I'm genuinely horrified!

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I do most of the cooking at home, which is fine. My husband will do some basic meals, also fine.
Tonight I made some Korean vegetable pancakes that my girls like. Also made some pork.
As my husband doesn't like the pancakes, I asked what veggies he'd like to do for himself.
He proceeded to boil some mushrooms!
I'm genuinely horrified. He said he likes them.
Is this a thing? Do people eat plain boiled mushrooms?
What ways of cooking foods weird you out?

Ooosh! Had a bad day? Sympathies to you but really!?

I cook them in milk and butter with herbs and plenty of white pepper, but just boiled in water? Hell no!

Only if you put in a lot of fat though. I use a non stick pan and a tiny sliver of butter initially. I get then going with some garlic, pepper and salt and when they release their own water (possibly add spinach), cook it off a wee minute and add a wee knob of butter and potentially some herbs. Less than 1/2 teaspoon of butter for 2 people. V adaptable for different flavour profiles and types of food to serve them alongside.

I mean I quite like poached mushrooms - cooked in a small amount of mushroom stock and served on toast,

But it sounds like he just dumped mushrooms in boiling water like carrots.

Overcooked veg.

I grew up thinking I hated vegetables.

Turns out I only thought that because my parents always boiled veg into a mushy pile of revoltingness that looked like it had already been eaten.

Twice.

That's weird as hell. He could at least have put them in a dry pan cupside up, with a little salt. It draws out all the moisture like a wee edible bowl with soup, yum.

Be glad he knows how to use the stove and boiled the mushrooms himself 😂

That's so uncalled for ....

That pancake recipe looks lush. I plan to try it at the weekend.
Boiled mushrooms...ugh, not by themselves. The hotel ones are always a bit floppy & slimy.

I do put dried shittake in hot water and keep the broth, but that's as far as it goes.

I am sorry you married a culinary monster, OP.

Boiled celery featured in school dinners when I was a child. 🤮
It must have been very cheap I suppose.

Cook mushrooms Greek style.stir whole mushrooms around in a little olive oil. Place on a roasting tin and squeeze lemon juice over all the mushrooms. Cook in oven until cooked.

I love raw mushrooms! And wierdly hate cooked ones 😅

Mushrooms are Satan's Own Food in any form, whether raw, cooked, chopped, fried or boiled. So the boiling in itself is fine as far as I'm concerned, makes absolutely no difference!

Gently simmered mushrooms taste lovely! They taste of mushroom, not garlic or butter or whatever else....they taste like the thing I like....mushrooms!

I boil mine in butter. We'll cook in a pot in butter (cover them with melted butter) Delicious
But plain water is insane

My oh did this I asked him what the fuck the smell was it’s like dead body

Wow. Genuinely thought boiling in water was the most common way to cook mushrooms. It's how I usually eat mushrooms. Except when I fry them or put them in a stew.
Sometimes I boil chopped mushrooms in with the pasta...
Didn't realise people thought this was odd
You learn something new every day.

In her 50s

I mean I don't like celery to start with so applying boiling water to it wasn't improving it!
But yeah just boiled in water

I wouldn't think of boiling them! Mostly I have them in stews but if I was cooking them to go with something I would probably do them in a pan with some butter and garlic

Cooked celery tastes as different from raw celery as raw cabbage tastes from cooked cabbage.

A lot of the bitter taste that celery has is lost in the cooking process. Great in stews and as a soup.

I microwave button mushrooms, which probably taste much the same as boiled. They are really tasty. Tbh I find the thought of fried mushrooms nicer than the reality.

When someone says "boiled mushrooms" and another person's reaction is a horrified "YUCK", I just assume it's to do with taste or experience.

I love mushrooms. I eat lots of mushrooms. I have eaten about 12-15 different types of domestically-produced mushrooms.

Some species of mushrooms lend themselves to being eaten raw as a salad component, the 'hero' feature of a salad or just sliced or slivered on their own.

There are a couple of types of mushrooms that enhance flavour and/or texture when they are steamed or boiled.

I oven-bake some mushrooms to sweat the juices in them. I fry mushrooms in butter or oils. Some are salted; some not. Some get a range of condiments; others few or none.

Sometimes I randomly cut (or tear) large mushrooms into rustic-looking chunks for casseroles or stews. Other meals get mushrooms in ultra-thin long slivers.

It all depends!
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Now, I have had some people who have describe mushrooms as Satan's preferred poison. People who've sworn off mushrooms as children or youths. And that's what may have happened here.
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I'm guessing that many of the commentors have only ever tried one, maybe two, types of mushrooms ever. Maybe they are not adventurous nor curious home chefs.

People are different. Please don't assume.

I've just checked as I know that years ago you could buy tinned mushrooms (yuk)!

You can still buy tinned whole mushrooms in water and the preparation guidelines say you just pour them into a saucepan and heat them up (so effectively boil them).

www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/266819805

@PyongyangKipperbang definitely still a no from me it's the entire taste altogether plus the texture
I chop it really finely and put it in stuff like cottage pie and that's ok

I don't like fennel either or parsley or coriander

My OH always grills mushrooms which turns them into shrivelled lumps, yuk!

Sometimes I cook them in a non-stick pan, sliced, with just Worcestershire sauce. No oil or fat. Good few shakes of it. They absorb it all and it's delicious.