Mushroom caps - Do you peel them?

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  • MysteriousMerlin
    MysteriousMerlin Posts: 2,270 Member
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    Sometimes when I rinse them off a bit of...skin, peel...will come off, but I don't deliberately take it off.
  • Jenni129
    Jenni129 Posts: 692 Member
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    I have never heard of peeling a mushroom. All the shows on TV that I have watched say to wipe them off with a damp cloth. If they look too dirty for that, I will rinse them. It is said that the average person inadvertently eats a pound of dirt in a lifetime! :noway:
  • suncluster
    suncluster Posts: 539 Member
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    I take a spoon and scrape out the ribs of a portabello after removing the stem.
    I have never peeled the outside of any mushroom.
  • Anahita_Swims
    Anahita_Swims Posts: 4,127 Member
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    i eat the raw with skins on... :o
  • mebepiglet123
    mebepiglet123 Posts: 327 Member
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    I to was taught by my mum to peel them, but we ate them straight off the farm where cows could have pooed on them. I don't peel the one I buy from supermarket tho.
  • FredDoyle
    FredDoyle Posts: 2,273 Member
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    Mushrooms used to be grown in manure hence some people would peel them as a precaution against ecoli.
    These days, at least in Canada, they use a pasteurized substrate, so most people don't bother to peel them.
  • gottobethin2014
    gottobethin2014 Posts: 71
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    I eat the whole thing including stalks :)
  • Galatea_Stone
    Galatea_Stone Posts: 2,037 Member
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    NONONONONONO!

    Please don't peel your mushrooms. Wipe them, wash them a little if you must, but don't peel them. Why would you want to remove the outer skin? That is the part that gets the little bit of caramelization that makes them taste so much better in sauces and as a side dish.

    My mother uses the canned things. It makes me so very sad.
  • George_Baileys_Ghost
    George_Baileys_Ghost Posts: 1,524 Member
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    Just the cap...
  • michellemybelll
    michellemybelll Posts: 2,228 Member
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    i don't think i would if i cooked with them. i don't cook much, but i also don't peel food much. i eat chopped up mango and leave the peel on, i don't peel shrimp, eat 'em peel and all.

    i do, however, peel bananas. i feel like that would be tough to choke down.
  • neandermagnon
    neandermagnon Posts: 7,436 Member
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    In my 47 years of existence I've never heard of peeling mushrooms!?

    ^^^ this

    (except 38 years)
  • Galatea_Stone
    Galatea_Stone Posts: 2,037 Member
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    i don't think i would if i cooked with them. i don't cook much, but i also don't peel food much. i eat chopped up mango and leave the peel on, i don't peel shrimp, eat 'em peel and all.

    i do, however, peel bananas. i feel like that would be tough to choke down.

    I eat shrimp shells, too. And heads sometimes if the shrimp are smaller.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
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    I have no idea what you're talking about. I wash them and slice/dice them up. That is all.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
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    In my 47 years of existence I've never heard of peeling mushrooms!?

    ^^^ this

    (except 38 years)

    ^^ This

    (except 40 years)
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
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    In my 47 years of existence I've never heard of peeling mushrooms!?

    ^^^ this

    (except 38 years)

    ^^ This

    (except 40 years)

    This ^^

    (xcept 52 years)

    Seriously, mushrooms have skin??
  • ekz13
    ekz13 Posts: 725 Member
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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.

    I am too and my parents never cooked them this way...maybe a regional thing?


    washed em... never peeled.
  • Velum_cado
    Velum_cado Posts: 1,608 Member
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    I didn't even realize this was a thing people did until I saw a friend doing it a couple months ago. I never do it - don't really see the point.
  • ValeriePlz
    ValeriePlz Posts: 517 Member
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    Nope, all you need to do is wipe with a damp cloth.
  • tabbydog
    tabbydog Posts: 4,925 Member
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    I don't even wash them. Just brush the dirt off. It is sterilized dirt anyway.

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