http://www.seriouseats.com/2015/05/how-to-clean-cook-prepare-morel-mushrooms.html
The third paragraph of information, which is directly below the picture with an arrow pointing to a worm hole, addresses the worm issue.
The next link includes mention of other foods with similar problems.
https://www.chowhound.com/post/white-worms-morels-292874
FL/GA PLS., post: 422912, member: 379 wrote: Jumping Jesus, I just Googled "morel mushrooms", fresh ones are $249.00 per pound. You have $498.00 (not including tax or shipping and handling charges) in yer gut. 😉
Quick, let's slice him open and sell those things! I could use some extra cash about now! 😀
John, post: 422916, member: 791 wrote: Quick, let's slice him open and sell those things! I could use some extra cash about now! 😀
Nah, probably those are somewhere in the outhouse abyss by now. Even so, how would we sew him back up again?
Cripes if Uncle Paden croaked we wouldn't have any more great boyhood criminal adventures to read. Perish the thought! 😉
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Sorry pc;)
paden cash, post: 422880, member: 20 wrote: Some of them will stomp you into a dirty grease spot without even looking at them.
That one is only angry because of that rope cinched around his junk...
FL/GA PLS., post: 422939, member: 379 wrote: Nah, probably those are somewhere in the outhouse abyss by now. Even so, how would we sew him back up again?
Cripes if Uncle Paden croaked we wouldn't have any more great boyhood criminal adventures to read. Perish the thought! 😉
😎Sorry pc;)
You do have a really good point there. Those stories are something I really do like. When is the next installment anyway?
paden cash, post: 422880, member: 20 wrote: Some of them will stomp you into a dirty grease spot without even looking at them.
I'd jump and bellow like that too if you put a saddle on me and tied a rope that close to the jewels. :scream:
That behavior does not come naturally. They are trained to perform for the crowd. My wife has cousins who are in that business (bucking bulls). One is also a professional rodeo announcer.
Holy Cow, post: 423054, member: 50 wrote: That behavior does not come naturally. They are trained to perform for the crowd. My wife has cousins who are in that business (bucking bulls). One is also a professional rodeo announcer.
I'm sure that's exactly what the bull rider laying on the ground is thinking to himself..."Oh my, this bull is exhibiting unnatural behavior characteristics..." 😉
He's in no danger. The bull is a good 20 feet away from the cowboy. And, not just vertically.
Holy Cow, post: 423059, member: 50 wrote: He's in no danger. The bull is a good 20 feet away from the cowboy. And, not just vertically.
I know...but it's a cool pic anyway...;)
I'd be a bit wary of a wife that was into that stuff.
Never know when I'd be the next victim of Jewelry heist.
Ending up trussed up like that fella doesn't sound very enthralling.
"in a moment of desperation Mrs ABC took it upon herself to inflict..... "
Ouch.
Holy Cow, post: 422814, member: 50 wrote: I have wondered from time to time just how hungry some poor human was at the time of that very first attempt at eating certain items found in nature.
Like these guys, for instance.
My wife took that at the house after the latest monsoon... I asked her if she could find me about 5 pounds that size.
Maryland has one very large obsession with something called the Blue Crab. Doused in entirely too much Old Bay seasoning (more often than not). While the meat can be tasty, it is way, way too much work (and extremely messy) to get enough meat out quick enough to not starve to death first. If one can afford a Maryland crab cake, well, those can be good.
Having grown up in New England, I quickly got used to eating lobster where one could snag decent sized pieces of meat from on critter and enjoy the meal.
We have blue crabs here as well, and I agree that they're very tasty but generally more trouble than they're worth. But I've had some really great crab cakes.
I prefer shrimp and crawfish to lobster, but you definitely have to eat a lot more critters to get the same amount of meat.
I do not share the interest in crab that many have and Crab cakes can not hold a candle to my mother's recipe for salmon/carp/mackerel patties.
My wife on the other hand would go thru a pot full of crab and enjoy every part of the process as they are one of her favorite foods.
There was a month long moratorium placed in blue crabs here recently. I believe it expires this week.
Since it is Lent, it didn't make a lot of people happy. Seafood restaurants and markets during Lent do their best business.
Crab meat is very tasty.
Lump white crab meat sell for about $22-24/lb. lesser grade meat for $15/lb and claw meat for around $10 or less.
Crab cakes, stuffed crab, crab meat dressing, various crab soups like crab&corn or crab&brie, crab meat au gratin, crab claw appetizers, crab meat omelet, soft shell crabs plates, various seafood stuffed or enhanced with crabmeat like broiled fish, squid etc
Then crab boils which are a social happenings. It's a process from the book pot to the table. People gather, talk, drink beer and pass a good time.
The crabs are the catalyst.
Btw, if one doesn't know how to
Deal with wild mushrooms then they should stay away and reserve their comments.
It's like fruit, only a numbskull would eat spoiled or over ripe fruit.
As for other comments, if one has no experience or goes to places with no experience in preparation of certain items, then don't expect the best. Especially folks from Midwest areas where salt and pepper are the primary and only seasonings.