On 13/7/05 8:43, in article , "Kay"
wrote:

In article , Sacha
writes
A recent trip to Paris prompts me to ask if anyone knows whether the
mushrooms used in cooking by the French, such as morilles, are the dried
ones usually or fresh ones? I ask because I've seen packets of various
kinds of dried fungi over here but never fresh ones. I love all kinds of
mushrooms, including the little girolles and I would be very happy to find
fresh ones in this country.

Most fungi are seasonal, so I would expect them to use dried ones for
part of the year at least.

Are morilles what we call morels?

A Google image search says 'yes'! I don't know what 'girolles' are in
English. And there are some tiny little yellow fungi which I don't think
I've seen used in England.
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Sacha
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