Mushroom caps - Do you peel them?
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SyntonicGarden
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Here's one for you. I was preparing mushrooms and popped the stem out and started to peel off the outer layer, using the edge that was nearest where the stem had been.
I was stopped and asked what the [heck] I was doing. When I was taught to cook mushrooms, I was taught to remove the outer layer and have been doing it since.
So my question is this - Are you supposed to peel the outer layer from mushrooms? Is there a health benefit to leaving them on?
I was stopped and asked what the [heck] I was doing. When I was taught to cook mushrooms, I was taught to remove the outer layer and have been doing it since.
So my question is this - Are you supposed to peel the outer layer from mushrooms? Is there a health benefit to leaving them on?
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I've never peeled a mushroom unless I was just messing around but even then I was eating the 'peel'. I also eat the stem. I only regularly use button, shiitake, button, crimini and portabello mushrooms. Maybe some of the other types are meant to be peeled. I don't use portabella stems when I make steaks out of them but I still wind up cutting it up, sauteing it and eating it.
It seems like a waste to get rid of those bits.0 -
Great question I have been peeling mushrooms for years depending how long I've had them, really fresh mushrooms should only need to be wiped clean.0
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In my 47 years of existence I've never heard of peeling mushrooms!?0
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Mushrooms have peels?!
Seriously, it has never in my life occurred to me to peel a mushroom of any kind purchased from the grocery store. I just wipe them clean and cook them.
But I don't like mushrooms myself so I typically only cook them for others. No one's ever said anything though....0 -
Hmmm. I've honestly never heard of peeling mushrooms.
So, no - I dont peel them.0 -
didn't even know it was possible to peel a mushroom???0
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Wipe em down with a damp cloth, trim off fibrous parts of stem and cook.
I have never heard of peeling them, that's a ton of work!0 -
I never used to peel them until I took a cooking class and the teacher told us to peel first, then rinse. Said you can't get enough of the dirt off by rinsing alone and full-on washing can damage the tender flesh. Right or wrong? I have no idea.0
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I'm a fellow peeler! My mom taught me that when I was young. Don't know if it's a cultural thing? I'm from Germany.0
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I've never peeled a mushroom. I've seen cooking shows where they tell you to wipe them and not wash them, but I wash them every time with water and my fingers. It doesn't seem to hinder the texture or flavor any.0
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i peel my mushrooms as well. i don't feel like i could get them clean enough just by rinsing them.0
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This is honestly one of the most confusing things I've read today. You can peel a mushroom? Mind boggled.0
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Mushrooms are ambrosia. Wash, slice, cook. What is this peeling thing you speak of?0
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My grandma used to peel mushrooms so that's what I learned to do but now I just wipe, only peel these days if they're getting a little old and slimy. If I was picking them in the wild from a field of cowpats rather than getting them cultivated indoors I think I might be peeling them like grandma did
And I always eat the stalks, full of flavour, why waste half the mushroom?0 -
Mushroom peeling is a thing?! Didn't know it was even possible to peel a mushroom!
I am an avid mushroom eater, both store-bought as well as wild mushrooms I forage for. Have never peeled one in my life. :happy:0 -
I love mushrooms, eat them all the time, and never heard of peeling them. However, I've also never taken a cooking class, but this is something I can't imagine adopting.0
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Nope! My dad used to but I never have....just sounds like extra work which = longer for food to enter my mouth! :noway:
I looooooooooove mushrooms!0 -
Another one here for 'never heard of peeling a mushroom'. I believe they are only meant to be gently wiped or brushed with a very soft bristled brush called a mushroom brush. I only know there is such a thing as a mushroom brush because I won one once as a door prize at a kitchen party,0
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This is honestly one of the most confusing things I've read today. You can peel a mushroom? Mind boggled.
Heh. When I first shown how to do it, that was my response.
But... If you pop the stem, there's a thin piece of peel on the inside / underside of the mushroom. That's what you use to peel the mushroom. It comes off in little wedges.0 -
I have a mushroom brush - I have never heard of peeling them! Seems like entirely more effort than I want to spend on my mushrooms.0
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