ratsrcute
Assistant Cook
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- Oct 5, 2007
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I have a recipe in the "5 in 10" cookbook which says that sauteed mushrooms and orange/yellow/red bell peppers go really well together, which is true. However, I would like to make a raw dish like that. I have some jaw pain so I can't chew things very much, but in spite of that I would like to eat more raw veggies. If I chop things up finely, I'm usually okay.
So anyway, I experimented with raw mushroom and peppers. (I'm avoiding green peppers--just using red/orange/yellow.) I cut them up finely. Raw mushroom has a kind of "hollow" taste which needs some kind of balancing ingredient. I have very little knowledge of cooking so I just experimented. I added white wine vinegar. Not bad. I added some salt and pepper. That helps. I tried toasted sesame oil, but that has a very dark and smoky flavor which didn't go well with the sweet peppers, I think.
So help me! what spice or seasoning or other raw veggie can I add to mushrooms and peppers? What can act as a foil or balance to the "hollow" taste and spongy texture of raw mushroom?
thanks,
Mike
So anyway, I experimented with raw mushroom and peppers. (I'm avoiding green peppers--just using red/orange/yellow.) I cut them up finely. Raw mushroom has a kind of "hollow" taste which needs some kind of balancing ingredient. I have very little knowledge of cooking so I just experimented. I added white wine vinegar. Not bad. I added some salt and pepper. That helps. I tried toasted sesame oil, but that has a very dark and smoky flavor which didn't go well with the sweet peppers, I think.
So help me! what spice or seasoning or other raw veggie can I add to mushrooms and peppers? What can act as a foil or balance to the "hollow" taste and spongy texture of raw mushroom?
thanks,
Mike