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Commercial mushrooms are grown in a substrate which contains sterilized manure. Any that I buy are going to take a nice long salt water bath and get thoroughly scrubbed down. A quick run through my salad spinner and everything's dry and clean. I haven't noticed any water absorption, and at least psychologically, the flavor's greatly enhanced. No BS! (couldn't resist).
Prep them the way you're comfortable with. I'm comfy with nice, clean mushrooms.
Commercial mushroom are grown in a substrate which contains sterilized manure. Any that I buy are going to take a nice long salt water bath and get thoroughly scrubbed down. A quick run through my salad spinner and everything's dry and clean. I haven't noticed any water absorption, and at least psychologically, the flavor's greatly enhanced. No BS!
Prep them the way you're comfortable with. I'm comfy with nice, clean mushrooms.
