Do you peel mushrooms?

I do because I thought they are griwn in manure

I’ve always just wiped mushrooms but after reading this I’ll definitely be washing them -

amp.theguardian.com/food/2023/jun/28/10-food-rules-you-should-ignore-felicity-cloake

I think people used to do it because they grew in cowpats.

Do I heck, life is too short for peeling mushrooms!

Only peel when on the turn. Eat the stalks when fresh.
Used to love eating raw, until l heard that two people very sick after doing that.
Remember when potatoes were covered in soil and had to be scrubbed clean ?

Wipe with a damp cloth / tissue and enjoy. They are a good source of VitD (like eggs they need to come from exposure to sunlight to synthesise it); much better than supplements whose manufacture contributes to global warming.

No I certainly don't! I worked for a holiday company once & someone complained the self catering property they rented hadn't got a mushroom brush! Oh, get a life. !!

No

No not at all , I just check for any soil . I don’t wash them either, can go slimy in water . I cook mine in olive oil , butter and little chopped garlic. Lovely .

Commercial mushrooms are grown in sterile compost so no need to peel.

But if you are picking mushrooms in a field - too early yet - then I think a wash is in order and perhaps a peel.

Mine were full of maggots right up to the edge where the skin overlaps, hence the removal of skin always.

I never considered peeling a mushroom, so I have never done it. Then 1 day my husband set about making a full cooked breakfast and besides the norm for a full English, the mushrooms emerged on the working top, he began peeling them, I asked what on earth was he doing, take into account I have never heard of this before, all explanations were aired ........ so the bottom line is I still don't peel them hahaha... i consider it unnecessary.

Wash = Yes.
Peel = No

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Peel mushrooms? I don’t even wash them!

We've received mushrooms, that needed a bit more than my usual damp cloth - may depend to certain harvest of local fungi farmer.

Not peel, just rinse very carefully.

Only the large flat ones.

No. But I de-stalk them and use the stalks in casseroles.

No I've never heard of anyone peeling a mushroom.

If something is 'obviously' peelable I peel it so I peel mushrooms., hate doing it though.
a farmer friend told me the stalks are full of maggots.

I wash them and that's it. I don't peel them

a farmer friend told me the stalks are full of maggots.

That would be field mushrooms, lemsip. Cultivated mushrooms are grown under sterile conditions.

I must have handled thousands of cultivated mushrooms over a life time (we use them a lot). I've never found a maggoty one.

Don't wash or peel them, just wipe them with kitchen roll.

Yes, it's quick and easy

Wipe them gently with a soft, damp brush or damp kitchen roll. That's the instruction I have given in all the cookbooks I have written.

Commercial Mushrooms are grown in sterile peat/compost, so there should be no nasties hanging around. Field/foraged mushrooms are a different matter - especially if found growing on cowpats.
I neither wash nor peel mushrooms. The heat of cooking should kill any lurking germs/maggots. But then I don’t eat raw mushrooms.
My DH would always peel them, on the extremely rare occasions he’d cook.

Since that case here where three people died of mushroom poisoning ( probably a murder) I’ve been a bit more wary. They have arrested the woman concerned but I still take a bit more care and would never pick my own now .