Peels/skins mushrooms.

I peel mine it feels safer in case of what might be on the outside .

My husband doesn’t like mushroom stalks 🙄 so I have them all plus caps. I have no problem with a bit of dirt. If the recipe calls for sliced mushrooms I don’t remove the stalks, he hasn’t complained yet and what the eye doesn’t see …

I'm glad I'm not on my own in just cracking on with it.

Happy weekend everyone 😊

Never wash or wipe them, used as they come, dirt and all.

I realize I'm about to post something most will find daft. Vegans expect to eat B12 in mushrooms, a good non-meat source for a vital nutrient - it's in dirt. Healthy dirt

We as a family eat many mushrooms.

Much to the disgust of one granddaughter. So, she is allowed to pick them out, give them to the pets, do whatever is her choice.

Cooking them will kill all germs anyway. Also, they tell you not to wash chicken and turkey before cooking as it spreads round more germs when you wash them under the tap. If my mushrooms have dirt on them I just wipe them with a paper kitchen towel.

Thank you for your replies.... it just baffled me enough to ask everyone if they did or didn't.

Thank you 😊

I do, because I like doing it.
Life's too short to stuff a mushroom, not peel it.

the skins are fullof essentialvitamins and minerals.. why waste them?

BlueBelle

Haha yep that’s a good one Rosie or maybe an electric toothbrush

I have an electric toothbrush (see gift thread) available - once the left over chocolate people have finished with it...

I don't peel mushrooms but I have started cutting off the end of the stalk. I have no idea why

Reminds me of a boozy friend’s Irish Coffee, back in the day. Double serve of whisky, hold the coffee and cream. Said with a straight face and a slightly slurred voice.

nadateturbe

Callistemon 😁

I posted it on a thread someone started asking what to do with a glut of cucumbers

It took me ages to make but, honestly, cucumber soup is foul!

Callistemon 😁

I assumed a small amount of the dark soil would help build a good immune system. I wipe with kitchen towel but if OH isn’t watching, not because I am lazy, just believe a bit of dirt does you good.

Cucumbers and gin go well together.
Pour a generous measure of gin into a glass, add sone tonic, a couple of ice cubes then a slice or two of cucumber. .
Throw the rest away.

Thank you.....

Ive no idea if it was asked before haaaa.

The reason for putting it out there was because my husband always insists on peeling flippin mushrooms whereas i swill under tap, job done and it all lead me to think what a ** waste of time! Surely no one does that?

Hence the question.

It was. And very recently

I ask, because I’m sure I replied to the same question, but perhaps it wasn’t on GN.

Wasn’t this asked recently?

I use a damp flannel.

True: GC may fork all mushrooms they wish out of any dish.

Yep.... looks like another thread on peeling a mushroom.... guilty ....👐.
Considering I didn't know it had been asked before its a case of don't like it? Don't reply ☺ 😊 🙂 😀

Which leaves me to say thank you to all replies 😃

Mogsmaw

Norah

Fairy liquid in a bowl of hot water, good soak, followed by the dishwasher, remains to the dog. As advised by a GC who hates mushrooms.

Ha! Life’s too short to peel a mushroom.
Your GC’s advice reminds me of how to deal with cucumbers
Slice thinly, dress with oil and vinegar, and throw away.

Or make cucumber soup.
Then pour down the loo.

Norah

Fairy liquid in a bowl of hot water, good soak, followed by the dishwasher, remains to the dog. As advised by a GC who hates mushrooms.

I started reading that, thought 😯 hang on, mushrooms are absorbent - then read the rest 😂

Norah

Fairy liquid in a bowl of hot water, good soak, followed by the dishwasher, remains to the dog. As advised by a GC who hates mushrooms.

Ha! Life’s too short to peel a mushroom.
Your GC’s advice reminds me of how to deal with cucumbers
Slice thinly, dress with oil and vinegar, and throw away.