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Vegetarian, Vegan and Animal Rights

izquierdista

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3. They all taste the same to me

Reply to HopeHoops (Original post)

Sun Jan 29, 2012, 05:01 PM

Jan 2012

Regular agaricus, oyster, chantrelles, ink caps, shiitake, maiitake, straw mushroooms, boletes, they all taste like just plain old mushrooms to me. Except giant puffballs. Sliced, breaded, and sauteed in butter, they taste like a piece of paper towel breaded and sauteed in butter.

Oh, except wood ears. They actually have a taste and texture of their own that is different from "all of the above". So I would vote for wood ears.

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Favorite cooking mushroom? [View all] HopeHoops Jan 2012 OP

Morel's are picked wild and are a local delicacy in my state. Delicious. n/t Ed Suspicious Jan 2012 #1

They're also nearly without taste until cooked. HopeHoops Jan 2012 #2

They all taste the same to me izquierdista Jan 2012 #3

Taste the same? TASTE THE SAME? BLASPHEMY!! HopeHoops Jan 2012 #4

Tastes like regular mushroom soup izquierdista Jan 2012 #5

"regular mushroom soup" tastes like salt and not at all like mushrooms. HopeHoops Jan 2012 #6

Saprophyte? izquierdista Jan 2012 #10

Baby bellas. flvegan Jan 2012 #7

Also known as "crimini" - hell, what we call "canola oil" comes from rapeseeds. HopeHoops Jan 2012 #8

I have a badass mushroom stroganoff recipe using those and maybe some dried shitakes, LeftyMom Jan 2012 #9