SIXTEEN The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, May 25, 1978
Open season on Morel mushrooms
Grand Squares entertain in
Condon Sunday
The upcoming Memorial
Day weekend may provide the
last opportunity of the year for
aspiring Euell Gibbons types
to gather wild morel mush
rooms from the upper slopes
of the Blue Mountains.
Morels could still be found in
abundance near the snow level
on Arbuckle Mountain last
weekend. A half-hour's search
along the edges of a small
runoff creek produced a
medium sized supermarket
sack full of the wrinkled
morsels.
Most of the mushrooms
were found on the thick forest
duff layer near fir thickets
that rose from the edge of the
stream. Morels could not be
found in saturated ground
along the creek.
Beginnning mushroom hun
ters should have no trouble
distinguishing the wrinkled,
brainlke morel from other
species. The difficulty lies in
finding the morel at all, since
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Spongy Morel mushrooms blend in with the landscape, making
them hard to spot, but the search is worth it to those who
appreciate good eating.
its texture and coloration
blends in with the forest
floor a kind of horticultural
camouflage.
But the search is worth it to
those who appreciate one of
the finest tasting natural foods
on the planet without having
to pay for it. East Coast
gourmet restaurants have
been known to pay as much as
$20 a pound for morels.
Hunting morels in the Blue
Mountains may not be as
exciting as stalking an elk.
Morel hunters cannot tie the
results of a day's pickings to
their car roofs in order to
impress friends. And a paper
bag is certainly not as
glamouroub a hunting imple
ment as an expensive, high
powered rifle.
But morels are much less of
a hassle to clean, a thousand
times easier to pack out, and
just as tasty to eat.
There are probably as many
ways to prepare morels as
there are people who stalk
them. One method is to simply
sautee them in butter until
they just start to brown, then
serve them as a side dish
ideally to fresh trout.
Appalachian morel hunters
like to bread the morels in
flour or corn meal, then deep
fry them in oil or lard. Another
method is to gently brown
them in bacon fat, then stir
them into frying eggs.
In addition to washing the
mushrooms, it is recommen
ded that they be split length
wise in half and soaked for a
couple of hours in salt water.
You'd be surprised what can
crawl out of mushrooms
during the soaking period.
Splitting gives the oolong
morels a better trying sur
face. As the upper mountain
reaches begin to dry, and the
temperatures rise to summer
time level, the morel will
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begin its seasonal demise.
Those interested in stalking
the springtime palate pleasers
are urged to hasten into the
mountains.
Next spring is a long time
away.
Hospital
Notes
Between Tuesday, May 16,
and Tuesday, May 23, seven
patients were admitted to
Pioneer Memorial Hospital.
Remaining patients on
Tuesday were Charlie Conley,
Fossil; Vernon Gilman, Hepp
ner; and Tim Cheney, lone.
Admitted and discharged dur
ing the week were Terry
Cutsforth, Andy Gorman, and
Bill Lynch, all of Heppner;
and Mike Parker, Condon.
BIRTH
The Morrow County stork
made one delivery stop at
Pioneer Memorial Hospital in
the past week.
The Reverand and Mrs.
Steven Albert Tollefson be
came the parents of a son
named Theodore Steven on
Sunday, May 21, at 3:40 a.m.
He weighed in at 8 pounds, 7
ounces, and joins two big
brothers in the Tollefson
household.
Ted's grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Clay Tollefson,
Nampa, Ida.; and Judge
Charles Shaw and Murva
Sliman, both of Gooding,
Idaho. George Tollefson of
of Nampa is his great-grandfather.
Fourteen members of the
lone Grand Squares dance
club traveled to Condon last
Sunday, to entertain residents
of the Condon Nursing Home.
The lone group made the
trip at the request of Cindy
Ledington, activities director
at the nursing home.
After an hour of dancing, the
group was served ice cream,
cookies and orange juice.
Darrel Wilson was the
caller, relieved by Ron Davis.
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Fifty-four eighth-graders graduate from Heppner Junior High this year. Posed in dinner-dance night finery last
Friday are: Front row (1 to r), Pat Parker, Doug Garrett, Mike Walsingham, Jeff Sumner, Andy Gorman, Brad Marlin,
Harry Groshens, Wayne Wilson, Darrel Miles, Angie Hutchinson, Sheridan Sweek, John Breidenbach; second row, Steve
Groce, Janet Plocharsky, Jody Turpenning, Sarena Panter, Cindi Hudson, Becky Smith, Cindy Frederick, Cindi
Bergstrom, Lea Rush, Polly Fortenberry, Tami Schoonover, Donna Munkers, Vicki Smith, Ann Lindsay; third row,
Dawna Devin, Pam Marquardt, Cliff Dougherty, Mike Nolan, Don Lott, Duane Epping, Terry Gray, Rick Klaus, Lee Rice,
Kelly Crewse, Jody Van Cleave, Lisa Nix, Karen Kenny, Elizabeth Zita; back row, Sandra Ward, Darcy Ilollomon, Mark
Launer, Robert Bier, Earl Hammond, Doug Holland, Joe Struthers, Dorian Forrar, James Howell, Mike Roth, Stephani
Sams, Patti Devine, Sheri McMinn, and Cindy Gochnauer.
lone Jr.
High
lone eighth-graders will see
the end of their junior high
school days on Friday, June 2.
Honored at a graduation
banquet and dance last Satur
day were: back row, (I to r):
Vickie Buchanan, Diann Mor
ter, John Murray, Jeff Adams,
Tina McBride; middle row,
Laurie Marick, Cathy Cheney,
Tammy Holtz. Kris Pettyjohn,
Michelle LaRue; front row,
. Mary Kincaid, Margaret Do
herty, Anita Palmer, Janice
Johnson and Liz McElligott.
Not pictured in the photograph
taken during a school day this
week were Chris Rietmann,
Sandra Thompson and Corby
Sullivan.
Good News Club
sponsors film,
program
All interested persons are
invited to bring their children
to a free film and a special
program planned for this
Saturday, May 27, from 2:30-4
p.m. at the Masonic Hall in
lone.
The film, entitled "Two
Thieves" is suitable for all
ages and will be shown by Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Thorne of
Condon, local directors of the
Child Evangelism Fellowship.
The lone Good News Club
will co-sponsor the afternoon's
program, which will include
songs and presentations of
certificates to children who
attended the group's school
release Christian education
program this year.
Refreshments will be
served.
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