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Storing truffles over a prolonged period of time
#11594643 - 12/06/09 07:58 AM (14 years, 2 months ago) |
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(Sorry if this is in a FAQ somewhere but I haven't found it)
Hi there!
I have a few years experience with normal mushrooms but am now trying to grow truffles for a change. Time for harvest is due, but I'm unsure how to store them. I usually keep my shrooms sealed for many weeks, even months, before they're (usually) given away. I can't seem to find any solid information on how to store magic truffles for a prolonged period of time.
Obviously I don't care about the "taste" or "freshness" so to speak so most advices I have found on the Internet have been pretty useless, I just want to keep the magic in them. Would it be possible to ground them to powder and store that? That's how I've come to store my mushrooms. I'd love to hear from someone who's had some experience on what to do and what not to! :-)
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Re: Storing truffles over a prolonged period of time [Re: nowherefast]
#11594675 - 12/06/09 08:09 AM (14 years, 2 months ago) |
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Just dry them and treat them like regular mushrooms...shouldn't be a big deal. But if you wanted to keep them fresh, they would keep for a couple a weeks inside a PAPER (not plastic) sack inside the refrigerator. They will slowly begin to loose water weight but should be preserved for up to 2-3 weeks... Gram for gram stones are more potent than cubes when they are wet but the ratios go the other way when they are dry. So you have to eat more stones (dry) than you would cubes... With that said, it's kinda the point to eat stones fresh because they have a unique 'nutty' taste and texture. If I was going the extra mile and growing stones, I would eat them or give them away while they are still fresh. Otherwise I would just stick with eating regular dry mushrooms.
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Re: Storing truffles over a prolonged period of time [Re: nowherefast]
#11594678 - 12/06/09 08:11 AM (14 years, 2 months ago) |
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i used to work in restaurants that used a lot of truffles. we used to slice them and store them in truffle oil or olive oil, this would help keep them for short amount of time. you can store them in rice or grits in the frig that will help for a good bit, but the if it is gonna be a long time we would store them in the freezer.
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Re: Storing truffles over a prolonged period of time [Re: nowherefast]
#11594687 - 12/06/09 08:13 AM (14 years, 2 months ago) |
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I'm in the same boat. You can dry them and yes grind them. I think that they would freeze well without even drying. They're dense.
edit: sclerotia aren't really truffles biologically, they're food/water storage while true truffles are fruiting bodies.
Edited by myceleus_rex (12/06/09 08:16 AM)
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Re: Storing truffles over a prolonged period of time [Re: myceleus_rex]
#11594881 - 12/06/09 09:14 AM (14 years, 2 months ago) |
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truffles freeze well and don't dry out, plus they slice better when frozen
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Re: Storing truffles over a prolonged period of time [Re: Left turn]
#11598350 - 12/06/09 06:51 PM (14 years, 2 months ago) |
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dry them. Takes a little longer than mushrooms...especially the bigger ones. After that i freeze them in bags with the air removed...
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Re: Storing truffles over a prolonged period of time [Re: nowherefast]
#11598375 - 12/06/09 06:55 PM (14 years, 2 months ago) |
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nowherefast said: Would it be possible to ground them to powder and store that? That's how I've come to store my mushrooms. I'd love to hear from someone who's had some experience on what to do and what not to! :-) / NF.
sorry...just read your post more closely. yes...the above works as well...freezing powder works. I've done it in capsules....but i'm sure powder alone works as well.
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Re: Storing truffles over a prolonged period of time [Re: Left turn]
#11598438 - 12/06/09 07:03 PM (14 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
myceleus_rex said:
edit: sclerotia aren't really truffles biologically, they're food/water storage while true truffles are fruiting bodies.
SCLEROTIA ARE FRUITING BODIES!- but you are right they are more closely related to tubers then truffles.
my advice is slice your stones, dry them out then when you want to eat them hydrate them
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Re: Storing truffles over a prolonged period of time [Re: bw86]
#11598510 - 12/06/09 07:10 PM (14 years, 2 months ago) |
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A FRUITING BODY is a spore-bearing, reproductive structure, so no, sclerotia are not fruiting bodies.
-edit: The picture you show is a mushroom attached to a sclerotum [remarkable shot] this is akin to a picture of a kidney attached to a bladder- two separate biological functions under one organism.
Edited by myceleus_rex (12/06/09 07:17 PM)
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Re: Storing truffles over a prolonged period of time [Re: myceleus_rex]
#11598533 - 12/06/09 07:13 PM (14 years, 2 months ago) |
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maybe not by definition but it is a fungal mas that produces a fruit body that spores... edit- with your definition wouldn't these be truffles ? pouch fungus
Edited by bw86 (12/06/09 07:18 PM)
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Re: Storing truffles over a prolonged period of time [Re: bw86]
#11598581 - 12/06/09 07:20 PM (14 years, 2 months ago) |
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bw86 said: maybe not by definition but it is a fungal mas that produces a fruit body that spores... edit- with your definition wouldn't these be truffles ? pouch fungus

No, that's a pouch fungus.
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Re: Storing truffles over a prolonged period of time [Re: bw86]
#11598598 - 12/06/09 07:24 PM (14 years, 2 months ago) |
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bw86 said: maybe not by definition but it is a fungal mas that produces a fruit body that spores... edit- with your definition wouldn't these be truffles ? pouch fungus
Well, I don't know if I'd call them "truffles", truffles are subterranean, but they are fruiting bodies like truffles and mushrooms [these may be technically mushrooms]. Sclerotia are not, like these examples, a reproductive organ.
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Re: Storing truffles over a prolonged period of time [Re: myceleus_rex]
#11598624 - 12/06/09 07:28 PM (14 years, 2 months ago) |
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cowfodder said:
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bw86 said: maybe not by definition but it is a fungal mas that produces a fruit body that spores... edit- with your definition wouldn't these be truffles ? pouch fungus

No, that's a pouch fungus.
yeahh... i just said that.
im still kinda confused to what a sclortia is its not a tuber, its not a truffle... its just its own thing ?
Edited by bw86 (12/06/09 07:29 PM)
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Re: Storing truffles over a prolonged period of time [Re: bw86]
#11598641 - 12/06/09 07:31 PM (14 years, 2 months ago) |
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Re: Storing truffles over a prolonged period of time [Re: bw86]
#11598656 - 12/06/09 07:32 PM (14 years, 2 months ago) |
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bw86 said:
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cowfodder said:
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bw86 said: maybe not by definition but it is a fungal mas that produces a fruit body that spores... edit- with your definition wouldn't these be truffles ? pouch fungus

No, that's a pouch fungus.
yeahh... i just said that.
im still kinda confused to what a sclortia is its not a tuber, its not a truffle... its just its own thing ?
I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that the pouch fungus produces spores, they're just internal.
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Re: Storing truffles over a prolonged period of time [Re: bw86]
#11598704 - 12/06/09 07:38 PM (14 years, 2 months ago) |
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im still kinda confused to what a sclortia is its not a tuber, its not a truffle... its just its own thing ?
That's it, they're their own thing, not tubers, either. Tubers come from plants- fungi are a whole separate kingdom.
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Re: Storing truffles over a prolonged period of time [Re: myceleus_rex]
#11601074 - 12/07/09 04:10 AM (14 years, 2 months ago) |
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Thank you all so much for the replies and advice!
regards / NF.
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