Posted by
ragehead
(09/04/11 06:47 PM)
Heat over 120 F will cause the potency to drop in mushrooms. Never heat them. I read somewhere that you need a space under the silica gel, but do not know why. As for why you cannot have the mushrooms touch the gel, the colour indicator is highly toxic. It's fine if it doesn't come in contact with the mushrooms though. Cheers.
Posted by
AErthule
(04/04/11 07:26 PM)
Thanks a lot. I hadn't thought about just poking holes in some foil.
Why use the paper towel though? I don't have any experience with desiccant so not sure why it need that.
I'd like to be able to just take shrooms out and throw the contain (metal of course) in the oven after a batch or two without ever touching the stuff.