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Unwashed (cooked) mushrooms- tell me I'm being stupid!

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GunShotResidue · 20/12/2015 20:02

I had a lovely cottage pie for tea, cooked by my FIL. Whilst I was doing the dishes I realised the leftover mushrooms on the side were unwashed. I hadn't though about it before, but I doubt the ones in the pie had been washed, and now I'm panicking about toxoplasmosis.

Please tell me I'm being silly!

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FishWithABicycle · 20/12/2015 20:03

You're being silly.
You will be fine.

PotteringAlong · 20/12/2015 20:04

You are being silly.

GunShotResidue · 20/12/2015 20:30

Haha, thank you. I'm still worrying but I'm going to try and take my mind off it.

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museumum · 20/12/2015 20:31

You're being daft. Mushrooms are farmed indoors in sterile "soil".
I say "soil" because it's not really soil due to being sterile.

GunShotResidue · 20/12/2015 21:10

Thank you so much, that's very reassuring!

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Mummamayhem · 20/12/2015 21:11

Yeah silly

LBOCS2 · 20/12/2015 21:13

I never wash mushrooms, fwiw. I sometimes rub them on my trousers to get the mucky bits off. My trousers being extremely clean, of course

rainbowstardrops · 20/12/2015 21:31

You're not supposed to wash mushrooms apparently as they contain so much water anyway. You're supposed to wipe them. if you can be arsed

Towelonthedoor · 20/12/2015 21:33

They have been cooked don't worry. Mushrooms are grown in very careful conditions!

ilovehotsauce · 20/12/2015 23:45

Really? You wash mushrooms?

TheBestChocolateIsFree · 20/12/2015 23:47

What pp said - normal supermarket mushrooms aren't grown outside where animals could crap on them.

CwtchMeQuick · 20/12/2015 23:48

My mother peels mushrooms

I flick the mud off if I can be bothered

Also, you'll be fine

ElfOff · 20/12/2015 23:48

Definitely worrying about nothing. Wouldn't have been anything on them anyway PLUS they were cooked and therefore any bacteria/harmful organisms would have been killed. Relax. (Coming from someone that really worried about toxoplasmosis when pregnant!!)

EvaBING · 20/12/2015 23:51

In Ireland we would fondly say 'Ya feicin lug ya! Sure isn't it cooked?'

PerspicaciaTick · 21/12/2015 00:04

I completely agree with everything everyone else has said. I'd also like to suggest that, if you aren't planning to use all the mushrooms in a recipe then you wouldn't bother washing the ones you weren't using (because they won't last so well once they've been washed). Just because the leftover ones hadn't been washed/cleaned/wiped, doesn't mean that the ones in the pie hadn't been washed/cleaned/wiped.

GunShotResidue · 21/12/2015 10:41

Thank you all! I'm feeling much more sane this morning!

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sepa · 21/12/2015 14:19

I never wash any fruit or veg!
My excuse is you need some bacteria to build your immune system

Mouthfulofquiz · 21/12/2015 14:29

Anyone that washes mushrooms needs their head testing. You'll be fine
Wash it down with a slab of Brie and a runny egg!

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