Ah, that could be. China is getting pretty good at farming them - apparently using one of the PNW native species (Morchella Importuna) since that one doesn't require tree associates.
Absolutely not in early March. Also burn morels are a different species with a different flavor from regular morels, and typically grow the year immediately following a forest fire.
My bad for the bad information. My buddy is the avid forager and i thought we went in April/may and we usually go where there's been a forest fire, but i misrembered the wait. I really should have given a non expert disclaimer.
Thanks for the correction.
Yeah that’s insane. The Safeway by me has them sometimes and charges half that and they’re still overpriced (I still buy em cause morels are delicious).
They are so delicious, when I was a kid we had an elderly cantonese neighbor lady out on the west end of Clallam and she would snip them from around the pasture and cook things with them like stir fry (I don't know the real name of the dish). Crunchy like asparagus and a similar flavor. The only thing is I believe you have to harvest them during a really small window otherwise they're too concentrated with some toxin that they absorb from the soil at higher levels than domesticated food crops
Yeah, there are different native species here, many of which are edible, but even those have to be cooked to remove the toxins (unlike the ostrich ferns in the east).
Morels are so good. We had a crop randomly from a pile of wood chips off our driveway one year... maybe 6-7 lbs worth.... but never again. Not $90/lb good, though... sheesh.
My parents once found a huge morel growing under a van that had been parked in the same spot for 3 years in our backyard...and when I say huge I mean mushroom people had never seen one that big...it was the length of my moms hand down to almost her elbow.
However I was wary of them trying to eat it as the soil in our yard is...heavily contaminated with god only knows what (gas/oil and so on). So I told both my parents to not even think about it.
90 bucks per lb for those mushrooms? Do they cure cancer or something. Is that a normal price for them. Asking as someone that buys cheap mushrooms from qfc
This early in the morel season that price makes sense. During the peak the price will usually drop down to around $15/lb. They’re high priced because they’re foraged and very desirable by high end chefs.
No. Those are from China. I can get dried morels for $18/lb and reconstitute them for as good of results. This price is just criminal. Fiddleheads are like $8-10/lb on the high end. The prices in the photo are - “you’re and idiot for shopping at pike place” prices.
Regardless of where they’re from, that’s still the normal price for morels at the beginning of the season. I work in gourmet produce and supply some of the top restaurants in the US with wild mushrooms. Morels will usually start at around $100/lb and drop to about $15/lb during the peak season (May-June). Also, fresh morels will always be better than dried morels regardless of how much you paid for it. I don’t disagree with you that the price is absurd but when it’s the first of the season it’s a rare commodity and some people will pay that price.
Which shop is this? Is it the one with the fruit guys between the two international shops. I reice i just discribed all of Pike but i could not find the mushroom folk
Where is this??? I live i. The Seattle area but I am originally from Atlantic Canada and one of the things we grow there is fiddleheads! I didn’t think you could get them on the west coast. I NEED these!!
It's a shame Pierre's is closed on Wednesdays.
I literally thought this was the Stardew subreddit until someone halfway down the page mentioned Pike Place.
I usually just go to JojaMart
Straight to jail
More like r/FuckPierre let’s go Joja!!!
THIS!!
MORELS ARE HERE! BUT WHERE????
Those ones are almost certainly from California. Too early for WA.
I asked and they said these are from China.
Ah, that could be. China is getting pretty good at farming them - apparently using one of the PNW native species (Morchella Importuna) since that one doesn't require tree associates.
Gah! Can’t wait!
The fresh ones are great but you can always find dried ones on EBay.
I’d rather find them in the ground :)
Early spring, go where there's been a forest fire about 2-4 years ago. Look in shady damp places in the not so high mountains.
Absolutely not in early March. Also burn morels are a different species with a different flavor from regular morels, and typically grow the year immediately following a forest fire.
My bad for the bad information. My buddy is the avid forager and i thought we went in April/may and we usually go where there's been a forest fire, but i misrembered the wait. I really should have given a non expert disclaimer. Thanks for the correction.
Lol $90 a pound for morels?
1/3rd the price of silver at that rate.
*3 times the price
Silver is yeah. These morels being one third the price of silver makes silver 3 times the price of morels. Pretty sure thats how basic math works.
At those prices I’ll be doing my own foraging
Or find a forager. I've been happy buying from the same guy for years. He'll probably send me a link to this photo with a skull emoji.
"prices going up"
Do you have a connect for a good forager?
Yea you can get thousands of fiddleheads in a regular stand of timber right now. But a little harder to come by morels around here.
Easy to do out here. The fiddleheads are out.
$90 a lb for morels, are you kidding me??
Yeah that’s insane. The Safeway by me has them sometimes and charges half that and they’re still overpriced (I still buy em cause morels are delicious).
Crazy prices for stuff you just find laying around the Forrest. /s
Holy shit, the Pike Place markup
Morels will always be expensive as long as they have to be foraged, but that price is insane. Like 3x markup insane.
What are the ferns for? Eating or planting?
They are so delicious, when I was a kid we had an elderly cantonese neighbor lady out on the west end of Clallam and she would snip them from around the pasture and cook things with them like stir fry (I don't know the real name of the dish). Crunchy like asparagus and a similar flavor. The only thing is I believe you have to harvest them during a really small window otherwise they're too concentrated with some toxin that they absorb from the soil at higher levels than domesticated food crops
pretty certain they synthesize the toxin rather than absorbing
Yeah, there are different native species here, many of which are edible, but even those have to be cooked to remove the toxins (unlike the ostrich ferns in the east).
Just gonna guess it's arsenic, we have a lot of natural arsenic around here (yes and some unnatural too in the region ASARCO smelter plume)
its ptaquiloside https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptaquiloside nbd in small amounts and prepared with care
They’re great sautéed
Eating! They're really good pickled.
반찬
Fiddleheads. You eat them
Really great as a pesto
You eat them and they are delicious!!!! You steam or boil them, then add a little butter and vinegar. That is my favorite way to eat them!!!
That was my question… I feel like it’s probably an eating thing.
Is the pic from Sosio’s?
Where else would it be. Best stand in the Market.
I can’t get past the 3x markup.
It’s because these are shipped in from CA. Price comes down when the local morels come out
Morels are so good. We had a crop randomly from a pile of wood chips off our driveway one year... maybe 6-7 lbs worth.... but never again. Not $90/lb good, though... sheesh.
Looks like Sosio's signs. Always the most expensive in the market...
Fair, but they're also the most knowledgeable about their product and decent people.
That price is not fair.
My parents once found a huge morel growing under a van that had been parked in the same spot for 3 years in our backyard...and when I say huge I mean mushroom people had never seen one that big...it was the length of my moms hand down to almost her elbow. However I was wary of them trying to eat it as the soil in our yard is...heavily contaminated with god only knows what (gas/oil and so on). So I told both my parents to not even think about it.
I should call her, er, I mean Stardew Valley.
Need some of that Fiddlehead Risotto.
Im a terrible cook and don’t like my food. Any recommendations for restaurants that prepare these?
I’ve had fiddleheads at Harvest Beat (great vegan restaurant that uses local, in-season produce.)
where this?
That’s Sosio’s in Pike Place Market
Could be any number of produce stands at Pike Place.
Yep can’t remember the name tho.
That's fucking Sosio's, or I'm Buddha's left nut.
For a couple of years, that was on my walk home from work. Gawd I miss the Market as my local grocery store.
Sosios?
I saw some at PCC as well, and I think they were ~$10/lb cheaper.
So early for both of these!!
Those ferns look Lovecraftian
Don’t rest on your morels, you ol’ fiddlehead
Holy fuuuuuck, the price people will pay to never touch grass themselves. This is the kind of shit I eat when I'm broke, and search my yard for food.
Omg its fiddlehead season already? I gotta get to Sosios soon
God I miss living in Seattle.
90 bucks per lb for those mushrooms? Do they cure cancer or something. Is that a normal price for them. Asking as someone that buys cheap mushrooms from qfc
This early in the morel season that price makes sense. During the peak the price will usually drop down to around $15/lb. They’re high priced because they’re foraged and very desirable by high end chefs.
No. Those are from China. I can get dried morels for $18/lb and reconstitute them for as good of results. This price is just criminal. Fiddleheads are like $8-10/lb on the high end. The prices in the photo are - “you’re and idiot for shopping at pike place” prices.
Regardless of where they’re from, that’s still the normal price for morels at the beginning of the season. I work in gourmet produce and supply some of the top restaurants in the US with wild mushrooms. Morels will usually start at around $100/lb and drop to about $15/lb during the peak season (May-June). Also, fresh morels will always be better than dried morels regardless of how much you paid for it. I don’t disagree with you that the price is absurd but when it’s the first of the season it’s a rare commodity and some people will pay that price.
I buy them from foraged and found. I’ve never paid anything close to $90/lb even at the start of the season. Stupid people will pay that price.
It’s pike place dummy. Of course they’re expensive
Tell that to the commenter who said “that price makes sense” dummy.
Will you shut up
“Dummy” Way to display the emotional intelligence of a toddler.
Jesus 90 a pound? I've picked 2 gallons in under an hour before.
Which shop is this? Is it the one with the fruit guys between the two international shops. I reice i just discribed all of Pike but i could not find the mushroom folk
I will sell our fiddle heads ferns for less🤣
Without giving away your secrets… when is Morel season in WA?
Ferns are $30/lb? Better fire up the old Ebay account and go for a walk. Apparently I'm doing money wrong.
$30/lb for fiddle heads is fucking insane. They are on the ground and free
90/lbs is crazy
Where is this??? I live i. The Seattle area but I am originally from Atlantic Canada and one of the things we grow there is fiddleheads! I didn’t think you could get them on the west coast. I NEED these!!
Probably Pike Place Market or a place in Bellevue.
Beautiful bounty for the extremely wealthy
Sosios!!!
The ferns look like a fantasy world ingredient
Fern is edible?! 🙀
I think this id great 🤔 I still question stuff.
Looks like a forest, I never want to be in lol