Do you cook 'em or chuck 'em?

[jackie j]

ears ago a friends mum served up mushrooms with whatever they had for dinner that night and my friend ended up seriously ill in hospital and nearly died her mum never bought mushrooms again.

[di]

What would Gordon have to say about all this waste!!?(or did he drown?)
straight from bag to pot for me,no washing,rubbing peeling chopping malarchy!if a bit big then break them up~can't be with making extra washing up~unless i'm hiding them in sauce for the kids then the mini chopper comes in handy.

[hamsterqueen]

I'm with slug lobber, never knowingly throw anything vaguely edible away!!

[squashysu]

cook them, yum yum love mushrooms !!

[beefy]

As someone who used to deliver mushrooms to Glasgow and Edinburgh fruit markets as well as other shops in the central belt of Scotland I found the best way for button mushrooms was to wipe and eat . Straight from the 3lb box and no cooking of any sort.
It was Quality Control - honest

[sharonr]

I hate mushrooms, so I never cook with them. Also they always seem slimy to me and I don`t think they have any taste.

[Sanjo]

I eat mine raw (after they are washed!!!)

[Rachiered]

Love mushrooms. Always rinse, then chuck the stalk away. I have always hated the stalk. It always seemed kinda cardboardy. It doesn't have that yummy shroomy flavour.

[Two_Sheds]

Straight from the 3lb box and no cooking of any sort

The second* reason to heat mushrooms is to kill potential pathogenic bacteria. Mushrooms are commonly cultivated on horse manure. The manure is generally sterilised before use, but it is still a very rich medium for bacterial growth. There is thus a considerable risk for pathogenic bacteria to be present on raw mushrooms. Cooking (or frying) destroys the bacteria (including the potential pathogens) on the surface of the mushrooms.

* the first reason is that they may be carcinogenic. Food-Info.net : Are raw mushrooms toxic ?

[Flummery]

I eat the lot. Wipe, cook, eat. Fancy throwing a part of it away? I also eat them raw in a salad. Wonderful nutty flavour. And I ain't dead yet!

[Alison]

Quite so Flum, if we ignored all the health warnings knocking about then we'd die of starvation!

[lynda66]

bacteria boosts your immune system ....... i'd rather have a gobful of that than some of the crap they put in ready made food

[Headfry]

Well done flum, and Lynda

My views too!

[Rhona]

I knock off any huge clumps of soil, and slice and cook. My mum eats them raw too...

But throwing away the stalk??? Wasteful Wendys, you.

[janecurrah]

pull em - peel the mushie and eat the stalks raw while drinking sherry