Dale I would never be able to describe the exact location of where these morels were found. They were on private property, and I was invited by the owner, or I never would have found it by myself. Now, since she has moved, I'd probably have to trespass or get the new owner's permission. Anyways, you should be happy to know they are to be found in many locations in Oklahoma. Keep tabs on this link, and you should be able to zero in on a good location. I think there's another morel link for Oklahoma as well as this one online. You won't be disappointed if you luck onto a good morel spot. As you will see in the pics in this link, even the homeies love them, lol! Just wait til about April and about four days after a rain. Look for a moist woodland, where some deer and cows have roamed, and there are many such places in Oklahoma. I LOVE morels just about any way you can prepare them. And especially morel soup, or perhaps cut up in small pieces for tempura. A real delicacy. I've been thinking of starting my own little shitake patch. You can buy the spores of those online and perhaps other varieties as well. Dawn I can relate to the harvesting, canning and preserving fatigue. Getting kind of tired of it myself, so when dinner time rolls around and it's just me, it's catch as catch can from the garden. I really do hate to see the summer crops dwindling. Okra not bearing well. The cucumbers that store boughts will NEVER be able to rival are just about kaput. I still have tons of BIG tomatos that haven't ripened yet. Since it's been dry, with no recent rain, I've been allowing them to store up all that deliciousness and not get soggy or insipidly flavorless, so they have been amazing! Especially enjoying the Indian Stipes, which were not new to you, but certainly a delightful first for me. I'm hoping I don't get stuck with having to can jars of pickled tomatos or green tomato relish. I like it, but there's only so much of it I can eat. Today's menu was simply one of my baked buttercup squash, (just the right size for me), with butter and brown sugar, and cooked to pieces pole beans. Since I don't have a family to cook for, sometimes I kind of 'batch' and my folks used to call it. Nice in a way, since I can eat weird stuff that I like, when I like and not have to worry about meal planning per se. Barbara Here is a link that might be useful: Morels of Oklahoma

Yum, sausages, peppers and onions sound good!! Hubby made dinner tonite. He put sliced onions in foil and sliced potatoes, with olive oil, pepper and oregano in another foil packet. Grilled them, and made hamburgers. Delicious! I made strawberries and whipped cream between graham wafers. Freeze for 15 minutes. That's our new favourite dessert!

Ooooh--waffle house--I'm jealous. We don't have them here. We do enjoy stopping there when travelling. Here? Way too hot to cook. DH just left to get one of those $10 Pizza Hut boxes (bread sticks, pizza and cinnamon sticks--who else does SO many different things with pizza dough--LOL). We'll get 2 nights' dinners out of it. Can't beat the price, even if it is a little heavy on the carbs.

DH is down with a cold and said that it is soup weather. So, take your pick. I cooked my heart out on Saturday and Sunday. I made Oxtail soup, red lentil and lemon soup, beef vegetable soup, green lentil and cauliflower soup, Sausage minestrone with orzo, and Zuppa Toscana. He works from home and this will take care of lunches for a good long while. He chose Zuppa Toscana for supper yesterday.