Please people. When you're cleaning mushrooms, DO NOT soak them or run them under water. When you "cook" something you are extracting moisture with heat. Thats why when something like chicken is overcooked, it's dry. By adding water to the mushroom, you're actually prolonging the cooking process and chances are, you're probably going to BOIL your mushrooms. Mushrooms are sponges and they will absorb anything and everything. Has anybody ever told you to use more oil when cooking mushrooms? No? Well, that's why.
If you want to take that little spec of dirt off the mushroom because you're a wuss then take a very lightly damp towel and brush it off. THAT'S IT. Now stop freaking out and get back to cooking.
bien manger
-cwis
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My wife actually asked me to wash a mushroom before giving it to my son yesterday. I told her it wasn't necessary. All the dirt on mushrooms is completely benign. A little dirt never hurt anyone. :)
ReplyDeletePlus, when you get certain mushrooms wet, like Criminis, they get really slippery and difficult to handle.
Haha that's right David. A little dirt never did hurt anyone. You absolutely right, some mushrooms do become slippery due to the moisture and fungus they give off. Thanks for reading!
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