I cannot resist an invitation that promises I can learn about foodstuffs like wild leek, trout lily, spring beauty, cattail, wild parsnip, dandelion, and burdock - AND offers me a sample of dandelion jam on parsnip bread.
On my way to the Eastport Market I passed a hand-lettered sign: "Fresh Morels." On the way back I stopped at the impromptu morel stand on US-31. Canny little merchants, these.
If you are not sick and tired of morels yet you will enjoy this. Come with me to Sonny’s. Visit the Amazing Mushroom, up close and personal. Marvel at Mama Nature’s inventiveness. (This is my first experiment with a WordPress slideshow, and if you are on slooow dialup as I am you may wish to […]
I love morels. I love them sauteed in butter. I love them grilled. I love dried ones simmered in soup. But can I ever find them? I cannot. Well, mostly I cannot. All around me, though, people are finding them. Looky here: From Cub Reporter Babs Young: I’m not a big morel hunter or eater, […]
Katherine has been out and about, following her inclinations, which are reliable. She found a small lake with bronze lily pads floating on it. She sent us a picture of it, from “somewhere in Charlevoix County.” The lily pads, she says, might be new this year or left over from last year. “Have to go […]
I’d resigned myself to finding no morels this year when POP! – there they were this morning, great big ones. I cannot account for them, but I’m glad for them and have them soaking in salted water. There were new wildflowers, too, including the first tiny blooms on the wild geranium. There’s a lot of […]
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