MORELS of Spring....

In the Ohio Springtime... there are some SPECIAL Treats that grow in the Woods....   they are very much difficult to FIND....    and some years there are not very many due to the weather conditions...
   WHAT ARE THEY??? you ask....      a FUNGUS called MORELS....  YEP a WILD MUSHROOM that is SAFE to EAT...   DELICIOUSLY Safe to eat...
    Dad has not found very many this year....        The first few .... MOM DRIED in the SUN....   then she choppered them all up in this machine thingy she has.... the Powder and tiny pieces will be DELIGHTFUL to have mixed in with Scrambled Eggs or BUSGHETTI....

 THESE are some FRESH ONES that mom puts in the SINK and WASHES and removes any BUGS and such from....

THEN she splits them and lets them DRAIN a while...

THEN she Flours them  and FRIES them...

Furst ONE Side....

And THEN the OTHER....

Do you like her NEW BLUE SQUARE SKILLET????

That is an INSIDE JOKE...   

Now we live in an area that is FAMOUS for Coal Mining....  and  once the Miners got Union Contracts......  they put in a     FLOATING HOLIDAY....    that they could use for MUSHROOM HUNTING DAY......    they would watch and wait until the MORELS were at their PICKING PEAK.... and  CLOSE DOWN THE MINES TOTALLY for ONE DAY... so the Miners could go Mushroom Hunting..

  THAT was the ONE AND ONLY day of the ENTIRE YEAR that the Mines were TOTALLY Closed.    

Does THAT tell you just how FABULOUS these Spring Mushroom Really ARE?