Okay, so I know that mushrooms grow in manure and they usually have a nice amount of debris on them when you buy them in the package. I've been told that you are not supposed to get them wet or they will soak up the water like a sponge and get ruined.
So, how the heck are you supposed to clean them to get the manure off? If I'm not mistaken, manure causes ecoli (similar to the recent spinach outbreak).
2007-02-27 12:04:28 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
Rinse them off.
Most mushrooms are grown in compost, which may or may not have manure in it. But cow manure has to be pasteurized (as in previous post) or well-rotted (which will kill off harmful bacteria) before you use it.
And don't eat them cow-flop mushrooms. Yuck.
So rinse them off. Don't soak them...just rinse them.
Dry them off...moisture gone.
If you pick your own (if you're good at recognizing edible ones, that is...get a book or an expert!) you can just throw them in the pan.
But leave the wild ones to those who know which to eat.
2007-02-27 12:53:32 · answer #1 · answered by SlowClap 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
No simply rinse the mushrooms with spray ability water nozzle and pat dry. Yeah you can rinse them quick giving them a scrub with a toothbrush (as they're not a literal sponge).
Contrary to this widespread hearsay that manure be the cause behind ecoli that be not so!
The actual reason ecoli be in the spinach be that All the spinach from the ecoli outbreak was in fresh leaf plastic bags and was handled more by workers and not cooked. Cooked spinach still be safe . Avoid ecoli and salmonella by avoiding all bagged fresh express or ANY brand salads !
These bagged salads are breeding grounds for salmonella and surprisingly THE biggest cause of salmonella of anything ! fresh bagged salad wont do so buy a head.
Spinach has a natural ability & tendency to absorb ecoli since spinach be a plant which does this anyhow (high ability to absorb ecoli from soils that are polluted by chicken or cattle feces).
2007-02-27 13:44:08 · answer #2 · answered by Dane Aqua 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You are right about not to wash the mushroom because is like a sponge will absorb the water, which will release the water during the cooking process, and will lose is natural flavor. The best way to clean a Mushroom is to dust it with a brush, or with a clean towel
2007-02-27 17:55:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can get mushrooms wet. you are going to cook it anyway so it doesn't really matter. just run them under tap water - warm is more preferrable then pat them dry or place them in a collander so they can drip dry.
but then there are mushrooms now that are cultured. they don't necessarily grow in manure like before. groceries carry these nowadays.
manure that causes ecoli are the ones usually of humans although they are also present in animal and wildlife manure. i guess you can ask the grocer for more info regarding your mushrooms.
2007-02-27 12:12:11 · answer #4 · answered by bench 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The manure used to grow commercially grown mushrooms is usually pasturized so as to kill any harmful bacteria.
The proper way to clean mushrooms is to wipe them off with a damp cloth.
2007-02-27 12:10:27 · answer #5 · answered by margarita 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Some experts recommend just brushing or wiping off mushrooms with a damp towel, since they are so absorbent and may lose some flavor if soaked in water. However, others think it's not such a big deal.
2007-02-27 12:07:46 · answer #6 · answered by St♥rmy Skye 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I get quite a treat in the springtime around here, wild morel mushrooms. What you have to do with them is soak them in salt water for a day to get rid of the bugs and the dirt. They don't usually turn up in cow pies, so that's a good thing I guess. But immersing them in water is what you HAVE to do to clean them. They turn out just fine after their bath.
2007-02-27 16:15:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Take a damp paper towel and wipe them down. Alton Brown had an episode on how much the mushroom really soaked up. It was very detailed. They hardly soaked up anything so go ahead and give them a sloshing around in cool water and dry. Use immediatly.
2007-02-27 12:09:26 · answer #8 · answered by floatnfun 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
in the US, they aren't in manure, just dirt
I always rinse mine off and have never noticed a problem...I mean, it does RAIN on mushrooms, doesn't it?
just don't soak them. I run the water over them in a strainer and then use
2007-02-28 05:48:35 · answer #9 · answered by coquinegra 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wash them in a bowl of water and then under a running tap.
This thing about not getting them wet is nonsense. In the wild they get rained on all the time.
2007-02-27 18:00:34 · answer #10 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋