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Article: Using mushrooms to the max
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- July 8, 1998
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If salad weather has called up the urge to hunt your own
mushrooms, remember to be very careful. Many mushrooms that grow in
the wild are poisonous and can be deadly; even experienced mushroom
gatherers can sometimes be fooled. The best advice is buy cultivated
mushrooms from your favorite market.
Once you bring mushrooms home from the market, storing them can
be tricky. If you leave them uncovered, they will dry out. If you
enclose them in moisture-proof wrapping, they will get soggy and
disgusting. Try putting them in a closed paper bag or a shallow
glass dish that you can cover with a kitchen towel or a slightly
moist paper towel. If they are prepackaged, leave them that way.
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