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Our Polish neighbors when I was a kid, picked mushrooms my folks would not touch. They were very large, usually, with smooth, colorful, shiny top surfaces, reddish in color. The preferred choice by us Czechs were the small, "button" variety, usually called "Champions". Most bottled mushrooms whole in stores nowadays seem to be buttons.. imp
 
We love mushrooms. When we lived in Oregon in the 70s there was a big vacant field next to us. People kept stopping and going out there to pick mushrooms which we were told were a source of getting a pretty good "high". We were not and never have been interested in getting high. I am not a medical care professional BUT in my research I have learned if you have a yeast infection or have fungus growing on your toenails or any other kind of yeast/fungus situation you should avoid mushrooms, cheese and bread products. But the great thing about being a senior citizen is, you can do whatever in the heck you want. :)
 
We like the baby portobello mushrooms, just sauteed some yesterday in olive oil and served them over whole wheat spaghetti.
 
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BF, most all of the whole wheat I've used are much darker in color, brown rather than cream colored, and take considerably longer to become "chewable" (by my requirements) than the mushy everyday pastas.

Look closely at the ingredients. Many state "50% whole wheat Semolina", meaning half of it is plain old pasta. imp
 
This may sound nuts, but we grill those big portobello mushrooms and slap them on hamburger buns. Then we put fried bacon and mozzarella cheese on them with a tomato slice and pickles, Zesty Italian dressing, and sea salt and cracked black pepper. Yum!
 
imp said:
Our Polish neighbors when I was a kid, picked mushrooms my folks would not touch. They were very large, usually, with smooth, colorful, shiny top surfaces, reddish in color. The preferred choice by us Czechs were the small, "button" variety, usually called "Champions". Most bottled mushrooms whole in stores nowadays seem to be buttons.. imp
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great care should be taken in collecting any wild mushrooms or fungi for eating, many are highly toxic, and can, at best make you ill, or in the worst scenario, cause your death,:(
you should never eat any fungi/mushrooms unless you are 100% positive that they are indeed safe to consume,
there are poisionous species that can easily be mistaken for edible ones, which can lead to serious consequences if eaten,
also, some people may eat certain "edible" species with no ill effects, while the same one can make another person ill when eaten,

take care when asking for an id of any fungus on the internet too, as any identification given can be highly innacurate :(

if you must eat mushrooms, then stick to the store bought ones,:)
 
fungiphile said:
great care should be taken in collecting any wild mushtooms or fungi for eating, many are highly toxic, and can, at best make you ill, or in the worst scenario cause your death,:(
you should never eat any fungi/mushrooms unless you are 100% positive that they are indeed safe to consume,
there are poisionous species that can easily be mistaken for edible ones, which can lead to serious consequences if eaten,
also, some people may eat certain "edible" species with no ill effects, while the same one can make another person ill when eaten,

take care when asking for an id of any fungus on the internet too, as any identifaction given can be highly innacurate :(

if you must eat mushrooms, then stick to the store bought ones,:)
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Thanks.

I thought I said 'portobello'. I must have mis-written my post.

No one I know goes out to collect mushrooms in the wild.
 
Pookie said:
This may sound nuts, but we grill those big portobello mushrooms and slap them on hamburger buns. Then we put fried bacon and mozzarella cheese on them with a tomato slice and pickles, Zesty Italian dressing, and sea salt and cracked black pepper. Yum!
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That sounds luscious! My wife, ever more frugal than I, frowns upon buying mushrooms! Perhaps I could try raising my own! Ha, L ots O f
L uck with that idea! :D

imp
 
fungiphile said:
great care should be taken in collecting any wild mushrooms or fungi for eating, many are highly toxic, and can, at best make you ill, or in the worst scenario, cause your death.
if you must eat mushrooms, then stick to the store bought ones,:)
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Thank you for this! I recall a presentation long ago in which two identical-looking mushroom examples were shown side by side, one being harmless, the other dangerously poisonous. imp
 
imp said:
That sounds luscious! My wife, ever more frugal than I, frowns upon buying mushrooms! Perhaps I could try raising my own! Ha, L ots O f
L uck with that idea! :D

imp
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Actually, you can raise them yourself. My brother raised and sold them locally for a few years.
 
Shirley said:
Actually, you can raise them yourself. My brother raised and sold them locally for a few years.
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Thank you, Ma'am! I shall look into that. Sounds like a much more fruitful venture than my nephew's attempted foray into raising earthworms for sale to Japan! :(

imp
 
Pookie, can I come over the next time you fix mushroom burgers? Now that I only cook for myself, I don't seem to have an appetite, and I find it too expensive to cook. I throw away more than I eat. Between the cost and no appetite, I've lost almost 30 pounds.
 

I raised these, they were delish, but I felt a bit cannibalistic, eating my little uns.




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