Morel Hunt

On Sunday May 16th, I was helping my dad bring in a little more firewood to help us get through the spring, and I spotted a little morel. Dad told me if I wanted to do a serious hunt, he had the spot. He told me, just east of the property line, where the creek flats meet the crp field, I should find a bunch of them under the apple trees. Within about thirty seconds of searching, I found this bad mama jama.

By the time it was all said and done, I had collected just short of a dozen.

 I fried them up using this recipe from, http://thegreatmorel.com/recipes.html

Bread Crumbs and Parmesan Cheese...

I forgot to tell you what I made with some of what I had found.
Ingredients:
1 cup bread crumbs
1 tbs crushed black pepper
1 tbs crushed sea salt
3 tbs parmesan cheese, fine grated
3-4 thick slices medium cheddar
1 egg for eggwash
about 15-20 medium sized morels, washed and halfed
Preparation:
Mix all dry ingreedients in a shallow bowl. Warm healthy amount of butter in small frying pan. beat egg and place in seperate shallow bowl. Dip shrooms in eggwash and dredge into breadcrumb mixture, immeditely place into hot butter. Fry until crispy golden brown, then arrange shrooms on small cookie sheet, placing a 1/4 inch strip of cheddar in the middle of each one. Place into a preheated 375 degree oven for about 4-6 minutes, until cheese melts. Remove, let cool, and enjoy. Try with any of your favorite cheeses or spice up the breadcrumbs with some cayenne pepper and minced garlic.