I wash each one, separately, so I can rub off any visible dirt. I wash them under running water, trying to avoid getting water into gills or cap.
I wash each one, separately, so I can rub off any visible dirt. I wash them under running water, trying to avoid getting water into gills or cap.
That's NOT dirt!
Why are you telling us this? Did you think I was implying that the gills or caps are dirt? Of course they aren't.
Ahh, sounds like his sense of humour. I consider anything on my food that might be dirty, to be dirt. It isn't necessarily earth.He’s implying that they are grown in manure, not dirt. But it’s been sterilized so it’s probably safer than dirt
Of course not. I was referring to the medium in which the mushrooms are grown as not being dirt.Why are you telling us this? Did you think I was implying that the gills or caps are dirt? Of course they aren't.
Of course not. I was referring to the medium in which the mushrooms are grown as not being dirt.
I wash each one, separately, so I can rub off any visible dirt. I wash them under running water, trying to avoid getting water into gills or cap.
This. I think Alton Brown did a test on different methods. Running water and then use shortly thereafter didn't make any difference.
Just out of curiosity, how do you know that the meds are excreted unchanged? Is it possible they're excreted in the urine rather than the feces? Composting is accomplished by microbial activity as well as heat treatment. Are you sure the meds survive that process?the mushrooms absorb water thing has been debunked a couple thousand times - but it persists as an urban kitchen rumor.
"mushroom soil" is composted horse manure + bedding.
in current days it is heated and "sterilized" before use in growing mushrooms.
unfortunately, there's a catch.
most/many horse people administer 'preventative' drugs for parasites, etc.
that stays in the manure&composted bedding regardless of "sterilization"
are those prophylactic drugs taken up and conveyed into the human food chain?
unknown.
there are no regulations regarding the topic.