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By Alma Lach
Published 1974
Since they grow wild, they are usually quite dirty. Wash them many times in cold water. It is advisable to cut them in half and wash out their hollow inside. Once they are clean, dry and sauté in butter. Then serve à la Maître d’Hôtel. Or they may be served in cream sauce, dipped in batter and French-fried, or dipped in a simple coating and sautéed in butter. Look for morels every spring. Where you find them one year you will usually find them the next year. Keep their hiding place your secret. They like to grow in damp areas around rotting logs, but not on them. Cultivated mushrooms are not the delicacy that morels are.
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