Re: [lace-chat] Peeling mushrooms

2005-12-06 Thread maureen harvey
@arachne.com Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 10:11 PM Subject: [lace-chat] Peeling mushrooms Hi All, As I was peeling the skin off some mushrooms last night I started wondering if I have to do that. I grew up in a perfectionist family and don't want to be one myself but some habits are ingrained. So

Re: [lace-chat] Peeling mushrooms (2)

2005-12-06 Thread maureen harvey
Thanks for the tip Jean I never ever thought of that, just goes to show what an ingenious lot we are. Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK - Original Message - From: Jean Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Chat lace-chat@arachne.com Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 10:43 PM Subject: [lace-chat] Peeling

Re: [lace-chat] Peeling mushrooms

2005-12-05 Thread Carol Adkinson
rid of the mould they are grown in! Carol - in Suffolk UK. - Original Message - From: Jane Viking Swanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: chat lace-chat@arachne.com Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 10:11 PM Subject: [lace-chat] Peeling mushrooms To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

[lace-chat] Peeling mushrooms

2005-12-05 Thread Janice Blair
Hi Jane, I remember being told not to wash mushrooms but I can remember why, maybe it was if you were going to fry them. I usually cut of the end of the stem and rinse them under running water as I always forget that I have a mushroom brush at the bottom of my sink untensil jar. I had a

[lace-chat] Peeling mushrooms

2005-12-04 Thread Jane Viking Swanson
Hi All, As I was peeling the skin off some mushrooms last night I started wondering if I have to do that. I grew up in a perfectionist family and don't want to be one myself but some habits are ingrained. So, do you all just wash mushrooms when you cook with them or do you peel them? I made a

Re: [lace-chat] Peeling mushrooms

2005-12-04 Thread Helen
Sometimes. If they're quite big or have been sat in the fridge for a while then I will do. If they're only tiny button mushrooms then I just rinse them. At 22:11 04/12/2005, Jane Viking Swanson wrote: Hi All, As I was peeling the skin off some mushrooms last night I started wondering if I

[lace-chat] Peeling mushrooms

2005-12-04 Thread Jean Nathan
I only peel mushrooms if I've had them for a few days and the skin has gone a bit dry. Otherwise I only brush them. Cultivated mushrooms are grown in dark sheds in sterilised compost with the spores added. Any small bits of compost still on the mushrooms doesn't contain a lot of nasties. When

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2005-12-04 Thread Jean Nathan
Incidentally, mushroom brushes which are small and round, and available from kitchen equipment suppliers, make very good brushes for lace pillows to remove those odd cat or dog hairs that always get on them if you have a cat or dog. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK To unsubscribe send email to

Re: [lace-chat] Peeling mushrooms

2005-12-04 Thread Lorri Ferguson
had all last winter. - Original Message - From: Jane Viking Swansonmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: chatmailto:lace-chat@arachne.com Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 2:11 PM Subject: [lace-chat] Peeling mushrooms Hi All, As I was peeling the skin off some mushrooms last night I