|
 kaneabel
getting my feet wet
 
Registered: 01/10/05
Posts: 133
Loc: Central Indiana
Last seen: 7 years, 7 months
|
 preservation 
#4162848 - 05/11/05 07:11 PM (12 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
what can i do to keep my mushrooms fresh? i had a few that picked the other day and i froze them but they're turning bluish like they're bruised....i dont necessarily want to dry them yet, unless thats my only option
|
kanpan
The Beast
Registered: 02/10/05
Posts: 156
Loc: Kanbodia
Last seen: 4 years, 7 months
|
 Re: preservation [Re: kaneabel]
#4162858 - 05/11/05 07:14 PM (12 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
From what I know drying in the only way to keep them for more than a day or two. Enjoy
--------------------
"Love is the Law"
"Love under Will"
|
 korins
Antisocialite
Registered: 02/21/05
Posts: 221
|
Re: preservation [Re: kaneabel]
#4162860 - 05/11/05 07:15 PM (12 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
Don't freeze them...that turns them to mush when they thaw--the cells are ruptured by the ice crystals. In the future, preserve them fresh by putting them in a paper bag in the fridge; can last for up to a week depending on the kind of mushroom. Alternatively, I've heard you can immerse them in honey and other preservatives, but I'm not sure on the feasability of this option.
|
agar
old hand
Registered: 11/21/04
Posts: 9,056
Loc: Somewhere Else
|
Re: preservation [Re: kaneabel]
#4162870 - 05/11/05 07:18 PM (12 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
You FROZE fresh shrooms? Doing so, will cause them to be goo/mush like, when you thaw them out.
Unless you have one hell of a vaccum pump like the one below:
The only other choice... is to DRY THEM...cracker dry.
--------------------
|
kaneabel
getting my feet wet
Registered: 01/10/05
Posts: 133
Loc: Central Indiana
Last seen: 7 years, 7 months
|
Re: preservation [Re: korins]
#4162873 - 05/11/05 07:19 PM (12 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
they're cambodian....in that case, what store can i get a desiccant at or how much would a standard food dehydrator cost?
|
Sammy
Between the fold
Registered: 09/03/02
Posts: 1,031
Loc: you'll shoot yer eye out ...
Last seen: 9 years, 7 months
|
Re: preservation [Re: kaneabel]
#4162906 - 05/11/05 07:30 PM (12 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
Home Depot .. it's called Damp Rid. set in front on / on top of a fan for a day... then do the desiccant thang.
Good lawk
Sam
--------------------
I believe in the Golden Rule ? The Man with the Gold . . . Rules.
- Mr. T
|
Cray
I'm not fat i'mbig bones
Registered: 02/22/05
Posts: 951
Last seen: 8 years, 4 months
|
Re: preservation [Re: kaneabel]
#4163097 - 05/11/05 08:05 PM (12 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
kaneabel said:
they're cambodian....in that case, what store can i get a desiccant at or how much would a standard food dehydrator cost?
Here ya go... This is what I use.. it's awesome works great.. Just before you put it in there fan dry your shrooms for 12-24 hours then put them in there.
|
Mekyle7
Stranger
Registered: 05/01/05
Posts: 39
Last seen: 7 years, 9 months
|
Re: preservation [Re: Cray]
#4163138 - 05/11/05 08:13 PM (12 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
Yeah, the freezer definately fucked those up but for future reference you could put them in honey if you really wanted to - It works but its so much easier to dry them and eat or make tea...
|
Lucid_Euphoria
Sojourner
Registered: 03/23/05
Posts: 1,045
Loc: Flip Side
|
Re: preservation [Re: Mekyle7]
#4163245 - 05/11/05 08:39 PM (12 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
I'm curious about this submerged in honey theory, for a couple reasons.
1. I definately prefer the texture of fresh shrooms over dried (obviously)
2. It wouldn't taste like dirt if it was coated in honey 
So I wonder how long they could keep like that without decaying or getting molded or such.
--------------------
PAN CYAN & AZURE FOR TRADE
"If ignorance is bliss, THEN KNOCK THE SMILE OFF MY FACE!" - Zach de la Rocha
"Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves. Here's Tom with the weather!" -Bill Hicks-
|
kaneabel
getting my feet wet
Registered: 01/10/05
Posts: 133
Loc: Central Indiana
Last seen: 7 years, 7 months
|
|
ok
|
|
Threaded
Previous
Index
Next
Edit 
Reply 
