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Post subject: Re: Preserving Morels  Posted: May 2nd, 2011, 8:16 am |
so after reading this post i am guessing that when it comes to presurving them it all boils down to personal prefrence? Some people say to cut them and clean them real good first and other say to just freeze them real fast. I guess what i am wondering is for someone completly new to this is there an easy/best way, assuming i get lucky enough to get enough to even worry about presurving them. sorry about spelling i suck at it
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Post subject: Re: Preserving Morels Posted: May 2nd, 2011, 8:33 am
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we have always just cleaned morels, cut in half and put in freezer bag with enough water to cover, and freeze. seems to work for us.
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Post subject: Re: Preserving Morels Posted: May 3rd, 2011, 10:30 pm
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This might be a real stooopid question but I'm gonna ask it anyway. If I were to find enough to store some I would try Roosevelts method of freezing. He mentioned breading them as an option. My method of breading them is to dip in a egg wash made up of scrambled eggs and milk, then rolling in flour. Would that breading method work for frozen morels? Just something about freezing raw egg and milk for an extended period of time doesn't really sound cool but I don't know. Great thread!!! [ Post made via iPhone ] 
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Post subject: Re: Preserving Morels Posted: May 7th, 2011, 9:52 am
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i would use cracker meal for freeze frying. double wrap in saran wrap on cookie sheets for long term storage. air is the enemy.
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Mushrooms are NOT plants,just in case you didn't know.
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Post subject: Re: Preserving Morels Posted: May 10th, 2011, 5:55 pm
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I have some morels I want to dehydrate with my dehydrator, but I do not have a temperature control. I only have an on and off button, will it still work? What would the recommended time be, for example 1-2 hours, 3-4 hours, 15-24 hours for a dehydrator without a temperature control?
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Post subject: Re: Preserving Morels Posted: May 10th, 2011, 8:31 pm
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Time has nothing to do with it.you dry mushrooms till they are "cracker dry". they should be brittle and crisp like a saltine cracker.
immediately put them in a mason jar with either a dessicant packet or a teabag with rice and salt in it.
1mush·room
noun
\ˈməsh-ˌrüm, -ˌru̇m;
Mushrooms are NOT plants,just in case you didn't know.
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Post subject: Re: Preserving Morels Posted: May 11th, 2011, 11:30 am
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we dry ours outside in the sun on racks.dont wash them first.after a couple hours all worms and bugs have jumped ship.then put them into brown lunch bags and staple shut,and into the pantry they go.soak them in water for an hour and they are almost like the day u picked them.they keep 4ever this way.they taste great.
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Post subject: Re: Preserving Morels Posted: May 13th, 2011, 4:27 pm
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I've dehydrated several batches and it seems to work well. Just drop them in the soup andthey come back real nice
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Post subject: Re: Preserving Morels Posted: May 21st, 2011, 2:27 pm
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So I placed them on a screen and set that over my box fan, and ran that for a few hours also with a dehumidifier blowing on them as well, after they dried up most of the way I sliced te stems in half and winged them out to continue to help dry the inside of them. Next time I may cut a few in half and dry them like that and see if they dry better [ Post made via iPhone ]
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Post subject: Re: Preserving Morels Posted: May 21st, 2011, 10:40 pm
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Locking... I want to thank everyone for their contributions to this thread. This thread had run its course and there really isn't anything else to add so I am going to lock this topic.  Reason: [Thread has run its course.]
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