Mushrooms

[Tilly2]

Just been getting tea ready and wondered, do I really need to peel those big black field mushrooms? I always do. Is it strictly necessary?

[Tilly2]

any help with the mushrooms?

[jollyroger66]

Been reading a few tips recently Tilly, and agree that they are tastier if just wiped with a damp kitchen roll. To make them tastier, add half or full tin of creamed mushies. Enjoy

[Tilly2]

What on earth are creamed mushies, roger?

[Old_Jim]

The skin tends to be a bit tough - and if you're as old as me, it gets stuck between your teeth. But it's not poisonous.

[jollyroger66]

Sorry Tilly, creamed mushrooms, lol

[Tilly2]

I never peel little button mushrooms but have always peeled the big ones. Maybe it's a throwback thing to when Dad and I used to go and pick them out of the cowpats.

[Tilly2]

I'm grilling them, roger. I don't want mushroom soup.

[berniecuddles]

less talk more peeling! i'm off laters lol

[Tilly2]

Bernie........? I've finished peeling. Just asking.

[berniecuddles]

only joking tilly i love mushrooms could eat a plate of em right now!

[jollyroger66]

That's why the kitchen roll has to be damp. Did you ever pick "Blue Stalks" ? Was like the Truffel of mushrooms

[Tilly2]

No, roger, never had a blue mushroom. We only had white ones when I was little.

[DTCwordfan]

Damp kitchen roll to pick off any soil, tilly. I love things like Chanterelles and Pied de Moutons.....also the Portobellos - squidge of basalmic and a wee splash of maple syrup on those before the grill or a hot pan!

[humbersloop]

I don't even bother to wipe them Tills, never mind peel them

creamed mushroms are gorgeous, and really easy

gently fry some mushrooms -sliced any way you want, or not at all -in butter 'til done to your liking, add a good grind of salt and black pepper and some double cream and snuggle it all together on a very gentle simmer until it reduces a bit.And that's it

You can also fry the mushrooms with onions/shallots/garlic as you wish, and grate a bit of nutmeg over, or a pinch of mace at the end, or stir some chopped fresh parsley through, or any combination

fab glooped on toast, an alternative with a breakfast fry, use it as a sauce for steaks, chicken or pork or do a runnier version for one of the ribbon pastas

[berniecuddles]

christ i need some NOW!!

[humbersloop]

if they're shop bought, even at a farmers market (unless marked as foraged), they'll have been grown in a sterile medium so no cowpat nasties

[humbersloop]

^was that for me bernie?? :)

[rockyracoon]

I onl give them a rub if they're dirty otherwise they just get chopped as is.


Lifes's too short to peel a mushroom :)

[Psybbo]

Sloopy, Bernie has so many cuddles to give

[Tilly2]

I'm going to try some of those lovely suggestions. Tonight we are just having them grilled with olive oil and black pepper on them. Very plain I know but they will be delicious, even if I have peeled them.

Bernie, we have loads. Come to tea.