not to peel mushrooms?

[MardyBra]

OK if they're those great big ones, I'd peel them, especially if the skin was looking a bit manky. But if they're just normal sized, fairly fresh mushrooms, then I'd just give them a rinse, maybe cut of a bit of the stem and use them.

My mother thinks this is disgusting practice, especially as mushrooms are grown in horse manure.

isn't all the nutrients in the peel

A lot of the flavour's in the peel.
A quick wipe, best unpeeled.
(Disclaimer: this may not be true/safe for rare woodland mushrooms.)

I peel them because I enjoy it

Am I wierd?

Peel mushrooms?

Peel mushrooms?

Are you a troll OP?

NEWSFLASH! Mushrooms are squidgy when cooked anyway. Think about it. Doesn't matter if they're washed or not.

However, I just wipe mine with kitchen roll.

Peelers are just looking to pass the time.

@passing time. I'm freaked. I x-posted with you. SEE?? Everything I say is truuueeee.

Defo wash them in a colander, cut stems off and any manky bits.
I can't understand anyone peeling them, talk about making your life difficult!

You're supposed to peel them .

Am I the worst domestic goddess ever - I didn't even know they could be peeled.

Never peeled a mushroom in my life!

The stuff they're grown in is pasteurised anyway so it's all "good" dirt. I do wipe them over with damp kitchen roll. Sometimes.

I peel mushrooms.

Especially loose ones.

Other people might have done unspeakable things and then fondled them.

Yeurgh.

nooooo don't wash mushrooms! you'll ruin them!

only run them under the tap immediately prior to use, I wouldn't wash them ahead of time or anything (because yes, that WOULD ruin them).

Anyway, when they're a bit older the peel practically falls off them anyway, so they're easy to peel. If they're not easy to peel then they don't need to be peeled.

can anyone tell me how to blanch and freeze veggies:?

tried to freexe celeriac but it didn't work very well

i dont peel mushrooms

i dont wash new clothes

i dont put pegs ina peg bag - wtf is that about - thats a new thread that is freaky fuckers - who buys a peg bag?

Custy, you need a blast freezer to do it properly. A domestic freezer will freeze the veg more slowly, which allows bigger ice crystals to form across cell membranes, so that when you defrost the cell walls collapse and your fruit/veg goes to mush. The blast freezer freezes so fast that the ice crystals formed are tiny and this doesn't happen.

You should clean them before consumption. You can get hepA from unwashed ground growing veg, so it's very important to clean them properly!

Solo really?! I know this isn't exactly scientific but no one I've EVER heard of has got HepA from a mucky mushroom. Swimming in polluted water on holidays, yes. Mushrooms, no.

Personally I'm a non peeler/non washer slattern type. Gotta be some extra nutrients in all that dirt, right?

However, I do have a peg bag (Cath Kidston natch). Custardo how do you keep all your pegs together?

Look it up, it's true. You never know what has seeped into the soil. I cringe when people don't wash fruit and veg before eating it.

I wash and peel them, I have to admit.

Just done them today.

I actually enjoy peeling them though. What does that say about my sad life?

Well, I did just google that Solo and came up with this article which by no means extensive seems to suggest that YES you can get Toxic Hepatitis from mushrooms . . . BUT only because those mushrooms themselves are poisonous NOT because they are ordinary edible mushrooms that have, rather neglectfully, been eaten when unwashed.

Or have I completely missed the point? this info was only gleaned from a 30 sec google. I am not a doctor.

In a general sense, you can get it if the veg/fruit is grown in contaminated soil and you don't thoroughly wash the food stuffs. LOOK HERE as an example. (I'm not speaking exclusively of mushrooms btw).

Well, you live and learn.

Still never heard of anyone getting sick after eating an unwashed mushroom.

They are grown in shit though and hep A gets around the planet in shit. Worth risking now you know? I wouldn't think so, but up to the individual.
Look! you've made me say shit 3 times in this post! I never write naughty words on MN!

But but but this is from the above link to growing mushrooms . . .

Contrary to popular belief mushrooms are not grown in manure. This is one thing that I get asked about most often. Mushrooms are in fact grown in a pasteurized substrate, which yes does contain manure, but once the whole process is finished it is not even close. Allow me to go on. This pasteurized mushroom substrate is made up of several different organic materials such as wheat, straw, hay, stable bedding, poultry litter, gypsum, corncobs, and high protein supplements such as soybean meal and feather meal. Each item does its job to create carbon and nitrogen as well as manage the pH levels of the substrate. These items mixed together create a nutritionally balanced growth medium for mushrooms.

Pasteurization of this substrate is next. This is the most important step in the making of the substrate as it eliminates any pests or micro-organisms that may be in the mixture. During pasteurization the substrate reaches a temperature of 160F/71C, all bacteria is killed. The substrate is now ready for the spawn or fungal seed to be added.