim!

[@gottadance5672]

Thanx! Maybe show the poisonous morel live and up close.

[@jdzencelowcz]

I have 4 words for U, Outsider: Cream of Morel soup! (YUM)

[@DragonSama22]

If you pinch off the morel, it opens up the stem for infection and sickens the mycelia. It's better to pull out the whole fruiting and the mycelium will continue growing healthy.

[@homiespaghetti1522]

Says someone who has a Minecraft profile

[@jakubwalkiewcz2938]

Yeah, that s true. You can read about this on muschrooms cultivators forums. The best way is to twist the muschrooms as close mycelium as you can and than you should can remove it easily without harming mycelium. In the wild forest muschrooms get rotten anyway and mycelium deal with it.

[@donnafield2616]

Awesome thank you for sharing!

[@jlouutube65]

WOO HOO Ontar-iar-iar-io!!!!😃

[@HorusFlint]

cool channel.

[@2338]

good video , useful . Thank you

[@frankortolano5886]

awesome, I subscribed

[@Teth47]

I wonder how difficult it would be to cultivate morels...

[@tsarinaromanov2641]

Teth47 I was thinking the same thing! From what I understand mushrooms as a species are pretty easy but who knows maybe morels are delicate?

[@aajjeee]

i found a bunch of black morels in ontario, but they were in a protected area so no luck

[@JuanGomez-mv1qx]

could you eat the slugs? or are they deadly

[@JuanGomez-mv1qx]

raynaldo arlen k.eman sweet ima try them dude thanks

[@yozzzeh]

Spider man will have to swing many miles from the city to collect these morels I should leave shouldn't I?

[@deminybs]

today April 8th 2020 in North Western Missouri I found my first little grey of the year. Just the cap is about size of my thumbnail, I'll go back for it and some others in a week or so. Just covered the one I found back up.

[@MotivatedSoccer18]

I’ve seen all sorts of mushrooms. You should do the mushrooms that Tate like chicken.....

[@bucwildmaster4526]

I dip them in an egg and then in flour and then cook it

[@Stevder]

I've never eaten a yellow morel, but I bet they taste good tho

[@phengzongk496]

You can find lots of Morel Mushrooms after a wildfire. Lots of em.

[@BrucesShop]

Morel mushrooms and porcupine (on a bad day when hungry)

[@jdryak]

What about cooking the "slugs" (species unknown, however) for protein in the event of dire need? Escargot, like these slugs, are gastropods also and very favored in France and elsewhere. A video on eating non-poisonous mollusks might be interesting to do. Great channel; thanks!

[@5mnz7fg]

Cooked or fried slugs and bugs add some protein and even flavour to the meal...

[@jonkerns5490]

The morels with a long stem and small top are edible too. I call them dog peckers cause they look like it somewhat