Do you peel mushrooms?

No.

The context for the query is making mushroom soup in a Swan Soup Maker I bought recently. I broke the glass of my KitchenAid blender a couple of years ago and have missed its soup-making usefulness. I didn’t use it for much other than soup-making so went for a not too expensive soup-maker from a local shop.

Despite using the gadget’s own recipe for mushroom soup, we have not managed to make a mushroom soup successfully with it. It managed tomato and basil soup no bother and I shall try its other suggested recipe for leek and potato soup.

We have managed to make “mushroom sludge”. Twice. Just as well I can use mushroom sludge in mince recipes.

Anyway, MrB thought peeling the mushrooms would help and I thought not. Even peeled the caps of commonly sold field mushrooms are a different (stiffer) consistency from the gills and the soup-maker can’t cope with them.

Perhaps I still need a blender for actual mushroom soup-making.

BlueBelle

Yes I ve always peeled them that’s how Nan used to do it
It takes two seconds because it just comes away so easily
never wash them though that takes longer

Bit more than 2 seconds if you're dealing with 300g of mushrooms .

Yes I always peel them.

Of course not. I knock any soil off and take out the stalks which I use in casseroles.

Another No!

No. Sometimes wipe with kitchen towel and take a little off the stalks if they are a bit dry.

Never, never have.
My mother used to, but she was extremely finicky about all sorts.

I rinse them in a colander and leave them to drain on kitchen paper.

No, what a waste!

Oh dear, feel a bit daft now. I sometimes do. Always feel a bit guilty if I don’t, maybe I shouldn’t worry anymore.

No, just a wipe over with dry kitchen roll if they need it.

definite no! just wash them

No, just a rinse.

I don't peel mushrooms, just a wipe with kitchen roll if needed.

I do like this recipe for soup which is not a smooth soup, so no blending involved.
www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/russian-wild-mushroom-barley-soup

Delia said don't do it. Good enough for me. ....and I'm lazy.

Thanks for that link, lixy. Looks good and I have some barley to use up.

I don’t peel the small white ones, I just wipe them with kitchen roll but for some reason I tend to peel the really large flat mushrooms.

No, as the say life is too short

Never, just a quick wipe over. Surely life is too short!

Not at all. The goodness is in the skin. Just give them a wipe with a dry piece of kitchen towel to remove any of the compost they are grown in. Wetting them will just make them slimy.

No. I wipe anything noticeable off with a damp sheet of kitchen roll, and am alive to tell the tale.

No, just a wipe with kitchen towel, and I use the stalks too, why wouldn’t I?

I'm the same. A quote with damp kitchen paper is all they need. Done this for over 40 years not dead yet.

Never have never will.