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.

wipe, no peel and we're all still alive and the children will only eat them raw.

OP, I wonder if your DM has eaten mushrooms in a restarant? No good chef would wash or peel a mushroom. (obviously excluding strange wild ones that require peeling).

Nope - quick splash to wash away most of the soil that's it.

YANBU. DD3 did a catering course and they were told never to peel mushrooms.

yeah, but I bet most restaurants don't have mushrooms a week old that have started to open up and the skin go darker, either. So they wouldn't need to peel their mushrooms. It's a home thing.

I've always wiped them with a damp paper towel, but MrNC likes peeling them if they've gone a bit grey. Keeps him happy! (he does it; I won't)
Once they've got dried out they're impossible to peel so back to wiping and cutting with scissors.

nothing natural - I know you've lifted that from a website so it's not in your own words, but but but - although heating the soil to 71deg C might kill all vegetative bacteria, it won't necessarily kill all spores. So the soil/substrate is not fully "disinfected". Pasteurising works on milk because it is unlikely to contain any spores - but soil will.

I know, it's not you - but I just wanted to point that out. :)

Thanks Thumb happy to stand corrected.

I used to peel because my dad always peeled and I learned to cook from him.

Then, I read on the mushroom bag from Sainsbury's about two weeks ago, "no need to peel. Just wipe" It was a hallelujah moment, I can tell you.

You can peel mushrooms?!

I peel the big ones but others just wet some kitchen paper and wipe them clean. Don't even rinse as they go soggy and absorb too much water. Nothing wrong with a bit of dirt. No need to peel at all.

I didn't know you could peel mushrooms either! What exactly do you peel off? .

I just wipe with damp kitchen paper if they look like they need it. If you buy them in a packet, that's what the instructions usually say to do.

I've never peeled a mushroom in my life and I eat them most days.

f you buy OLD mushrooms, or they go old in your fridge (like mine often do) then the edge will be easily accessible and you can just lift it with a small knife, or even your fingers. If you have NEW mushrooms, that are closed cup, this will not work.

Cheria it is a fact that mushrooms absorb water and therefore it is better to wipe with a damp cloth, but I'd rather eat mushrooms that contain water than something that'll make me ill.
I only peel mushrooms that are well and truly past their best.

Solo bit of shit never hurt anyone...

Never heard of peeling mushroom unless it's past its best - very wasteful.

A wipe with kitchen towel is ample.

Do people really peel mushrooms? I thought that was an urban myth.

I don't peel them (apart from the big ones with thicker skins) and I don't wash them either - being drenched in water does a mushroom no good at all. If they need it I give them a wipe over, otherwise I just cook them. I haven't died yet.

I thought it was chicken shit......

Maybe that is grapes.

I always peel mushrooms, I always have and always will. I know that you aren't supposed to but I do. I also eat them raw, I don't cook them, I don't really like them cooked. If I was at someones house though and they served me something with cooked mushrooms in it I'd eat it to be polite but I don't like to cook mushrooms and eat them. Dd1 loves mushrooms, in pasta, in omlettes, in stir fry etc but I don't like how they go soggy and a bit bleugh when they are cooked.