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Wild Bounty

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As I was illuding to in my last post, we are avid mushroom hunters! If my mom, grandma or anyone else who leans toward the cautious side is reading, don't worry. We aren't roaming the woods, munching on bright red, polka-dotted mushrooms. We are stalking the wild and illusive morel. Countless hours over the last few weeks have been spent with our eyes to the ground, looking next to and under everything, leaving no leaf unturned . We have been relatively successful in our hunts and have brought home a nice sized wild bounty; at least several dozen morels and even some more ramps. This past week we were even able to harvest a few ramps and chives from our own garden. I couldn't help but make dinner with all these delicious ingredients. I cut the morels into bite size pieces (well, most of them), minced the chives, minced the whites of the ramps and chiffonade the greens. I then sauteed the raw ingredients in a few tablespoons of butter for 4 minutes. Next, I tossed in