To peel mushrooms

[SloraceHughorn]

Based on much mushroom based discussion on another thread do you peel mushrooms?

YABU- mushrooms should NOT be peeled
YANBU- mushrooms should be peeled

Occasionally

Never. My mum insisted upon it.

Usually no. But they’re usually being cooked to death in an Instantpot stew or soup so the skin isn’t noticeable.

I vaguely recall my mum saying once that unpeeled mushrooms were a botulism risk, but frankly I’m prepared to live dangerously on this one.

I peel them, but DH thinks they should just be washed.

There’s no need to peel mushrooms, but do whatever you like

Always. Peeling and chopping stuff is my favourite kitchen job.

Never! My mum always does though and is horrified that I don't 🤣

I have never peeled them. I don't even wash them. I read that they should be wiped, and not washed anyway.

Not usually but I peel the large field mushrooms. It's something I've always been taught to do when working in restaurants.

I always peel mushrooms. They go soggy if you wash them. I even have a little knife that's only used for peeling mushrooms. My mum always did it, so I suppose that's why I do.

Life is too short. If there’s actual clumps of mud on them, I’ll dislodge with a knife…….

Well you're neither R or U, personal choice.

I don't even wash'em. Like a pp, just nudge any clumps of mud off with a knife.

I'm 46 and still here 🍄

I do sometime

Wiped and broken not chopped or sliced.

Surely the canonical method is a brush and/or paper towels.

No, I just wipe them with kitchen towel.

I have a mushroom brush to gently wipe dirt off. I don't wash as they go slimy. If they're getting a little past their best then I'll peel them then as it's usually just the outside that's bruising and the inside is mostly fine.

They don't have peel or skin. The layer you take off the top isn't a skin.
I don't wash them either, just brush off any little bits of compost. They're grown indoors in sterilised medium, so there's nothing unhealthy that needs to be washed off.

I always peel them

Until this thread I never noticed that mushrooms had skin and I eat them at least 5 days per week.

I peel them and I throw the stalks away too.

Nope. Never peel them (and they don't have peel...you're just pulling off the top of the mushroom, it isn't peel?)

My mum used to peel and de-stalk mushrooms.

No idea why. Monumental waste of time. And mushroom.

I’d never considered peeling mushrooms until I watched the latest series of ‘The Bear’ and Olivia Colman’s character was peeling a big pile of them. I have thought about this quite a bit in the past week which I think means I now identify as an old bag.

Peeled/shelled broad beans however are an absolute revelation. And dare I say, a taste sensation. Had my mother presented me with those as a child instead of the grey-greenish pile of beans which were tougher than welly boots I might have eaten more of them.

I’m confused, they don’t have skin so what is there to peel?