Day 3 – Morels.
I’m going to say
right at the outset that I was unable to find any morels, despite
having looked. After looking around online a fair bit, I sent a
couple emails to people who seemed to have found morels in Pickering
themselves. After a bit of advice, I went out myself to a little
park area in North Pickering to have a look one moist weekend.
Sadly, after looking for a little while, I had no luck.
Due to my failure
(perhaps due to inexperience), I bought some dried morels at home
instead, rehydrated them, and fried them up for use in a risotto. As
I enjoyed the risotto though, I thought of how close I must have been
to finding these elusive treasures right here in the GTA. Truly, the
centrepiece of a meal like this could easily have been a valuable
fungus right under our noses the whole time.
As an alternative
to finding some morels today, I thought I'd reflect a little on a
discovery I made a few weeks ago. In my backyard I learned that the
vines growing on the fence will soon produce grapes! Behold!
In the coming weeks, as they ripen, I think I'll make some jelly!
Harris
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