AIBU not to wash mushrooms before preparing them?

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DH was in the kitchen when I was taking the mushrooms out of their box and chopping them before throwing into the frying pan.

"Aren't you washing them first?" He asked curiously.

"Er, no." I replied.

"What about dirt." And he pointed to a very few little bits of soil that had adhered to a few of the mushrooms.

"Oh, that's clean dirt." I replied.

To be fair, I brush off any bits of soil before chopping, bot don't wash mushrooms. AIBU?

I don't really care tbh, life's too short to wash a mushroom, and neither me, DH have been ill with food poisoning (DH once many years ago or it could have been a virus).

I never wash them. I would remove any really big bits of dirt, but to be honest the supermarket ones look very clean these days, so I don't think there's enough dirt to worry about, even if eating raw.

Lego a "mushroom brush" lol, I'll get one for DH's birthday .

Mackerel. it's their lack of prep that makes them by favourite veggie .

Mrstiggy my mum did that. I grew up peeling mushrooms and decided early on that I would not be doing it when I grew up. No chance.

Vestal see, I knew it was clean dirt!

My MIL peels them and throws away the stems too Barely anything left of them by the time she's finished.

I'm pretty sure that I used to see a label on mushrooms saying to wash them if you were eating them raw. Something to do with the manure that is used to fertilise them.

I always give them a quick run under the tap and dry with kitchen towel. Never had a soggy mushroom in my life.

I brush as much of the dirt off as possible, they're grown in chicken shit (albeit sterilised I believe, if such a thing is possible)! My dad peels them, which I think means they don't cook as well. I don't wash them because they absorb too much water. I have OCD and try not to think about it as far as I can.

When I was vegan many moons ago, I read that mushroom dirt was a source of vitamin b12, which is lacking in a vegan diet. I never wash or wipe mushrooms, but then I never did anyway

I peel all the skin off

I've never thought of mushrooms as having skin

I don't do anything with pre-packed ones, I just chop and chuck them in the pan.
'Basics' or economy mushrooms tend to have more soil on them, I just wipe it off.

My four year old insists on sitting at the kitchen table and peeling the mushrooms for me.
It keeps him occupied and out of mischief so... We have peeled mushrooms.

I always wash them, they are fine, not soggy at all. Seems faster than brushing them tbh. But peeling? How? Why? What part?

Peel? A button mushroom? There is nothing to peel!

I thought mushrooms were grown in soil with manure in it.
I always wash them.

I peel them, I thought everyone did.

There's an outer skin that peels off. I turn them upside down and with a sharp knife peel the skin downwards and repeat the whole way round. I thought they were grown in manure too hence the peeling.

I always peel mushrooms, probably because my Gran did and I learnt to cook watching her. She used to throw the stems away too though, and I think it's a waste, the more mushroom the better

I peel them but only because I enjoy it so much. I think it's nostalgia because my mum used to keep me occupied with mushroom-peeling too...

Only peel them when they're getting a bit skanky, otherwise it's pick any large bits off them then chop.

I read a Hugh F-W column that said you shouldn't wash them as it makes them go slimy. I just use a clean dry cloth to wipe any obvious dirt away.

They're grown in (apparently) sterile compost/soil. I know this, but can't help myself from washing them. I think it stems from crunching grit in savoy cabbage when I was small. And finding a maggot inside my brussel sprout when at boarding school, but still being forced to eat the bloody thing. I was allowed to push the maggot to one side.

Intrigued by mushroom brush though! They look like shaving cream brushes.

I give them a rinse. I know one isn't supposed to but they will have been sprayed with some spray. As with all fruits n veg I am convinced I will be harbouring some pesticide or other.
But I wash everything. A lot.

A mushroom has no obvious skin though. Surely it's like peeling a strawberry.
I don't peel carrots or parsnips either though much to the dismay of my Mum. Still alive.

CwtchMeQuick Are you my sister? My mother peels them too and was horrified that I didn't

Dh is a chef and told me to never wash them. He was also horrified that I peel them and remove the stalks!

I'm guilty of washing the mud/dirt of them as I was always under impression you can get worms, I dry them of on kitchen roll before frying but they still get soggy, wasn't until I saw my mum recently just chop them without washing that realised you don't have to wash them but it's the bloody mud/soil = itchy bottom worms I can't get out of my mind.

But sod peeling them there be nothing left

Another peeler here (but only the normal white mushrooms - I don't peel button, chestnut, portobello, shiitake etc) but I don't wash them. If there is a grubby bit on, for example, a chestnut mushroom, I just wipe it with a piece of kitchen paper. There is something very satisfying about peeling mushroom skin off, though...

I'm guilty of washing the mud/dirt of them as I was always under impression you can get worms, I dry them of on kitchen roll before frying but they still get soggy, wasn't until I saw my mum recently just chop them without washing that realised you don't have to wash them but it's the bloody mud/soil = itchy bottom worms I can't get out of my mind.

I've never heard of anyone getting worms full stop, never mind from mushrooms. (My point being it's not as common as people would have you think.) Anyway fear not, as long as you are using them cooked no worms are going to survive the heating process, plus I assume you'd brush off any big bits of dirt before cooking.

The old advice was to wipe or peel with a silver knife
I wipe if necessary. Never ever wash them ( nor any other veggies if I'm honest.)