Morchella esculenta

I love mushrooms: portobello, button, shitake, morel... the great thing about the Morel mushrooms (specifically the yellow morel), is that they grow in abudance here, in southern Illinois. Thankfully, my in-laws have the market cornered. Mom Johnson came up for Mother's Day and brought some of these tasty moresels for me courtesy Dad Johnson!!!! I love them! John goes with some friends and picks them for hours, there's a price to pay because he gets scratched from the bushes and branches, but it is sooo worth it. You do have to be careful though, because there are poisonous species that look very simlar. Larry hates vegetables period, but Ethan loves mushrooms too (so far, anyway), so I am trying various recipes.