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Our normal way of prepping mushrooms is to peel off the outer layer and scrap off a layer on the stalk too. It takes a while. In fact I managed to get through a film yesterday while preparing some.
Is there a more efficient way of preparing mushrooms?
Open packet, or bag, chope 'em up and throw them in the pan. Prep time = 2.7s.
Stan_Lite
08-11-2011, 11:04
Open packet, or bag, chope 'em up and throw them in the pan. Prep time = 2.7s.
Same.
Either dry scrub them or peel. first option, 10 seconds per shroom. Not into pesticides on my fuds :)
It's fungus, it probably has worst stuff growing inside/around it than it does on the skin ;) If you're worried about pesticides, a lot of mushroom cultivation is done without the use of pesticides, and if you REALLY worried, just buy organic! ;)
Either dry scrub them or peel. first option, 10 seconds per shroom. Not into pesticides on my fuds :)
Yeah thats why we do it too.
Open packet, or bag, chope 'em up and throw them in the pan. Prep time = 2.7s.
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Yes, but when you cook them, most crap is neutralised, but presticides won't be. 'Cooked' fungus is far less likely to cause nasty, degenerative diseases than chemical filled sprays. Besides, I'm not *really* worried, it takes 10 seconds and it's better than finding a rock in your sauce.
For the record, there's no guarantee that because it says organic on the label, no pesticides have been used. I'd rather not risk my health when it takes 10 seconds to brush because a lot of times (including in supermarkets), things are sprayed onto the surface. Also, some farmers use cow crap as a growth agent which I'd rather not eat, thanks very much and dry brushing also gets rid of that :)
You do it your way I'll do it mine. Neither is more right or wrong than the other.
I never claimed you were wrong and that I was correct! :)
There's no definitive way to be sure after the centuries we've been using pesticides (some natural, some not). Anyway, whatever, it's not important. :)
I, like you, put my health as a priority - hence why I eat well :) But anyway, I'm sure your mushrooms are delicious, and hope to experience them one day :D
Lop off the dry end of the stalk, knock the soil off, chop in half or quarters depending on the size of the mushroom, then eat approximately 20% of them before they even see a pan. Chomp.
Portabello mushrooms struggle to make it to the pan :o
I never claimed you were wrong and that I was correct! :)
Maybe not, but you offered an alternative that suggests you feel that I should do things differently. I scrub them. I'm happy with that. No need to change what I buy or how I clean them. Anyway as I said, never mind. I'm not getting into a debate over mushrooms!
T'was just friendly banter... :dunno:
Ah well... :)
I shall flagellate myself appropriately (whilst thinking of you ;)).
Piggymon
08-11-2011, 13:36
I just chop em up and chuck em in ... dirt n all ;D
T'was just friendly banter... :dunno:
Ah well... :)
I shall flagellate myself appropriately (whilst thinking of you ;)).
I'm not a friendly person, you not got that yet? I prefer to grump ;D
I want mushrooms now.
But but but... I wub you! :( :D
Only because I'm difficult.
Aaaaaaanyway. On topic. Tinned mushrooms anyone?
I just chop em up and chuck em in ... dirt n all ;D
Me too! Chuck em in the pan that is, not straight down my neck ;D
Only because I'm difficult.
Aaaaaaanyway. On topic. Tinned mushrooms anyone?
Ya, I like a challenge innit! ;)
I've used tinned mushrooms before... just not the same!
I'm liking the sound of brushing.
I can't eat raw mushrooms. They have to be fried to funk so they're crispy.
Stan_Lite
08-11-2011, 14:16
I avoid tinned mushrooms like the plague Can't stand them. Horrible rubbery tasteless things. I get really annoyed if I'm served something with tinned mushrooms in it (especially a cooked breakfast) - it doesn't take a lot of effort to chop up a few fresh mushrooms ffs :angry:
I've been places which serve a "Full English" consisting of: frozen sausages; cheap, salty bacon; pale scrambled eggs; tinned mushrooms and tinned tomatoes - JUST DONT!! :angry:
tinned chinese mushrooms are quite different to button. Much cheaper than fresh & lovely in a pasta bake.
But tbh I could eat mushrooms prepared anyway. I have been known to pick them, rub them on my sleeve & chomp.
Tinned any veg is WRONG!!! Wrong I say! :D
Joyce once asked Rob's mum how she got the carrots all neat cut so nicely - did she use a serrated knife?!
No they were from a tin!
Only thing I don't mind is sweetcorn... for some reason....
Vegetables should be fresh! :D
BB x
I don't mind tinned carrots, mushrooms, potatoes or sweetcorn, but I only ever get them for extreme convenience. They're not something I keep in the cupboard.
I can cope with tinned sweet corn, but anything else is a bit pointless when you trade off the taste against the prep time.
On another note, the worst thing about cheap hotel scrambled eggs is that they are made from powder, eek! I know of a 4* hotel that used this too. Yeuch.
I like tinned carrots :D Not so fussed about tinned anything else though.
Mushrooms: Depends on how they look. If they look particularly dirty, I peel the outer layer off. If they look pretty clean, quick wash and cut. :)
Works for me which is the main thing, what with it being me eating them and all :D
On another note, the worst thing about cheap hotel scrambled eggs is that they are made from powder, eek! I know of a 4* hotel that used this too. Yeuch.
WHAT!?!
Name and shame Vix!!!
Even fricking Maccy D's uses ACTUAL eggs :/
BB x
We can never get fresh exotic mushrooms without going out of our way, so we get them from the chinese supermarket. Nommy.
Yes Vix, I know places that do that too, specificially one that used to use it in a cheese on toast to make it fluffy.
Maccy's use liquid eggs I think in some meals, don't they? I think their scrambled eggs are powder? Know they were in the US anyway.
I can cope with tinned sweet corn, but anything else is a bit pointless when you trade off the taste against the prep time.
On another note, the worst thing about cheap hotel scrambled eggs is that they are made from powder, eek! I know of a 4* hotel that used this too. Yeuch.
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I only have tinned mushrooms for emergencies but I use tinned peas/carrots/sweetcorn regularly. I love marrowfat peas ESP with cheese :)
Looks like it's just the liquid/full eggs in Maccy's here, they've introduced all free-range now too!
Oh, Tak, I <3 Marrowfat peas! I hate hate hate hate hate hate fresh peas. Tinned MF only!
When I worked at Maccys we used REAL eggs!! For the poached AND the scrambled...
God I hated the breakfast shift!! Shocking if they have changed it :/
BB x
Why can I not imagine BBx working at McDonald's?
Stan_Lite
08-11-2011, 15:40
I must confess to being a lover of tinned marrowfat peas too. Not keen on fresh peas at all. I can just about manage frozen peas but tinned marrowfat peas are one of my food cupboard staples :)
When I worked at Maccys we used REAL eggs!! For the poached AND the scrambled...
God I hated the breakfast shift!! Shocking if they have changed it :/
BB x
We used powdered for the BB when I worked there ;)
It says liquid on their FAQ & free-range with semi-skilled milk for the scrambled.
Shocking... good job I don't bloody eat it anyway :p
My friend works at McDs HQ so will be bringing this up with her!!!
BB x
Looks like I've opened a can of mushrooms with this thread... :pebbles:
SidewinderINC
08-11-2011, 20:03
Open packet, or bag, chope 'em up and throw them in the pan. Prep time = 2.7s.
Snap.
There's not 'mush-room' for error in this thread...
Ho ho ho! :D
(Green Giant)
Double whammy! Its ok - I see the door.... :p
BB x
Knipples
08-11-2011, 21:04
Open packet, open bin, throw mushrooms in the bin
*runs and hides*
:p
LeperousDust
08-11-2011, 21:54
Haha i had to have a peak at why a thread about mushrooms managed to get so big!
Personally i'm of the "just chop them" side, no messing thanks. Most i'll ever do might involve removing stalks or tips of stalks (depending on variety). :)
Flibster
09-11-2011, 01:21
Open packet, open bin, throw mushrooms in the bin
*runs and hides*
:p
Sounds good to me. Too much effort though. Just open bin and insert packet. No need to open it. ;)
amazed Paul hasn't popped in once he heard the fungi klaxon ;D
He does love mushrooms.
He hasn't been on BD since July ;)
I know...but surely the Funghi Klaxon covers all eventualities...
What prep. If stalks have root and a clump of mud, a quick chop. Other than that straight in, dirt and all.
volospian
09-11-2011, 16:49
Depends on the mushrooms... if they are large and "open" then it depends on the age. If they are nice and white, just chop them, if they are getting a bit discoloured, I'll peel them first.
Closed mushrooms, I just chop. Button go in as they are. Special mushrooms, like Oyster for example, I chop or tear/break up.
I never wash mushrooms prior to cooking, they absorb the water.
^^ I believe mythbusters debunked that thing about them absorbing water.
My housemate used to wash mushrooms - makes them all slimy and weird.
We can never get fresh exotic mushrooms without going out of our way, so we get them from the chinese supermarket. Nommy.
Yes Vix, I know places that do that too, specificially one that used to use it in a cheese on toast to make it fluffy.
Maccy's use liquid eggs I think in some meals, don't they? I think their scrambled eggs are powder? Know they were in the US anyway.
There's a place near us that grows exotic mushrooms (no not that type :eek: ) and sells them in mixed bags at the local farmers market. Bit of butter, handful of herbs, slice of lovely thick toast and you've got yourself breakfast. NOM!!!!!
volospian
10-11-2011, 09:16
^^ I believe mythbusters debunked that thing about them absorbing water.
Well, I don't know if they actually soak water up like a sponge (although they will soak up the oil in a pan easily enough...) but they do turn slimy when you run them under the tap, and that puts me off. I've always presumed that it's the slimyness that chefs are talking about when they say not to wash them as they "absorb the water", rather than any ability to hold water like a sponge.
Portabello, large flat cap or chestnut mushrooms for me (unless I'm doing chinese). Given a quick light brush if they're dirty. Then chop if required, though I often use them whole in cooking.
Fresh veg/mushrooms is way better than tinned. Though with mushrooms, carrots, beans and peas there is always a danger of eating half of them before they are in the pan!
I don't think there was ever any question over which is better, however it all depends on your time v shopping/cooking ratio really. 50 hour working weeks and caring for elderly relatives means sometimes, you gotta sneak the tins in or you dont eat ;)
semi-pro waster
12-11-2011, 20:49
Bit late to this rather hefty thread but I usually break off the stalks for normal button type mushrooms and maybe give them a quick rinse to get the worst of the dirt off before chopping them up and throwing them in the pan. My mum tends to give mushrooms a wipe with a clean damp cloth which seems fairly sensible and quick but I'm not sure I'd trust any cloth I left lying about here to remain cleaner than the mushroom I was trying to clean off.
On the tinned/frozen/fresh debate - use what you've got/got time for. Fresh is normally better but realistically eating any sort of fruit and veg no matter how it is transported puts you in a position where you're eating more healthily than a disturbingly significant portion of the population.
MUSHROOMS!
Wipe muck off 'em, dunk 'em in houmous raw, NOM 'EM!
Do mushrooms have that much muck on them? I never really look at them that closely when I'm cooking with them.
Anyway, muck is good for you.
We've just tried them with the brushing off method. Assuming we don't die it looks like a winner. Much faster.
I've done it for over 20 years and I'm still here!
Stright in the bin. Disgusting things and I hate them.
It's fungus, it probably has worst stuff growing inside/around it than it does on the skin ;)
Precicedidely. Athletes foot, thrush, sweat rash, ring worm; all fungii. Yum :)
Mmmmm, fungii...
+1
coming from someone who eats offal & things designed to filter waste from an animals body, I think it's great you don't like 'em! Shows I'm on the right track :D
Nothing wrong with a bit of organs, dead blood, internal fat and partially filtered urine. Bring it on :)
Nothing wrong with a bit of organs, dead blood, internal fat and partially filtered urine. Bring it on :)
:withstupid:
Nothing wrong with a bit of organs, dead blood, internal fat and partially filtered urine. Bring it on :)
"Pint of mushrooms please!"
leowyatt
13-11-2011, 22:34
Nothing wrong with a bit of organs, dead blood, internal fat and partially filtered urine. Bring it on :)
Erm..... Yum? :/ sorry but that just does not sound appealing in any way
Erm..... Yum? :/ sorry but that just does not sound appealing in any way
On the contrary, when he puts it like that it actually sounds rather tasty :p ;D
Really fancy some liver now (fried with some onions and lardons!) :( :( :(
leowyatt
13-11-2011, 23:08
On the contrary, when he puts it like that it actually sounds rather tasty :p ;D
Weirdo :p
Precicedidely. Athletes foot, thrush, sweat rash, ring worm; all fungii. Yum :)
Beer and bread both made with fungi. End of convo...
Flibster
14-11-2011, 02:43
Nothing wrong with a bit of organs, dead blood, internal fat and partially filtered urine. Bring it on :)
:withstupid:
:withstupid:
Liver and bacon for tea tomorrow. Steak and kidney stew the day after.
Offal sounds like something you cough up.
TinkerBell
14-11-2011, 17:53
Offal is gross.
BB x
This!! I don't know how you could eat it. Disgusting, Euurgh
It's just offal.
thankyewverymuch
I thought about doing that joke but figured it'd be an offal waste of time.
TinkerBell
14-11-2011, 18:14
*chuckles* ;D
I do draw the line at testicles, eyeballs and insects. Not to keen on brains, though I have had it before, but there's something wrong about eating brain - which is strange as I'd happily eat heart/kidney/liver which is just meat really - brain just seems wrong to me. Weird huh?
I don't wanna know how you prep 'brain'. Tho I guess it would need peeling.
Knipples
14-11-2011, 19:30
I don't wanna know how you prep 'brain'. Tho I guess it would need peeling.
Have you not seen the most recent Silence of the Lambs? :shocked:
Knipples
14-11-2011, 19:46
Do you mean Hannibal?
Thats the one! :)
I had mushrooms today... mushrooms stuffed with......wait for it.... vegetarian haggis! I've never eaten vegetarian haggis before in my life. However, having it with mushrooms was surprisingly nice!
I too have just had mushrooms :D
semi-pro waster
18-11-2011, 22:30
I had mushrooms today... mushrooms stuffed with......wait for it.... vegetarian haggis! I've never eaten vegetarian haggis before in my life. However, having it with mushrooms was surprisingly nice!
Vegetarian haggis is pretty nice as it is, I've got a fair few mates who prefer it to the original product although I wouldn't be totally surprised if a bit of squeamishness is contributing to that.
Flibster
19-11-2011, 00:21
I don't wanna know how you prep 'brain'. Tho I guess it would need peeling.
Thinly sliced and quickly blanched and then pan fried in butter is the method I had.
There was an option for deep fried as well, but deep fried battered brain sounded just... wrong somehow.
Tasted... of not that much really. Slightly meaty and not really offally at all. There was more flavour from the butter than the brain really.
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