Don't like mushrooms

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I have to admit that I don't like mushrooms :oops: I don't know why, but there is something about the texture. I have tried them more than 10 times and still don't like them. My husband loves mushrooms and they are so healthy, do you have some advice on how to cook them, which variety I should try?
 
I am not really familiar with mushrooms and I never cook them, so I would not be able to say if I like them or not. It is possible that I may have tasted them when I went out to a dinner or lunch, but this is not a vegetable that I buy or eat at home. If they do have some health benefits, maybe I should try them some time and see if I like them.
 
Mushrooms are one of my favorite things. I eat them with a lot of different things. I usually just stick with the white ones but I do like the portabella mushrooms as well. I just try them up with butter or add them to anything I am cooking. They are good done up whole in the oven with olive oil and spices. I have used the big portabella mushrooms caps as a base for mini pizzas.
 
Perhaps you shouldn't cook them at all (or minimally). The texture is entirely different, Try slicing them as thin as possible (use a mandoline if you have one) and marinade in soy sauce and a little fish sauce. Or with lime juice and soy sauce. Eat them in a salad or stir-fry.

At the other end of the scale, try making mushroom soup. Soften chopped onions in butter then add finely chopped mushrooms and cook for at least 10 minutes. Add some vegetable or chicken stock and heat through. Add a little milk or cream and blitz in a liquidiser or use a stick blender. The mushroom texture you dislike will be blitzed away!
 
Caribbean girl said:
I am not really familiar with mushrooms and I never cook them, so I would not be able to say if I like them or not. It is possible that I may have tasted them when I went out to a dinner or lunch, but this is not a vegetable that I buy or eat at home. If they do have some health benefits, maybe I should try them some time and see if I like them.
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Are they unusual in Barbados @Caribbean girl
 
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Caribbean girl said:
If they do have some health benefits
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I'm really not aware of any health benefits from eating mushrooms, so I wouldn't worry about eating them if you can't find them or don't like them.

Mushrooms are mostly water which is why when you cook them they almost disappear in volume producing a lot of steam and liquid in their coming. Different varieties have different flavours but sadly the mass grown white mushroom has little flavour which is why many people don't like them, I think. Other varieties have much better flavour and textures but again are mostly water, think about when mushrooms grow and you will understand this!

I often grate my mushrooms and use them as a replacement to mince in various meals such as chilli con carne and similar. I also love just slicing really large fresh field mushrooms and frying them in a butter replacement to use as a steak substitute in a burger. This needs a really large, very fresh, tasty mushroom if it is to work well. Most shop bought mushrooms do not fall into this category.
 
I love eating mushroom and here in the country of my husband in South Korea where I migrated it is always part of our everyday diet and it is a healthy kind of cooking if everyday we include them in some of our recipes.

This is are the kind of mushrooms that we are always eating...

We had a lot of this mushrooms in our supermarkets and in our traditional market everyday and this kind of vegetable grows abundantly because of our cold climate.

Enoki Mushroom that I always include in our soups...




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Shiitake Mushroom that I always include in some of my chicken, pork and beef recipes




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Button Mushroom that I always used when I am making one of their side dishes.


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Thanks for all the replies, I will try some different varieties and eating them raw! This has never occurred to me, thanks for the tip. I was at a friends house the other day and she made a mushroom dish and I felt horrible passing all my mushrooms to my husband :-)
 
morning glory said:
Are they unusual in Barbados @ChanellG ?
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I think you mean Caribbean Girl and to answer the question, it's not that popular. You'll find it in some of the supermarkets on the rare occasion I think. In my case I've had it on my pizza and while I won't kill for it, I do enjoy it on my pizza on the odd occasion.
 
winterybella said:
I think you mean Caribbean Girl and to answer the question, it's not that popular. You'll find it in some of the supermarkets on the rare occasion I think. In my case I've had it on my pizza and while I won't kill for it, I do enjoy it on my pizza on the odd occasion.
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No wonder I couldn't figure out why there was an alert that I was mentioned in this discussion, but no mention, lol! I do like mushrooms, though. They are so common place I can't imagine them being an unusual ingredient anywhere. I generally slice mine and saute them in olive oil. either alone or with herbs and or vegetables. When you do cook them, you want to put them in the dish near the end as they don't take as long as some other things do to cook.
 
ChanellG said:
No wonder I couldn't figure out why there was an alert that I was mentioned in this discussion, but no mention, lol! I do like mushrooms, though. They are so common place I can't imagine them being an unusual ingredient anywhere. I generally slice mine and saute them in olive oil. either alone or with herbs and or vegetables. When you do cook them, you want to put them in the dish near the end as they don't take as long as some other things do to cook.
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Sorry. Both names beginning with C! I corrected it.
 
ChanellG said:
LOL, I did figure that out eventually.
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So we should see some recipes from you. I have only had it on Pizza way back so it must be around here somewhere. I just have not been able to find any as yet. The supermarket I figured would have closed its doors on Saturday so I will have to check the sister store which is a little out of my way considering I have transportation issues. Anyway, I will still submit some recipes.
 
winterybella said:
So we should see some recipes from you. I have only had it on Pizza way back so it must be around here somewhere. I just have not been able to find any as yet. The supermarket I figured would have closed its doors on Saturday so I will have to check the sister store which is a little out of my way considering I have transportation issues. Anyway, I will still submit some recipes.
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Oh, no! If you can't get them fresh, you could try getting dried ones from an Asian market. You have to soak them to rehydrate them, but I imagine the dried ones are good for flavoring soups. Mushrooms are so commonplace and humble, it's hard to imagine they are not readily available in abundance all over the world.
 
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