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Vegetarian, Vegan and Animal Rights

izquierdista

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5. Tastes like regular mushroom soup

Reply to HopeHoops (Reply #4)

Sun Jan 29, 2012, 07:11 PM

Jan 2012

So did that shelf fungi I hacked off a walnut stump and put in the soup pot (although they were quite chewy....like an insole). As far as truffles, they taste like mushrooms rolled in dirt IMHO -- but good rich dirt, if that is any consolation.

If I want a treat for the taste buds, I'll look for some plant flavonoids and leave the saprophytes for the compost heap.

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Favorite cooking mushroom? [View all] HopeHoops Jan 2012 OP

Morel's are picked wild and are a local delicacy in my state. Delicious. n/t Ed Suspicious Jan 2012 #1

They're also nearly without taste until cooked. HopeHoops Jan 2012 #2

They all taste the same to me izquierdista Jan 2012 #3

Taste the same? TASTE THE SAME? BLASPHEMY!! HopeHoops Jan 2012 #4

Tastes like regular mushroom soup izquierdista Jan 2012 #5

"regular mushroom soup" tastes like salt and not at all like mushrooms. HopeHoops Jan 2012 #6

Saprophyte? izquierdista Jan 2012 #10

Baby bellas. flvegan Jan 2012 #7

Also known as "crimini" - hell, what we call "canola oil" comes from rapeseeds. HopeHoops Jan 2012 #8

I have a badass mushroom stroganoff recipe using those and maybe some dried shitakes, LeftyMom Jan 2012 #9